A man charged with sexually assaulting and robbing an elderly woman has been deemed fit to stand trial.

Solid partnerships and a keen eye to the future are the tools that win national recognition for a small and highly specialized school, says the president of Olds College.

Lacombe homeowners will see their property tax bills rise 2.5 per cent next year. Lacombe town council approved the increase on Monday during its deliberation of the 2010 budget, said Michael Minchin, corporate services director.

Most Red Deer County ratepayers can expect little or no property tax increases on next year’s bills.

A fridge magnet giving phone numbers for various crime prevention agencies is being pondered by a new city committee.

CALGARY - A high-risk sex offender has been arrested in Abbotsford, B.C. at a shelter. Calgary police said Dean Robert Zimmerman, 44, was arrested after someone in the shelter recognized him and called police. He was staying there under the name Robert Armstrong.

EDMONTON - The Arctic cold front gripping the province forced Albertans to use a record amount of electricity Monday night. The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) reported a peak of 10,046 megawatt hours was reached at 6 p.m., followed by three more hours of record-breaking demand.

EDMONTON - Here's an early Christmas present for fans of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. The Band's drummer/vocalist Levon Helm, Alberta cowboy Ian Tyson and Tex-Mex duo Calexico are some of the acts confirmed for next Aug. 5 to 8.

EDMONTON - Glenn Howard remained the only unbeaten men's rink after three draws of the Canadian Olympic qualifying tournament. The Ontario foursome continued their impressive, consistent play on Tuesday to score a 6-4 win over Jason Gunnlaugson of Beausejour, Man.

Fort McMurray has become the first municipality in Alberta to ban both plastic and paper shopping bags.

Plans to move patients out of Alberta Hospital Edmonton are being delayed until after a report is submitted next February, the co-chair of a committee set up to oversee changes at the hospital said Wednesday.

The Govenor General condemned the killing of an activist opposed to a Canadian mine during the last day of a state visit to Mexico.

Cheryl Bernard beat 2006 Olympic bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink 8-5 on Wednesday to improve to a stellar 5-0 at the Canadian Olympic women's curling trials in Edmonton.

The Calgary Flames play their first game at home in two weeks Wednesday night when they face an Atlanta Thrashers team that has never won at the Pengrowth Saddledome.

An investigation into a plane crash in Alberta that killed five people concludes a similar crash could happen again. The Transportation Safety Board found that the single-engine Piper aircraft was overloaded, the pilot lacked refresher training and the aircraft's gyroscope failed due to lack of maintenance. The board suggests that a similar combination of errors would make it difficult for a ...

Amanda Lindhout is back in Alberta. But at this point, she and her family have no plans to speak to the media, and are requesting privacy. A family spokesperson says Lindhout and her parents arrived back Wednesday. The journalist from Sylvan Lake spent more than a year in captivity after being kidnapped in Somalia in August 2008. She was freed last month, along with Australian photographer Nigel ...

After seven years of gridlock and headaches, the city is nearing completion on the 16th Avenue north corridor. 16th Avenue has been an area to avoid since the city started construction work in 2002, but now all six lanes of traffic are wide open. Jennifer de Vries, with the city's Transportation and Infrastructure Department, says businesses along 16th Avenue have had a lot to put up with over ...

The city's Transportation Committee has put off approving a levy that would build roadways for the Stoney industrial area. There's concern that the levy would be so high that the land would remain undeveloped for years. What needs to be built is a flyover over the Deerfoot at 128th Avenue north and a connector to the ring road from 11th Street in the area. The cost of both projects come in at ...

Fort McMmurray is bringing in a bylaw banning all single-use shopping bags. That means you can not even use paper or bio-degradable bags. Wood Buffalo Regional Council voted in favour of the motion Tuesday night. But Mayor Melissa Blake says there are a few exceptions. "Food outlets. So if you go to a fast food restaurant or whatever, paper bags or plastic bags are still acceptable at those ...

The time has come for a little more control on Cochrane's roadways. Town council decided during budget deliberations to fund the construction of traffic lights at the intersection of Griffin Road and Fifth Avenue.[...]

A Morley family is seeking refuge in Calgary after overcrowded housing forced them to move off the Stoney Nakoda reserve.[...]

After two days of deliberations, Cochrane town council has decided to raise municipal property taxes by 4.25 per cent. In the draft budget documents created by Town staff, the Town of Cochrane was looking at a 4.[...]

For those who only moved into Cochrane during the past few years, it's difficult to imagine Cochrane as a sleepy prairie town where a herd of cattle in what is now Glenbow serenaded citizens to sleep. But for the bulk of its history, that is exactly what Cochrane was.[...]

Rocky View trustees decided to keep portables at Cochrane High rather than move them to Prince of Peace School. Instead, Chestermere High School has been asked to give up two 15-year-old portables to Prince of Peace, a Lutheran school just east of Calgary.[...]

Nelson City Council is concerned about the six LPNs being laid off at the Kootenay Lake Hospital.

Three occupants were able to safely escape an early morning fire in their home on Nov. 9.

People are going to keep hens in Nelson even if a bylaw is not developed to allow it, according to one resident that kept hens on her property last summer.

There’s no doubt that the flashy mural spray painted on the side garage door of Boomtown Sports doesn’t follow the heritage colour scheme of downtown.

The City of Nelson had a busy night at council on Dec. 7 considering what it should do (or consider doing) with its limited land to best develop the city. Here are some projects council decided were a good use of its land: