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Longtime Winnipeg Jets star Dale Hawerchuk dies after cancer battle
Dale Hawerchuk, a hockey phenom who became the face of the Winnipeg Jets en route to the Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 57 after a battle with cancer. The Ontario Hockey League's Barrie Col...
Aug 18, 2020
Longtime Conservative MP Diane Finley says she won't run in next election
OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative MP Diane Finley says she's not running in the next election. Finley says she's had a "heck of a ride" but it's time to move forward. She's represented the Ontario riding...
Aug 18, 2020
Nisga'a Chief who led nation to landmark treaty, Joe Gosnell, dies of cancer
NEW AIYANSH, B.C. - Joe Gosnell, a renowned treaty negotiator, politician and leader of the Nisga'a Nation, has died at the age of 85. A statement from the Nisga'a Lisims government of northwestern Br...
Aug 18, 2020
The Road to Recovery: How three Southern Albertans escaped substance addiction
LETHBRIDGE, AB - LNN spoke to three people in the region who shared their stories of substance addiction, what ultimately lead them to seek help, and how things have changed since getting clean.The pu...
Aug 18, 2020
Plan to locate daycare office in Edgar Industrial Park narrowly approved by council
A plan to locate a daycare administration office at a building in Edgar Industrial Park has been given the go ahead by Red Deer city council, albeit narrowly. In a 5-4 vote on Monday, council approved...
Aug 18, 2020
Sentencing hearing for father of toddler found dead outside Edmonton church
EDMONTON - A sentencing hearing is being held today for a man who was convicted of manslaughter in his young son's death. Joey Crier and his then-girlfriend, Tasha-Lee Doreen Mack, were each char...
Aug 18, 2020
Fire at Sylvan Lake go cart track
A popular attraction in Sylvan Lake has been devastated by fire this morning.The fire at Lakeside Go-Karts & Mini-Golf on Lakeshore Drive broke out at about 7 a.m. Sylvan Lake Fire Department crew...
Aug 18, 2020
Ponoka break and enter suspects arrested on scene
Charges have been laid against two suspects following a residential break and enter in Ponoka last week.At 12:04 p.m. on Aug. 13, Ponoka RCMP responded to a call of a residential break and enter in pr...
Aug 18, 2020
Sylvan Lake RCMP searching for carjacking suspect
RCMP are on the hunt for a male suspect following a carjacking on Highway 11 near Sylvan Lake Monday night. Staff Sgt. Jeff McBeth with the Sylvan Lake RCMP Detachment says officers responded around 9...
Aug 18, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 18
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2020: There are 122,872 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,206 confirmed (including 5,721 deaths, 53,930 res...
Aug 18, 2020