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DRUMHELLER, AB The Ford F-150 pickup has been the best-selling vehicle in Canada for 47 consecutive years; not just the best-selling truck, but the best-selling vehicle overall.

Each year, the province's top HR managers come together for the conference, which features speakers, workshops and of course, the awards dinner.

A truck hauling a too-tall load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River.

The wife of an Edmonton-area trucker being linked to a dramatic bridge collapse in Washington state says her husband was taking all the necessary precautions.

A truck hauling a too-tall load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River.

A group of campers from an Edmonton junior high school called for help after bad weather hit their campsite west of Calgary in K-Country. A group of wet and cold school kids and their adult supervisors from Edmonton had to be rescued from Kananaskis Country on Wednesday night.

Herald photo by Ian Martens University of Lethbridge president Mike Mahon talks with housing services manager Terri Thomas in one of the living areas Thursday at the new Aperture Park Phase III residence construction project.

Janice Pang, a Grade 9 student at Coquitlam's Pinetree secondary, and Kelvin Zhang, a Grade 7 student at Port Coquitlam's Maple Creek middle, were part of Team BC that headed to the Canada-wide Science Fair in Lethbridge, AB, last week.

The province is warning of rising water levels in southern Alberta following a heavy rainfall, with more precipitation expected throughout the week.

After years of research, Don Good, a Peace River businessman and town councillor from 1998-2010, has come up with a big part of the explanation.

Premiers Christy Clark of B.C. and Alison Redford of Alberta. Premiers Christy Clark of B.C. and Alison Redford of Alberta.

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A physician from Lethbridge, Alta., has been identified as the scuba diver who died in Kootenay Lake near Kaslo, B.C., last week.

An out-of-control wildfire fuelled by strong, gusty winds in Brazeau County has forced an evacuation order for area residents.

Sen. Mike Duffy arrives on Parliament Hill for a meeting of the Senate Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

CBE chief superintendent Naomi Johnson racked up $1,110.92 in international data roaming charges on her tablet while on a taxpayer-paid trip to New Zealand.

Airshow president Brent Botfield speaks to reporters Wednesday at the Lethbridge County Airport during an announcement the Alberta International Air Show will now be held every second year instead of annually.

Albertans have been seen as smug, cocky and self-satisfied by other Canadians. But, in some ways, Albertans don't have much to be satisfied about.

An Air Canada Boeing 767-300, registration C-FCAE performing flight AC-898 from Edmonton,AB to London Heathrow,EN with 142 people on board, was enroute at FL360 over the Hudson Bay at about N61.3 W90 at about 06:30Z, when the aircraft encountered turbulence causing injuries to a flight attendant, who was unable to continue duties.

Students in Grades 4 to 6 at Strathcona Tweedsmuir School pause for a moment of silence at the site of the Dunbow Industrial School Cemetery on May 22, 2013.