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'Absolutely necessary' Alberta buys more land for flood mitigation project
CALGARY – The Notley government has now acquired one fifth of the land it needs for a controversial reservoir west of Calgary that would help protect the city from another massive flood. Transpo...
Jan 30, 2019
Province looking into mandatory school bus seatbelts
CALGARY – Alberta’s transport minister Brian Mason says the province is looking into making seatbelts mandatory on school buses. Mason made the remark a day after a school bus rolled on it...
Jan 30, 2019
Kate del Castillo glad to not testify in 'El Chapo' trial
PASADENA, Calif. - Kate del Castillo said she’s relieved she wasn’t called to testify in the New York trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. But she doesn’...
Jan 30, 2019
City of Lacombe to conduct municipal census in 2019
LACOMBE- Council has directed Administration to conduct a municipal census in 2019, to be funded by an adjustment to the Capital Reserve contributions. Council also designated April 2, 2019, as Census...
Jan 30, 2019
Alberta films to be screened at Central Alberta Film Festival
RED DEER- The Central Alberta Film Festival's February 20-23 screening schedule has been released. Canadian, Albertan, and local films are among the “cream of the crop,” says Tanya Mullaka...
Jan 30, 2019
Parole recommended for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten
LOS ANGELES - A California panel on Wednesday recommended that Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be paroled after serving more than four decades in prison. After a hearing at the women’s...
Jan 30, 2019
Judge: PG&E put profits over wildfire safety
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge berated Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. on Wednesday, accusing the nation’s largest utility of enriching shareholders instead of clearing trees that can fall on its...
Jan 30, 2019
Polar blast envelops Midwest, strains aging infrastructure
CHICAGO - A blast of polar air enveloped much of the Midwest on Wednesday, cracking train rails, breaking water pipes and straining electrical systems with some of the lowest temperatures in a generat...
Jan 30, 2019
EU leaders say No, non and nein to Brexit deal changes
BRUSSELS - Leaders across the European Union offered a united chorus of “No” on Wednesday to Britain’s belated bid to negotiate changes to the Brexit divorce deal so Prime Minister T...
Jan 30, 2019
Venezuela opposition urges walkouts to pressure Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela - Opposition leader Juan Guaido is looking to ratchet up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro with walkouts across Venezuela on Wednesday, just a day after the embattled socialist a...
Jan 30, 2019