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Court update: double murder conviction, guilty please in abduction and shooting incidents

Newsrooms in Kitchener, Ontario say a former Valleyview resident has been found guilty of first degree murder after the death of a mother and daughter.CTV News, the Waterloo Region Record and kitchene...

Jul 19, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

First ever Rotary Rib Festival gets underway Friday

The 2019 Rotary Rib Festival is set to get underway today. Events kickoff down at the Montrose Cultural Centre at 11:30 this morning and go until 10 p.m. today and Saturday. Events go from 11:30 a.m. ...

Jul 19, 2019 Ribbers getting set up for the festivities on Thursday afternoon (Photo: Curtis Galbraith)

Close to $10 million ordered to be paid to unpaid hospital subcontractors

The Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton today ordered another payment of just under $10 million be paid to various sub-contractors in the case of the unfinished Grande Prairie hospital.QB Master Scott ...

Jul 18, 2019 Graham Construction was removed as the general contractor on the project in September 2018 (Photo: Glory Przekop)

Calgary missing person case has ties to Grande Prairie

RCMP are working with Calgary Police to solve a nearly three-year old missing person case with ties to the Peace.Abdikadir Tukhov was reported missing by friends in December of 2016. He was last seen ...

Jul 18, 2019

AHS bringing mobile mammography service to Hythe

Women aged 50-74 in Hythe and surrounding area will have access to mammogram screen tests at the beginning of August.Alberta Health Services will be sending their local mammography trailer to the comm...

Jul 18, 2019

Highway 43X bypass set to open next month

The Highway 43X bypass is set to open in about a month's time.Alberta Transportation Regional Director Ryan Konowalyk says that the targeted time of completion is the end of August."We're currently fi...

Jul 18, 2019

One person dead after rollover near Widewater

Slave Lake RCMP say a young man is dead after a crash near Widewater.Mounties say Tuesday night around 11:30 p.m., a car carrying five people rolled into what police describe as a steep ditch along So...

Jul 17, 2019

Controlled burn planned to fight Chuckegg Creek wildfire

Officials with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry are hoping a controlled burn will help fight the Chuckegg Creek wildfire.The burn is planned to take place over the next several days west of a bend in ...

Jul 17, 2019 Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

Foundation to help injured jockeys being formed

A group devoted to helping jockeys hurt on the job is being formed and is already holding its first fund-raiser.Money raised from an art auction being held during the horse races at Evergreen Park wil...

Jul 17, 2019 One of the works being sold in an art auction in support of the Grande Prairie Injured Jockey Foundation.

Alberta Health declares syphilis outbreak; North Zone sees big spike

Alberta health officials are declaring a province-wide outbreak of syphilis after rates of the sexually transmitted infection increased last year to levels not seen since 1948.Alberta Health Services ...

Jul 16, 2019