Charges laid against a Red Deer man for allegedly forcing a girl into the sex trade should be a wake-up call for police in smaller towns and cities, according to a former Edmonton vice squad detective.

The Flames' Jarome Iginla, the Senators' Filip Kuba, and the Stars' Brad Richards are the weekend's top three stars.

Two men are in hospital after a stabbing in the southwest Calgary district of Killarney.

Calgary-based Husky Energy has found more oil in the White Rose field off Newfoundland, the company announced Monday.

Alberta's swine flu vaccination clinics opened to the general public on Monday, including a new location at the South Calgary Health Centre.

Alberta’s H1N1 vaccination program will open up to the general public on Monday.

Farmers and ranchers shouldn’t be blamed for low-flying aircraft suspected of being used by big game hunters, a rancher says.

A Rocky Mountain House trucking firm will appear in court in December facing environmental charges for waste burning.

Two people face drug trafficking charges after Rimbey RCMP busted a marijuana growing operation on Wednesday near Gull Lake.

Students from the Samson Band High School and the Muskwachees Cultural College in Hobbema take to the streets in Hobbema on Thursday to celebrate National Addictions Awareness Week.

Alberta Health Services is opening a 7th H1N1 vaccination clinic in Calgary. Starting at 8:30 Monday morning, all Albertans over 6 months old, can also get their shot on the 3rd floor of the South Calgary Health Centre at Sunpark Plaza S.E. However, officials are still encouraging people to attend the Stampede Grandstand site because it is the largest and has the shortest lineups. More ...

City council is about to begin deliberations on the 2010 budget. Aldermen will be debating ways to keep the proposed tax increase to 4.8 % next year. However, Alderman Gord Lowe says possible add-ons could boost the increase by another percentage point. He says there's also the Calgary Parking Authority issue, since rejection of its plans to boost fines could result in a $2 Million shortfall. He ...

Just as the 2010 budget deliberations get underway, the President of the 900-member Calgary Leadership Forum is calling on City Council to reduce taxes by 2.5% and modernize the budget process. Former Alderman Brian Lee tells QR77 news, the three-year budget outlook process fails to consider the volatility of today's economy. And, Lee says for no "viable" reason, the city's $148-Million fiscal ...

An investigation is now underway into what caused a Canadian Pacific Railway train to come off the tracks Southwest of Calgary Saturday night. A CPR spokesperson says they were auto deck cars and not carrying any hazardous materials. Some damage was done to the tracks, but they were were quickly repaired.

The University of Calgary is heading to the Vanier Cup. Saturday afternoon they beat St. Mary's 38-14, winning the Uteck Bowl and a spot in the game in Quebec City next Saturday. U of C will play Queens University after they upset Laval 33-30. Dinos head coach Blake Nill is especially proud of his offensive line after 426 yards of rushing offense in the game. He adds he isn't overly concerned ...

This past year's spring drought has continued to have ripple effects beyond the fall harvest. Chole Cartwright owns Hummingbird B+B and hay farm near Bottrel. She still has hay sitting in her shed since she decided not to sell it to a hay plant, but keep it in the area for the local market.[...]

Thanks to some good years and proper fiscal management, the Town of Cochrane will be able to deal with a rough 2010 and prepare for brighter times ahead, said the Mayor. Mayor Truper McBride said Nov.[...]

The Cochrane Environmental Action Committee (CEAC) and its members are a testament to the power a small group of dedicated citizens can wield. As 2009 draws to a close, so to does the 20th anniversary of CEAC.[...]

Reagen Sulewski sports@cochranetimes.com The Cochrane Movie House will temporarily close up shop for two days to finish renovations, but some movie buffs will get a sneak peak at the brand new layout of the theatre this week.[...]

Cochrane's cowboys had a rough ride at the Canadian Finals Rodeo. Three local cowboys were in competition at the CFR in Edmonton from Nov. 11 to 15, brothers Tanner and Baillie Milan in steer wrestling, and Steven Turner in bullriding, with none of them coming away with a championship.[...]

CALGARY - Council's first two attempts to trim the city budget have failed, as aldermen refused to cut grants Monday morning to partner agencies like the zoo, Talisman Centre and Tourism Calgary.

EDMONTON - Edmonton's Influenza Assessment Centre will close at midnight Monday. It's closing because of a significantly decreased volume of patients seen at the centre located at the Duggan Health Centre over the past week, says a news release from Alberta Health Services.

After a two-year, $70-million makeover, Edmonton's second-largest enclosed mall is taking its new slogan-- "Let your light shine" --quite literally.

While everyone was gushing over Southgate Centre's expansion and fancy new decor this summer, Kingsway Mall was putting the finishing touches on a pretty extravagant makeover of its own on the other side of the city.

EDMONTON - While Canadians rang up their seventh increase in retail sales in nine months, Albertans' spending remained flat in September. But that's better than the previous two months when Alberta sales posted monthly declines, according to Statistics Canada figures released Monday on retail trade.

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Larry Gilmour, 55, unsuccessfully panhandles former federal Liberal leader Stephane Dion in downtown Victoria, where Dion attended a meeting on homelessness in November 2007.

VICTORIA – All B.C. residents are now eligible for the H1N1 influenza vaccine, and the provincial health officer is hoping that available supplies available around the province are used up as soon as possible.

Finance Minister Colin Hansen has extended an extra break for new homes from next year's harmonized sales tax. VICTORIA – The B.C. government is giving a bigger break to new home buyers in the latest move to ease the impact of next year's harmonized sales tax.

A plan to triple the size of the emergency room at the Kootenay Lake Hospital became a little more real with the hospital announcing it awarded the contract for the project.