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Albertans at the polls: Ten constituencies to watch in the provincial election
From a dog fight between two sitting MLAs in northern Alberta to a conservative grudge match near Calgary, hear are 10 constituencies to watch in Tuesday's Alberta election: Chestermere-Strathmore Thi...
Apr 14, 2019

Bystander stops suspect who appears in video to set car on fire with fuel
EDMONTON - A burly, bearded man wearing a Hawaiian shirt is being praised for chasing and tackling a person who, in a video, appeared to douse a vehicle with gasoline and set it on fire in Edmonton on...
Apr 14, 2019 photo courtesy the Canadian Press

‘People need to know:’ Notley urges Albertans to look at risks with Kenney
CALGARY - With the Alberta election campaign in its final days, NDP Leader Rachel Notley launched another attack on the integrity of the United Conservative's Jason Kenney at a raucous rally in Calgar...
Apr 14, 2019 photo courtesy The Canadian Press

Amid scandal, audit into Baltimore non-profit's work ordered
Baltimore's acting leader has ordered an audit of a non-profit's management of a city youth fund with $12 million set aside from property tax revenue after the organization was tied to embattled Mayor...
Apr 14, 2019

Exasperated Ecuador ends asylum for world's worst houseguest
QUITO, Ecuador - Did Western media and government hypocrisy bring about Julian Assange's arrest, or was it his bad manners? The dramatic end to Julian Assange's asylum has sparked curiosity about his ...
Apr 14, 2019

M.D. of Greenview announces new CAO
The M.D. of Greenview has announced it has filled its Chief Administrative Officer position. The M.D. has appointed Denise Thompson, who has been working as interim C.A.O since January. Thompson says ...
Apr 14, 2019 Denise Thompson/Photo provided by the MD of Greenview
Ticketing system at Revolution Place gets upgrades
Revolution Place's ticketing system has received some upgrades. The changes include options for mobile and email delivery when buying tickets online, and tickets will now be scanned upon entry. Genera...
Apr 14, 2019

UK pressured not to overlook Swedish claims to Assange
LONDON - British lawmakers are heaping pressure on the government to make sure that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces Swedish justice if prosecutors there reopen a rape investigation against him....
Apr 14, 2019

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down across US, Europe
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were not loading as of early Sunday morning. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors site outa...
Apr 14, 2019

B.C. overdose prevention sites should be template for others: report
VANCOUVER - It was a day Heather Hobbs recalls vividly: the staff at AIDS Vancouver Island had pulled another overdose victim from the washroom, his body was blue from a lack of oxygen. The ...
Apr 14, 2019