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A 28-year-old man who pointed a firearm at several people back in March will spend some time behind bars. Richard Chip Francoeur was charged with possession of a weapon for a purpose dangerous to publ...

The case against former Innisfail - Sylvan Lake MLA Don MacIntyre has been put over to next month. MacIntyre did not appear in person in Red Deer Provincial Court Thursday morning. He was instead was ...

NEW YORK - McDonald’s is taking cheeseburgers and chocolate milk off its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that kids consume at its restau...

NEW YORK - The letter to the editor was published Sept. 11, 2005, in The New York Times. Its author, responding to a recent book review, cites John Updike, Philip Roth and Orhan Pamuk among those he h...

HALIFAX - The endangered leatherback sea turtle is an elusive creature of the deep. Last week, however, scientists were stunned when one of these rare, huge reptiles turned up dead in an unlikely plac...

CALGARY - Shaw Communications Inc. said Thursday that 25 per cent of its workforce had chosen to accept a voluntary buyout, although it was targeting just 10 per cent. The buyouts were offered as part...

LONDON - Activists for victims of a deadly London high-rise fire have taken inspiration from an Academy Award-nominated film to press for more action by police. Three mobile billboards were driven thr...

TIGNISH, P.E.I. - They say it takes a village to raise a child, and one small P.E.I. community has been personifying that proverb after a single mother gave birth to triplets. Residents of Tignish, a ...

WASHINGTON - Steve Bannon, the combative former chief strategist for President Donald Trump, was interrogated for 20 hours over two days this week as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Rus...

Earl Dreeshen, Member of Parliament for Red Deer - Mountain View will be hosting a Rural Crime Town Hall at the Eagle Hill Community Centre west of Bowden on Tuesday, February 20th starting at 7:00 pm...