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The current wildfire in the Rocky Forest Area has caused closures of multiple recreation areas and hiking trails. The 570-hectare wildfire in the Siffleur Wilderness area is currently under control, b...

OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the prime minister to immediately give cities the leeway to ban handguns. In a lengthy letter Thursday to Justin Trudeau outlining a long-term appro...

BEAVERLODGE- Mother Nature caused some anxious moments yesterday as some Alberta communities faced the furry of intense rain storms and the threat of a tornado. Storms in the Beaverlodge area dumped t...

WINNIPEG - A cultural club in Winnipeg that hosted a meeting of an organization which touts reducing immigration, deporting asylum seekers and banning burqas has pulled out of the city’s annual ...

MONTREAL - The disappearance of an Inuk woman for six days after she was released from Montreal police custody at about midnight is raising questions about whether authorities followed proper procedur...

RED DEER- The Red Deer Food Bank will be serving up a pancake breakfast followed by a lunchtime BBQ at the Central Alberta Mopar Association’s annual car show. All of the proceeds from the break...

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a 2-year-old boy was killed by pit bulls inside a home in Philadelphia. Police say responding officers could see the child being attacked through the front door and fire...

NEW YORK - One customer was a debt collector that threatened to jail people if they didn’t pay back loans that they never took out. Another was an offshore gambling operation that hid bets behin...

NEW YORK - With less than three months to go before the midterm elections, Facebook is enforcing strict new requirements on digital political ads. Among other things, they force political ad buyers to...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has decreed that the death penalty is “inadmissible” under all circumstances and the Catholic Church should campaign to abolish it, a change in church teaching ...