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Renovations complete at Lacombe Emergency Department
A major makeover of the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre emergency department (ED) is now complete; showcasing improved treatment spaces, a new waiting room, and barrier-free washrooms. The enhanced E...
Aug 26, 2019 $3.1 million in renovations to the Emergency Department at the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre are now complete. A Grand Opening to mark the occasion was held on Monday, with patients to begin admissions into the newly renovated space starting Sept. 3.

Court orders women accused of defaming author to share emails, online posts
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded author Steven Galloway access to emails between a woman who accused of him of sexual assault and staff at the University of British Columbia in&...
Aug 26, 2019

Nursing home employees surrender in patient deaths
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Three employees of a Florida nursing home where 12 people died in sweltering heat after a hurricane cut power turned themselves in on Monday to face charges, their attorneys sa...
Aug 26, 2019

Scheer, Harper among politicians at memorial for Calgary MP Deepak Obhrai
CALGARY - Some prominent Conservative politicians are paying their respects at a memorial for former Calgary member of Parliament Deepak Obhrai. Obhrai, who was 69, died earlier this month&n...
Aug 26, 2019

Feds amend shipyard search following complaint about bias toward Quebec's Davie
OTTAWA - The federal government is amending its search for a third shipyard to add to its multibillion-dollar national shipbuilding strategy. The move follows a complaint last week from an Ontari...
Aug 26, 2019

Bouchard out of US Open after first-round loss to 12th-seed Sevastova
NEW YORK - Canada's Eugenie Bouchard is out of the U.S. Open after a first-round loss to 12th-seed Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia on Monday. Sevastova converted five of her nine break point chances ag...
Aug 26, 2019

GOP Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin resigning from Congress
MADISON, Wis. - Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who was on the cast of MTV's "The Real World" before he went into politics, announced Monday that he is resign...
Aug 26, 2019

Edson RCMP seek pair who fled from police on quad
Yellowhead County - RCMP are asking for the public's assistance to identify suspects involved in a flight from police investigation.On August 16 at approximately 11:30 p.m., an RCMP member on patrol o...
Aug 26, 2019 (Photo: Edson RCMP)

Judge approves plea deal for 'The Bachelor' star
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa - A judge has approved a plea deal that imposes two years' probation and a suspended prison term for an Iowa farmer who appeared on "The Bachelor." Buchanan County District Court re...
Aug 26, 2019

WANTED: Troy Krieger of Hinton
Yellowhead County - RCMP are asking for the public's assistance to locate a male wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant for a parole suspension.Troy Alvin Krieger, 50, of Hinton is described as Caucasian, 5'...
Aug 26, 2019 Troy Krieger