Decision time for delegates to Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party convention arrives Saturday morning, when they begin voting in a leadership review of Premier Ed Stelmach.

Mayor Stephen Mandel has returned to Edmonton with the Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership, after a special ceremony with Prince Charles on Wednesday in Toronto.

Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told CBC News Friday he makes regular visits to the Obama White House, but he denied he still influences policy-making.

A 24-hour shelter has opened in central Alberta to house homeless people with the flu.

Alberta children under 10 with chronic health conditions and parents of babies will be able to get a swine flu vaccination, starting Tuesday.

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has told Tory delegates who will vote on his leadership this weekend that he has the courage to take bold stands and not back down. Stelmach leadership is being questioned by some party veterans but he says playing it safe is not what he's about and he's not afraid of criticism. In a speech Friday night at the party's annual general meeting in Red Deer, Stelmach told ...

A forty one year old man from Rocky Mountain House has been charged in relation to that fatal shooting of a teen involving a pen gun. It was back on September 7th when the boy was in a car with another teen when the gun went off. He was rushed to hospital, but later died. The man facing charges, including criminal negligence causing death and careless use of a prohibited device, is the father of ...

Two men have been arrested and charged after they were observed breaking into unoccupied homes and construction trailers along Skyview Springs N.E, around 11pm Thursday. When they were arrested, police found break and enter tools in their possession, and say evidence also linked them to a separate incident at the same location a one month earlier. Since July, there have been over forty cases of ...

On Tuesday November 10th, Alberta Health Services will begin offering H1N1 vaccine to two new groups of individuals at high risk of developing severe illness related to influenza. As this process continues, no high risk groups will be removed from eligibility - only new groups added. On November 10th, the two new groups will be: • both parents or one parent and one caregiver of infan...

The University of Calgary's Harvey Weingarten marked his final major public speech as president of the institution in a big way - on the receiving end of a $39-million donation for the school's Brain Institute. Weingarten is stepping down in January, and issued his final U of C "report to the community" Friday, accepting the donation from well known Calgary businessman Harley Hotckiss. The cash ...

Swine poo not swine flu was on the minds of many who showed up for an immunization clinic in Red Deer’s Kentwood neighbourhood Friday.

Red Deer City RCMP have arrested a suspect in two armed robberies that occurred at Westpark Fas Gas early Monday.

An undisclosed number of guns were stolen from The Sportsmen’s Den in Red Deer Thursday evening.

Two Red Deer men were injured, one seriously, early Friday morning in a collision involving two quads police said were stolen.

In Rimbey, the colour pink is a badge of honour. Trail boss Jane Hurl has announced that the town’s population of 2,252 raised

Dragons were on the loose in Cochrane.[...]

Only those highest at risk — pregnant women and children under the age of six — will be able to get an H1N1 shot when vaccination clinics resume this week. Children under the age of six, can receive vaccinations as of Nov.[...]

The first two days of H1N1 vaccination clinics in Cochrane were well attended. Two full days of H1N1 clinics took place at the Bow Valley Baptist Church before all clinics in Alberta were suspended in order for Alberta Health and Wellness to review their distribution strategies.[...]

Cochrane's only day care has announced it's closing Nov. 30. After only one year in operation, Little Saints Day Care struggled to attract children and couldn't remain financially viable.[...]

Corporal Jordan Kochan has been awarded a Medal of Military Valour for treating a wounded soldier while exposed to enemy gunfire. The former Cochrane High grad will travel from Shilo, Manitoba where he is currently based to an awards ceremony in Ottawa the day after Remembrance Day.[...]

The statistic leaps off the page quicker than Arkee Whitlock can make a cut. The B.C. Lions run defence

VANCOUVER - The Edmonton Eskimos will remain in the West after all as they secured their first post-season berth within their own division since 2005.

RED DEER - Premier Ed Stelmach pushed for party unity and confidence on the eve of his leadership review. "Your support, the support of our (Progressive Conservative) family, always energizes me," Stelmach said.

A lawyer for former Oilers owner Peter Pocklington says he plans to produce documents that may resolve the fraud charges against his client without having to go to trial.

Quite a few Edmontonians, if you are Peter Pocklington.

Abbotsford MLA Mike de Jong is the government's political point man as well as its top law enforcement officer.

The Nelson Fire Department is in need of some new auxiliary fire fighters.

The Kootenay Lake School District (SD 8) needs a comprehensive policy to create inclusive classroom for gay and lesbian youth, according to the district’s social justice representative.

Selkirk College students in the carpentry program are getting ready to start their work on the Rosemont house being build to benefit the CT scanner fundraising drive.

RCMP in the West Kootenay have charged six Trail residents with alleged cocaine trafficking after a three-month investigation using police resources from throughout the province.