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The Kids Help Phone launched a $300-million Feel Out Loud fundraising campaign on March 2. It’s aiming to expand virtual mental health services to every part of Canada. (Kid Help Phone Youtube/Screenshot)

Kids Help Phone aims to raise record $300M to expand virtual mental health care

Help line assisted 14 million kids and youth in Canada during pandemic

The Kids Help Phone launched a $300-million Feel Out Loud fundraising campaign on March 2. It’s aiming to expand virtual mental health services to every part of Canada. (Kid Help Phone Youtube/Screenshot)
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Ponoka man accused of human trafficking

Province’s ALERT asking potential victims to come forward

Christopher Becks (Photo from ALERT)
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Wetaskiwin RCMP investigate serious injury collision following firearms complaint

Wetaskiwin RCMP are investigating a serious injury collision after responding to a…

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Chief Vernon Saddleback, far right, receives his Platinum Jubilee Medal Dec. 14. (Screen shot/Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Facebook video)

VIDEO: Four chiefs of Maskwacis honoured with Platinum Jubilee medals for papal visit

The chiefs of the Four Nations of Maskwacis were among those honoured…

Chief Vernon Saddleback, far right, receives his Platinum Jubilee Medal Dec. 14. (Screen shot/Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Facebook video)
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SLAACS temporarily closed due to staffing

The service will reopen Dec. 6 at 7:30 a.m.

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Bentley man dies in workplace accident

Incident involved excavator in Lacombe County

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Journalist Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla captured this house fire on Hawthorn Place in May 2022.

Sylvan Lake News launches digital subscription program

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Journalist Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla captured this house fire on Hawthorn Place in May 2022.
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RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigate homicide in Maskwacis

Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a homicide in Maskwacis following…

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Winter is officially here in Alberta with a dumping of snow.

Snow in the forecast for the foreseeable future

Parts of Alberta could get over 20 centimeters of snow

Winter is officially here in Alberta with a dumping of snow.
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October is Child Abuse Prevention Month

Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre aiming to spread awareness

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Road safety to remember during the harvest season

With Harvest season well under way in Alberta there has been an…

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Plane crashes near Donalda

Lone occupant dead on scene

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Alberta RCMP release some things to keep in mind when reporting a missing person

Time is of the essence when someone goes missing

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Zebra mussels on a boat propeller. (Photo Creative Commons)

B.C. boaters reminded to be vigilant on invasive plants, animals after historic mussel barge bust

Some invasives, like European green crabs, are already established in B.C.

Zebra mussels on a boat propeller. (Photo Creative Commons)
B.C. record 87,000 intersection crashes in 2021. (Submitted photo)

B.C. logged 87,000 intersection crashes in 2021. These were the riskiest areas.

Highest crash zones remained in Metro Vancouver and Kelowna

B.C. record 87,000 intersection crashes in 2021. (Submitted photo)
FILE – Singer Adele and sports agent Rich Paul attend a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 19, 2021, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Allen J. Schaben (Los Angeles Times/AP)

VIDEO: Adele says she was a ‘shell of a person’ after canceling Vegas residency

Adele announced the cancellation of her residency one day before the concerts were to commence

FILE – Singer Adele and sports agent Rich Paul attend a game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 19, 2021, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Allen J. Schaben (Los Angeles Times/AP)
Candidates, left to right, Leslyn Lewis, Roman Baber, Jean Charest, Scott Aitchison, Patrick Brown, and Pierre Poilievre pose on stage following the Conservative Party of Canada English leadership debate in Edmonton, on May 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Poilievre continues to lead polls 2 months out from Conservative leadership race vote

British Columbians less in favour than other Canadians, latest Leger poll shows

Candidates, left to right, Leslyn Lewis, Roman Baber, Jean Charest, Scott Aitchison, Patrick Brown, and Pierre Poilievre pose on stage following the Conservative Party of Canada English leadership debate in Edmonton, on May 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
An elderly couple eat ice cream cones near a large Canadian flag during Canada Day festivities in West Vancouver on Monday, July 1, 2019. It’s a long weekend that ushers in the unofficial start of summer with potato salad and grilled food, popsicles and lemonade, swimming and fireworks. Yet Canada Day entertaining will come with a bigger price tag this year as inflation surged to its highest level in nearly 40 years, Statistics Canada said. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Alberta and Quebec most likely to support separation from Canada: poll

51 per cent of survey respondents said a new prime minister would improve life in their province

An elderly couple eat ice cream cones near a large Canadian flag during Canada Day festivities in West Vancouver on Monday, July 1, 2019. It’s a long weekend that ushers in the unofficial start of summer with potato salad and grilled food, popsicles and lemonade, swimming and fireworks. Yet Canada Day entertaining will come with a bigger price tag this year as inflation surged to its highest level in nearly 40 years, Statistics Canada said. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Vancouver man arrested after throwing glass bottle at a baby in a stroller

Police are asking the family to come forward so they can advance the investigation

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Vancouver firefighters responded to a fire at Value Village at 1820 East Hastings around 10 p.m. on Wednesday June 29. (Shane MacKichan photo)

VIDEO: Fire rips through East Vancouver Value Village

Around 10 p.m. Wednesday night, 50 firefighters responded to the blaze on East Hastings

Vancouver firefighters responded to a fire at Value Village at 1820 East Hastings around 10 p.m. on Wednesday June 29. (Shane MacKichan photo)