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BEIRUT - Lebanon is seeking to ban the new “Wonder Woman” movie because its lead actress, Gal Gadot, is an Israeli - a reflection of how the decades-old animosity between the two neighbour...

EDMONTON – Alberta’s two right-centre parties have yet to complete a merger, but a third candidate has already announced he wants to be leader. Calgary lawyer Doug Schweitzer says he will ...

MEDICINE HAT – A man swept away by the South Saskatchewan River on Wednesday night has not yet been found. The search for the man resumed at 6 a.m. on Thursday morning, after being put on hold a...

EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says two independent reports into the devastating Fort McMurray wildfire are almost finished. Notley has told the legislature that the reports are, in he...

Normandeau Elementary School is in the running for a pretty cool technology grant package from Samsung. The Solve for Tomorrow Challenge asked Canadian students in grade six through 12 to identify iss...

The Red Deer Rebels hold their annual prospects camp this weekend at the Penhold Multiplex. There will be 27 players attending the camp. All sessions are open to the public: Friday, June 2 - 3:00 p.m....

Lacombe Ford has stepped up to help its city's police service. The Ford dealer has generously donated a 2017 Ford Explorer to LPS for use by the detachment's School Resource Officer. The vehicle is a ...

Central Albertans will celebrate the 11th annual Children’s Festival this weekend. Judy Scott with Family Services of Central Alberta says the festival will feature some of the same and some new...

A Rimbey man is now $100,000 richer. Leonard Nixon scanned his Western 6/49 ticket on April 5 and says he nearly fell over when he found out he'd won the large prize because he played the EXTRA. "I th...

“Respect” is the key word as the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre marks Victims and Survivors of Crime Week, May 28 to June 3. In conjunction with the centre, the week is bein...