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PARIS - The Frenchman killed when he drove a car packed with arms and explosives into a Paris police convoy in a failed attack had pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group and asked...

HALIFAX - As a Cape Breton school board grapples with multiple teen suicides, the Nova Scotia government is sending a youth mental health expert to the grief-stricken community and promising new anti-...

For half a century, the oilsands have fuelled an industry that has become an engine of Canada’s economy. Later this year, the oilpatch will mark the opening of the Fort Hills mine, adding to the...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Nearly 50 years after the opening of Canada’s first major oilsands mine, the site on the banks of Alberta’s Athabasca River is an epicentre of energy, teeming with b...

BOSTON - Former Red Sox star David Ortiz is getting a street named in his honour in Boston, joining the bridge already named after him in the city. Mayor Marty Walsh, Red Sox brass, Boston public scho...

RED DEER- Over the past couple of months work has been taking place on the water trunk realignment project on 45 Street. This is just one of many construction projects that will happen in the Riverlan...

RED DEER COUNTY- The new traffic circle at the intersection of Laura Avenue and Lantern is open to traffic. The circle is part of a larger overall project known as the Laura Avenue Extension. The proj...

An RCMP corporal who was a friend of three murdered Mounties is publicly condemning the commissioner’s testimony last week on the killings as a clear failure of leadership. “I hold you per...

LACOMBE- Police are asking for information into the theft of minivan. On Monday between 8:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., a 2006 black Kia Sedona was stolen from the 5200 block of 47 street in Lacombe. The ve...

PONOKA- The Town of Ponoka will be implementing annual traffic controls to help ensure pedestrian and vehicle safety during the upcoming Ponoka Stampede and the days leading up to the event. The traff...