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Sometimes, Domestic Violence is obvious. You can see or hear a couple arguing. Words and physical actions are getting out of control and someone is being hurt either mentally or physically. You interv...

VANCOUVER - A critical care doctor is warning British Columbians about a “sinister” deadly mushroom and the importance of health-care providers recognizing signs of poisoning from a variet...

Alberta has had a solid start to the 2019 Canada Winter Games curling competition with both the men's and women's teams opening with strong performances. On the men's side, Alberta has started the tou...

ST. LOUIS - The United Methodist Church, America’s second-largest Protestant denomination, faces a likely surge in defections and acts of defiance after delegates at a crucial conference voted T...

TORONTO - Leaning up against a screen in the locker room at the Maple Leafs’ practice facility, Auston Matthews looked slightly annoyed by one particular query. “What, for you, stands out ...

HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed American running back Cameron Marshall on Tuesday. The five-foot-11, 215-pound Marshall appeared in three games last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders....

A mentally ill Indigenous man kept in isolation in an Ontario jail for more than four years endured treatment so “abhorrent and “inhumane” it affected his ability to stand trial for ...

The BOLT bus service currently connecting Lacombe with Blackfalds and Red Deer has come under scrutiny with Lacombe city council. During their regular meeting Monday night, council reviewed a committe...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons justice committee has approved a bill that would ease secrecy by allowing former jurors to discuss all aspects of a stressful criminal trial with a mental-health professi...

Lacombe County reminds ratepayers that fire permit season starts on March 1, 2019. In 2017, permit season was moved up a month - starting March 1 rather than April 1 - in response to changing environm...