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NEW YORK - Gap's announced Thursday that CEO Art Peck is stepping down as the company struggles to turn around a long-standing sales slump. The San Francisco-based retailer also slashed its earnings o...

BEIJING - The prospects for a preliminary breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war improved Thursday after the two sides agreed to reduce some punitive tariffs on each other's goods, though the full e...

For 100 years, the Penhold Memorial Hall has stood strong on what is now Fleming Avenue.Originally operated by the Penhold Women's Institute, the building was built to honour local soldiers who served...

WASHINGTON - The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful rural water district that had employed Secretary David Bernhardt as ...

A school in Lacombe was placed under hold and secure this afternoon after officials say one student fired a shot at another using an airsoft pistol. Spokesperson Vince Burke with Wolf Creek Public Sch...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer knows more Latin than most. And at this week's first Conservative caucus meeting following the Oct. 21 election, many will be listening for ho...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending NATO after France's president suggested a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the 70-year-old military alliance's "brain death." Trudeau, who met Thu...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos have a healthy, rested Trevor Harris back at quarterback for the CFL East semi-final against Montreal, but their fate may hinge on containing the explosive running...

WASHINGTON - Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is opening the door to a 2020 presidential campaign. Bloomberg announced earlier this year that he would not seek the Dem...

A local crime watch organization says the province's new plan to combat rural crime a great step forward.Ken Wigmore, president of Red Deer/Lacombe Rural Community Crime Watch, says rural Albertans ar...