Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the hotel in Red Deer, Alta., where Progressive Conservative delegates are voting on Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership.

Russian pianists Georgy Tchaidze and Evgeny Starodubtsev captured first and second laureate after five finalists performed Thursday and Friday nights in Calgary.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders can wrap up first place in the CFL West, a bye week and the chance to host the division final if they can beat the visiting Calgary Stampeders on Saturday

Sean Avery will return to his very own house of ill-fame Saturday night when his New York Rangers visit the Calgary Flames at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Hockey Night in Canada (10 p.m., CBC, CBCSports.ca).

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.

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

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the hotel in Red Deer where Progressive Conservative delegates are voting on Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership. The protest, organized by the group Friends of Medicare, is aimed at hospital bed closures and other government cuts to health care. Most of the roughly 700 protesters are union members from across Alberta and many carried banners and ...

One person in hospital this morning following a stabbing incident at a home in the Falconridge area Friday night ..... City police called in just before nine friday to a small house party ..... A 45 year old man had serious stab wounds but is expected to survive ... Two women said the offender had fled out the back door ... But later police determined the assaultant was actually one of the men ...

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 ...

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.[...]

Saturday is Ed Stelmach's day of reckoning, when Progressive Conservative party members will vote on his leadership. Although Calgary Conservatives might love to torpedo him, they have decided that it is not expedient to "rock the boat at this time."

RED DEER- Premier Ed Stelmach's political career rests in the hands of his own party members, he said Saturday afternoon. The premier, who faces a leadership review today at the Progressive Conservative party's convention in Red Deer, did not say what show of support he needs to stay in the job.

CALGARY - Police searching for the stabber in a serious attack Friday at a northeaest house party believe they have the culprit.

EDMONTON - With injury problems up front, the Edmonton Oilers called up two farmhands Liam Reddox and Ryan Potulny today to kick off a five-game road trip.

Canada's newest national lottery game finally has a grand-prize winner. One ticket purchased in the Prairies had the numbers 2, 7, 8, 11, 16, 17 and 18 for the estimated $50-million win in Friday's Lotto Max draw.

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.