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FORT MCMURRAY- A staff sergeant with the RCMP in northern Alberta has been suspended after being charged with one count of sexual assault. Two female members of the Wood Buffalo detachment complained ...

ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Bruce Springsteen helped rock a refurbished 1960s bowling alley-turned music venue near the Asbury Park boardwalk. Actor Hugh Jackman was in the house at the Asbury Lanes on Monday...

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter Zara Tindall has given birth to a baby girl. Buckingham Palace said Tuesday the baby is the second child of Zara and Mike Tindall, a former English ru...

RED DEER- Drivers can expect delays at the 19 Street and Taylor Drive intersection this week as work continues to complete the new intersection. Construction at the intersection began last fall to upg...

LACOMBE- Residents are advised that the City of Lacombe is conducting a city-wide fire hydrant flushing program from June 21 to July 31. Hydrants are flushed to maintain water quality by removing sedi...

PONOKA- The Town in cooperation with Alberta Transportation, is once again implementing its annual traffic control plan to help ensure pedestrian and vehicle safety during the 2018 Ponoka Stampede. Th...

HELSINKI - An improvised method of getting rid of a snake in a garden by spraying it with gasoline kicked off a chain reaction that ended up with a house on fire in southern Finland. Finnish public br...

MOUNT PEARL, N.L. - It was, says Stefania Butler, like a scene from a movie. First, a sudden, massive bang. Then, debris everywhere - and the roof flew off the building across the street at Trimac Nat...

RED DEER- Residents are invited to join Mayor Tara Veer for an enjoyable and entertaining afternoon at the annual Mayor's Garden Party. This year's event will be held Wednesday, June 27 from 2 to 3:30...

Wrenching scenes of migrant children being separated from their parents at the southern border are roiling campaigns ahead of midterm elections, emboldening Democrats on the often-fraught issue of imm...