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BLACKFALDS- On February 6, Blackfalds RCMP were called to the theft of a pickup truck on Airport Drive in Springbrook. The complainant reported that his truck, a grey 2007 Dodge Ram 1500, bearing Albe...

LONDON - Crouching tiger, hidden … toy. Police in Scotland were called by a farmer who thought a big cat had invaded his cow shed. They ended up in a 45-minute standoff with a large stuffed tige...

RED DEER- February 15 marks one year out from hosting the biggest event in the history of central Alberta - the 2019 Canada Winter Games. To mark this milestone, the 2019 Games is hosting a free, publ...

The Safari Club International Drayton Valley Chapter will be given a prestigious award at the 16th Annual Wise Awards & Banquet on Saturday for its hunter-conservation efforts. The W.I.S.E. awards...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Police say a University of Connecticut field hockey star who led the country with 34 goals last season has been charged with stealing $34 worth of makeup. The Hartford Courant report...

Their backs are against a wall but having to wait until November for a last-ditch attempt to qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup could benefit Canada’s national team. Head coach Kingsley Jones ...

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament voted Wednesday to dismiss one of its vice-presidents, Ryszard Czarnecki of Poland, after he compared a rival Polish parliament member to a Nazi collaborator. The Eu...

BERLIN - German officials say a hotel in Berlin’s central Potsdamer Platz has been evacuated after a fire broke out on an upper floor of the 11-story building. Fire department spokesman Andreas ...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan calls it “ridiculous” and “offensive” that a magazine in India is accusing Canada of being complicit in a rise in Sikh terrorism. Sajjan...

OTTAWA - Canada’s research community has long yearned for a consequential funding boost for science - and 2018 is poised to be its year. The Liberal government’s federal budget, now believ...