Following a years-long hiatus, Rocky Mountain House's storied von Hollen Christmas house is poised to make a return in 2027. The labour of love from longtime residents Cheryl and Alfred von Hollen featured their Rocky home decked out with 130,000 lights, along with dozens of holiday-themed displays. At its peak, some 4...

The Town of Blackfalds is set to host its annual Community Info Expo on Monday, Sept. 14.The purpose of the event each year is to introduce community members to organizations, in town and throughout local communities and their services.The Expo is set for 6 p.m. at the Blackfalds Community Centre and is free to attend....

With the Agri-Trade Equipment Expo around the corner, they've announced the finalists for the Ag Innovations Competition.The competition, which will take place Thursday, November 12, at 3 p.m. at the Centrium, will feature seven finalists who will showcase cutting-edge agricultural technologies.They will compete for $2...

A project to bring fibre-optic internet infrastructure to Red Deer has made significant progress.Brian Bettis, Vice President of Customer and Community Growth at Telus, said over the past year more than 10,000 homes in the community have been connected to the network."We are well underway," Bettis said on Fri...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Saturday that it's "unlikely" her government will launch a new Crown corporation to build out natural gas pipelines in the province.Smith, speaking on her provincewide radio call-in program "Your Province Your Premier" on QR Calgary and 880 CHED, said the governme...

While many of us remember where we were when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened, for one Lethbridge woman, the day hit too close home.Community advocate Chelsey Peat was 16, at the time, and was flying to the U.S. for a medical procedure when things escalated quickly."I was on my way to Boston when the first plan...

The longest CFL playoff drought in Edmonton football history has finally come to an end.Joe Robustelli caught a pair of touchdown passes as the Edmonton Elks clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2019 with a 53-16 rout over the rival Calgary Stampeders in the Labour Day rematch on Saturday.Edmonton, which w...

Alberta's premier is taking a hands-off approach to a First Nation defying her government by announcing it will offer safe haven for gender-affirming medical care."I don't have any authority over the First Nation," Smith told reporters at an event in Edmonton Thursday. "I respect their sovereignty."...

The head of the Forever Canadian group campaigning for Alberta to remain in the federation said Friday Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a "calm" and "reassuring" presence for Albertans.Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier of Alberta, said Carney is showing "there is someone at the helm&q...

BANFF - The head of the Forever Canadian group campaigning for Alberta to remain in the federation said Friday Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a "calm" and "reassuring" presence for Albertans. Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier of Alberta, sa...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is not looking to become a member of the European Union, but is seeking a "unique alliance" with the economic bloc. Carney was asked Sunday about a Wall Street Journal report that suggested he was explor...

MONTREAL - Quebec's new restrictions on prayer are changing the rules at public workplaces and university campuses, with employees and students facing new limits on where they can pray. New rules under Quebec's secularism law took effect Sept. 1, inclu...

In almost 100 fights, Canadian boxing titan George Chuvalo was never knocked out and never fell to the canvas. A five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight challenger, Chuvalo died Saturday in Toronto on his 89th birthday. A...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has an unprecedented opportunity to build up the economy as global investors descend on Toronto for a high-stakes summit. Hundreds of executives and global asset managers are arriving in Toronto for Cana...

OTTAWA - French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon next week to discuss energy and defence partnerships. The prime minister's office says Carney will travel to the French territory off the co...

PARIS - After nearly six years away from the concert stage, Céline Dion returned Saturday night with a fitting message: "On ne change pas"-- we don't change. The Quebec superstar opened her show before nearly 33,000 people at the Plenitude Arena in Nan...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A search in waters off the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu continued Monday for more than 30 people who officials said were missing after a passenger ferry sank. The ferry MV Matui was traveling between the...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alexander Zverev's best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a glob...

CAIRO (AP) - An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, and a plan by Tehran to brief neighboring countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping in the strait was postponed...

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers...

NEW YORK (AP) - Elena Rybakina won her first U.S. Open title and punctuated her climb to the top of women's tennis by beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Saturday. Rybakina had already been guaranteed to replace Sabalenka at No. 1 in...