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Programs warning youth against driving high ramp up ahead of legalized pot
TORONTO - Alexis Vegh is working what could be a tough crowd - about a dozen young people in their late teens and early 20s - and she’s here to speak to them about the risks of driving high afte...
May 10, 2017
Red Deer RCMP looking for owner of a tandem bike
RED DEER- RCMP are looking for the owner of a tandem bike that police recovered this week in some brush in the area of Taylor Drive and 22 Street. Mounties have no record of a tandem bike being report...
May 10, 2017
Study finds Democrats far more interested in watchdog media
NEW YORK - In the opening days of the Trump administration, Democrats are far more interested than Republicans in seeing the news media assume the traditional role of watchdogs to people in power, a s...
May 10, 2017
Yale professor discusses bestselling book 'On Tyranny'
NEW YORK - Timothy Snyder would have preferred a different path to the bestseller lists. The Yale University professor and scholar of European history, whose books include “Bloodlands: Europe Be...
May 10, 2017
Canada's largest pension fund manager and Alberta fund oppose Bombardier pay policy
MONTREAL - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Alberta Investment Management Corp. have joined several large institutional investors in withholding support for the re-election of Bombardier&#...
May 10, 2017
Hillary Clinton to speak at book publishing convention
NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton is coming to next month’s publishing convention. The former presidential candidate, secretary of state and U.S. senator will speak June 1 at BookExpo, the publishing i...
May 10, 2017
Toronto school board cuts off Wi-Fi access to Snapchat, Instagram and Netflix
TORONTO - Canada’s largest school board is blocking those using its Wi-Fi from accessing Snapchat, Instagram and Netflix, which it says are bogging down the network. The Toronto District School ...
May 10, 2017
Lacombe looking for input on Kinsmen Aquatic Centre
LACOMBE- The City of Lacombe is working with a consulting firm to identify ways to continue to improve the Kinsmen Aquatic Centre. "We are evaluating the centre to optimize space, service levels, effi...
May 10, 2017
Notley government faces renewed questions on safety of kids in care
EDMONTON – Alberta’s children’s services minister, facing demands she break up a family under investigation in a child’s death, says she doesn’t have blanket power to tak...
May 10, 2017
June is Block Party Month in Lacombe
LACOMBE- June is Block Party month, and the City of Lacombe is excited to announce that for 2017 we will be giving away $100 gift cards to Lacombe CO-OP to help purchase party supplies. Register your ...
May 10, 2017