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Pedestrian hit by train in Blackfalds dies
One person is dead after they were hit by a train Wednesday afternoon in Blackfalds.The fatal collision occurred during the 4 p.m. hour at the rail crossing at Broadway Avenue and Gregg Street.The ped...
Oct 17, 2019 Photo submitted
Berkshire Hathaway firm announces launch of $200-million Alberta wind power farm
CALGARY - A company linked to American investment guru Warren Buffett says it will break ground on a $200-million, 117.6-megawatt wind farm in southeastern Alberta next year.In a news release, Calgary...
Oct 17, 2019
Researchers find little evidence of fake messaging during federal campaign
OTTAWA - Researchers combing through millions of social-media posts during the federal election campaign say relatively little disinformation has been swirling through cyberspace. The preliminary find...
Oct 17, 2019
Alberta introduces legislation allowing access to partner’s criminal records
EDMONTON - Alberta is introducing legislation first developed in Britain that allows people in abusive relationships to request information about a partner's criminal record.Premier Jason Kenney said ...
Oct 17, 2019
Five local cowboys qualify for CFR
The Canadian Finals Rodeo starts in less than two weeks and some local cowboys have qualified.Five locals in all are headed to CFR 46.Sexsmith's Lee Rombough will be in the tie-down roping after finis...
Oct 17, 2019 Lee Rombough. Photo by Curtis Galbraith.
Hunter Biden denies wrongdoing in Ukraine, China dealings
WASHINGTON - Hunter Biden, acknowledging that his family name created business opportunities, rejected assertions by President Donald Trump that he did anything wrong by engaging in foreign work in Uk...
Oct 17, 2019
Former CFL player Duke Williams making most of second NFL opportunity
ORCHARD PARK, United States - D'haquille (Duke) Williams is forever grateful to the CFL and Edmonton Eskimos. The six-foot-three, 225-pound receiver will make his second NFL start Sunday when Buf...
Oct 17, 2019
Dejong makes history at Peace Curling Tour stop in GP
Sexsmith's Delia Dejong was able to do something no woman has done before on the Peace Curling Tour.Dejong became the first female to skip a team to a championship at a cash spiel in the tour's 12-yea...
Oct 17, 2019 From left to right: Jaclyn Collins, Stephanie Malekoff, Robbie Maksymetz and Skip Delia Dejong claimed the first title of the Peace Curling Tour season at the Grande Prairie Cash Spiel on Sunday (Photo: Peace Curling Tour)
Some disabled Canadians feeling left out of discussion during election campaign
Amy Amantea tuned in to the English-language federal leaders' debate with modest hope there would be at least some discussion of issues relevant to disabled Canadians. The first half of the campa...
Oct 17, 2019
UK's Prince William, Kate see Pakistani cultural hub Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate are touring Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, where they will visit a cancer hospital previously visited by William's mother, the late Pr...
Oct 17, 2019