After three years of listening to the sound of hammers and saws, teachers and students at École Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School can enjoy a building that has been transformed to suit the needs of students.

More than 30 Caroline teens chose not to talk at school for a special cause recently. Caroline School’s Students Promoting the Environment and Acceptance through Knowledge group stayed silent in recognition of children around the world whose voices are not heard. In co-ordination with Free the Children’s Vow of Silence Day, the junior/senior high students wanted to raise awareness about the ...

Local school district chairs and superintendents met with the Education Minister Dave Hancock this week to find cost savings that won’t have a large impact on students.

Council has rejected a land swap proposed by the Gull Lake Baptist Camp to provide better beachfront access for campers.

A group of rural entrepreneurs are encouraging area residents to hit the road for Christmas.

CALGARY - Yes, the Montreal Alouettes can win Grey Cup games, and in the most unbelievable fashion imaginable, too.

The Montreal Alouettes appeared in six previous Grey Cups since 2000 heading into Sunday's big game in Calgary, but had one just one Canadian Football League title to show for it.

EDMONTON - mitzvah n. in Judaism: 1.a) a precept or commandment. b) a religious obligation. 2. a good deed or considerate act. Francie Nobleman is a blur.

EDMONTON - Edmonton police are on the scene of an apparent fatal shooting behind a commercial building at 106th Avenue and 105th Street this afternoon.

WASHINGTON - A gunman walked into a Lakewood, Washington, coffee shop Sunday and fatally shot four police officers, a newspaper reported.

Damon Duval kicked a 33-yard field goal on the last play of the game to give the Montreal Alouettes a 28-27 comeback victory over a stunned set of Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 97th Grey Cup game at Calgary on Sunday.

Calgary's John Kucera, the reigning downhill world champion, suffered a suffered a fractured left leg when he crashed during Sunday's World Cup super-G race at Lake Louise, Alta.

Jamie Lundmark scored the shootout winner to give the Calgary Flames a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

A controversial methadone clinic in Calgary has found a permanent home in the Foothills Industrial Park in the city's southeast.

Athletes and fans alike are savouring the festivities leading up to the much anticipated Grey Cup game in Calgary on Sunday.

The father of a 9-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy is in police custody, being questioned in connection with their murders Friday night. The children were found dead in their Panorama Hills home, in the city's northwest, After police responded to a 911 call at around 9 p.m. from the children's mother. Major Crimes Inspector Guy Slater says had arrived only moments later, they may very well be ...

Thousands of people braved chilly temperatures Saturday morning to take in the Grey Cup parade in downtown Calgary. Marching bands, mascots and even a fly-by by the Snowbirds to kick things off warmed the crowd up. There was a 15-minute delay in the start of the parade because emergency crews had to clear hanging ice from a building along the route. But it didn't dampen people's spirits ...

Police have taken a man into custody after two children were found dead and a woman was taken to hospital from a Calgary home. Police say they received a 911 call Friday evening asking them to check on the welfare of the occupants of a house at Panorama Hills, northwest. When they arrived, the officers found the bodies of the children, a boy and a girl under the age of 18. Duty Inspector Vic ...

One man has been killed after blowing snow and icy roads made for treacherous driving conditions in central and southern Alberta. Airdrie RCMP reported several collisions on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway between Carstairs and Airdrie. In one multi-vehicle pileup, a 21-year-old man got out of his car and tried to run to the safety of the ditch when he was struck by another vehicle and died ...

Downtown Calgary looked more like Regina West Friday, as hundreds of Saskatchewan Roughrider fans converged on Stephen Avenue to take in Grey Cup Festival events. The entire street is blocked to traffic all weekend, with party tents. A concert stage is set up at Olympic Plaza, and "hospitality rooms" for most of the CFL teams are open at a variety of venues downtown. The Grey Cup Parade is set ...

It took Marty Wildman a near-death car crash to beat his addiction to alcohol. As part of National Aboriginal Addictions Awareness Week (Nov. 16-20) Wildman hoped by speaking out about his personal struggles with addiction he might prevent others from following down a similar path.[...]

Four orphaned bear cubs are preparing for their release back into the wild. The cubs were turned into the Cochrane Ecological Institute (CEI) this spring and are now starting to get the itch to hibernate.[...]

The City of Calgary has added its name to the list of centres who've adopted Nov. 15 to 21 as Bully Awareness Week. The awareness week traces its roots to Cochrane. Seven years ago it became the brainchild of Bill Belsey, father and Springbank elementary school teacher.[...]

Tom Wilson may be known for great big rock and blues songs with his bands Junkhouse and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, but his latest project has him looking in a less showy direction. Wilson brings LeE HARVeY OsMOND to the Cochrane RancheHouse on Nov.[...]

In the middle of a .500 season, the Cochrane Generals even found a way to be .500 in a three-game stretch. In concluding a five-game home stand, the Generals tied the Mountainview Colts 2-2 on Nov. 20, hammered the Medicine Hat Cubs 9-1 on Nov.[...]

Mountain goats outnumber people in the Sloko Range, part of the Taku River region in the northwest corner of B.C. Negotiations are underway to set land use rules for B.C.’s last pristine coastal watershed, the remote Taku River valley near the Alaska and Yukon borders.

Delegates listen to NDP leader Carole James at the party convention in Vancouver Saturday. VANCOUVER – NDP leader Carole James has promised her party she will topple the B.C. Liberal government with a plan to eliminate child poverty and improve education for the next generation.

The NDP opposition had the B.C. Liberal government on the defensive over the deficit and the harmonized sales tax in the legislative session that wrapped up Thursday.

The city isn’t being aggressive enough in plans to reduce its corporate greenhouse gas emissions, according to some city councillors.

The City of Nelson is looking for help evaluating the services it offers.