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Quebec's youth protection agencies need help, managers say after girl's death
MONTREAL - The heads of Quebec youth protection agencies are highlighting a shortage of qualified case workers and calling for changes to prevent tragedies like the recent death of...
May 15, 2019
Edwin Jackson officially joins Blue Jays, setting stage for record
TORONTO - Right-hander Edwin Jackson is poised to set a major-league record on Wednesday for the Toronto Blue Jays. Jackson was selected to the Blue Jays' roster on Wednesday morning, clearing the way...
May 15, 2019
Charges against former Edmonton pet shop owner stayed
EDMONTON - A former Edmonton pet store owner who allegedly abandoned hundreds of animals in the business early last year will not face trial.The Crown says it has stayed an abandonment charge against ...
May 15, 2019 Edmonton Courthouse (file photo)
Scientists challenge claim that Labrador is site of planet's oldest life
A team of geological researchers is challenging claims that some of the earliest life forms were discovered in northern Labrador in an ancient portion of the earth's surface. The argument that a rocky...
May 15, 2019
Calgary police investigate fatal shooting
CALGARY- Police say a man is dead after a shooting.Officers were called to a northeast location just before midnight after reports of a crash.They arrived to find a man dead inside a car.Two other veh...
May 15, 2019
Seeking playoff return, Sabres hire Ralph Krueger as coach
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Ralph Krueger has officially been named the new coach of the Buffalo Sabres as the franchise seeks to return to the playoffs after an eight-year absence. The Sabres announced the hire ...
May 15, 2019
Documentary about pedophile priests shakes up Poland
WARSAW, Poland - A new documentary revealing cases of sexual abuse by priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic societies, eliciting an apology from the church hierarchy an...
May 15, 2019
UK halts export of 'Lady Chatterley' copy from famous trial
LONDON - The British government used its powers to preserve the nation's cultural treasures on Monday to halt the export of a tattered paperback copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover." The copy of the once...
May 15, 2019
Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery receives major donation from local artist
RED DEER- The Museum + Art Gallery (MAG) has received a landmark gift to their collection.Painter Dave More has donated a body of his work, spanning his entire career, from the 1970's to the present. ...
May 15, 2019
North Red Deer Regional Wastewater System receives engineering award
LACOMBE- The North Red Deer Regional Wastewater System received the Project Achievement Award at the 2019 Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) Summit Awards, held...
May 15, 2019 From Left to
Right: Samuel Fritz, Project Engineer,
Stantec, Hoa Nguyen, Project Engineer,
Stantec, Todd Simenson, Vice President, Regional
Leader (Alberta North & Territories), Stantec, Mayor Grant Creasey, City of Lacombe, Ken
Wigmore, Lacombe County, Ian Cotton, Senior Electrical
and Controls Engineer, Stantec, Joel Sawatzky, Project
Manager, Water Managing Leader, Stantec, Mayor Richard
Poole, Town of Blackfalds, Jordan Thompson, Director
of Operations and Planning, City of Lacombe, President
Nima Dorjee, APEGA, Matthew Goudy, CAO, City
of Lacombe