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Blackfalds is launching its new on-demand transit service to and from Red Deer Aug. 31.As such, the existing BOLT Transit service including Lacombe will cease to operate as of Aug. 28."With the ending...

PENTICTON, B.C. - Strong winds that were expected to fuel a wildfire burning south of Penticton, B.C., on Friday failed to do so, fire officials said Saturday. The 20-square-kilometre Christie Mountai...

TORONTO - Marc Bergevin's Montreal Canadiens entered the NHL's restart amid questions over whether they deserved to be given a playoff lifeline. They leave Toronto with heads held high as worthy parti...

Thanks to the City of Lacombe's Perpetual Care Trust Fund, Fairview Cemetery was given a little TLC on Friday.Around 15 volunteers and a handful of City Parks staff came out to help clean headstones, ...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has issued provincewide guidelines to police forces regarding street checks, but the policy is raising concerns from various rights groups. Quebec's Public Security De...

The Mustard Seed in Red Deer will benefit from thousands of dollars raised this weekend through the first ever Amazing (Car) Race.The event took place Saturday, with 20 teams departing the Westerner P...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief health officer says Canadians should be "seized" with the crisis of rising deaths from opioid use, and she suggests decriminalizing hard drugs should be part of ...

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been named the NBA coach of the year. The award was announced on TNT's pre-game show before the Milwaukee Bucks faced the Orlando Magic at the NBA's campus at...

ESKASONI, N.S. - The entire We'koqma'q Mi'kmaq First Nation in Nova Scotia is breathing a sigh of relief, Chief Rod Googoo said Saturday, after an Indigenous girl who had been miss...

OTTAWA - On Sunday, the federal Conservative party will elect a new leader. There are four candidates vying to lead the party, which currently holds 121 seats in the House of Commons and ser...