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Alberta Environment quickly turned down a call this week for an environmental impact assessment on the proposed Heartland Transmission Line.

Emerging onto a political landscape long dominated by the Progressive Conservatives will no doubt deliver its share of challenges for the fledgling Alberta Party but it's one the party faithful is ready to embrace.

The province will use a three-pronged approach to educate members of the public, including commercial growers, about late blight, a disease that destroyed tomato and potato plants across the province, including St. Albert, last year.

A five-year-old boy took the braveness he has displayed battling brain cancer to work alongside local firefighters yesterday. Clyde Weber, a student at J.J.

The first paycheque of the year will be a tiny bit lighter for most Canadians as increases to employment insurance (EI) premiums take affect. The changes increase the amount of insurance Canadians pay on $100 of wages from $1.72 to $1.

During the four decades he worked as a family physician, Dr. Neil Gray's family vacations came few and far between, sometimes scheduled around patients. One vacation, he recalls, was delayed until a patient had given birth.

Things worked out pretty well for the Salvation Army this past holiday season, all things considered. One Grinch-y glitch didn't stop them from a successful outcome.

Victor Fernandez says the common brotherhood of the world's firehalls means you can go anywhere and find the same people.

My name is Abby. I am a seven-month-old border collie. I weigh about 35 pounds and measure about 18 inches at the shoulder. I'm very active and love to run and play but I also enjoy being inside with my people and cuddling on the couch.

The eagerly awaited Gran Turismo 5 (GT5) is the largest, most comprehensive racing simulator ever to hit a console.