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Chinook’s Edge teacher nominated for Edwin Parr Award
INNISFAIL – Shelby Duncan, one of the Chinook's Edge School Division’s nominees for this year's Edwin Parr Award, has the unusual experience of launching her teaching career in two differe...
May 11, 2017
Mormon church severs some of its ties to the Boy Scouts.
SALT LAKE CITY - The Mormon church, the biggest sponsor of Boy Scout troops in the United States, announced Thursday it is pulling as many as 185,000 older youths from the organization as part of an e...
May 11, 2017
Province continues to move forward on abandoned oil wells
EDMONTON- The Notley government continues to work with industry and experts to find ways to better protect Albertans and the environment by improving policies for managing old oil and gas facilities. ...
May 11, 2017
Norway reverse 40-year-old ban on reptiles
COPENHAGEN - The Norwegian government has reversed a 40-year-old ban to allow 19 kinds of reptiles to be held as pets. Norway’s Agriculture and Food Ministry which also handles laws concerning d...
May 11, 2017
Air Canada to launch its own loyalty rewards program in 2020 to replace Aeroplan
TORONTO - Air Canada said Thursday it will launch its own loyalty rewards plan in 2020 and not renew its contract with the company running Aeroplan, sending Aimia’s stock plummeting by more than...
May 11, 2017
Groups want hearings on proposal to grow genetically modified salmon in P.E.I.
ROLLO BAY, P.E.I. - Environmental groups say public hearings should be held on a proposed factory in P.E.I. that would produce the world’s first genetically modified salmon for human consumption...
May 11, 2017
Eurovision: Pop, politics and a dancing ape - but no Russia
LONDON - Sprinkle the sequins, spark up the disco lights and get ready for battle - it’s time for the Eurovision Song Contest , a celebration of kitsch and cheesy pop with an undercurrent of pol...
May 11, 2017
Indianapolis man sentenced to 3 life terms for killing spree
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing three people over four days in attacks last spring that authorities say he justified by citing the ho...
May 11, 2017
Wholesale prices jumped in April
WASHINGTON - Inflation at the wholesale level jumped in April by the largest amount in three months, fueled by rising prices of food and energy. Even excluding the volatile energy and food categories,...
May 11, 2017
Amendments made to Lacombe Southeast Area Structure Plan
LACOMBE- City council has approved amendments to the Southeast Area Structure Plan in order to facilitate redevelopment in the industrial area of the plan. “Council is confident that the industr...
May 11, 2017