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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.

Police say a female prisoner used a lens from a pair of eyeglasses to take a fellow prisoner hostage at the Edmonton courthouse.

Herald photo by Ian Martens Cheryl Currie, an assistant professor of public health at the University of Lethbridge, speaks at the Southern Alberta Housing and Homelessness Research Forum Tuesday at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre.

By Myles Fish - Red Deer Advocate Published: May 21, 2013 8:14 AM Updated: May 21, 2013 10:16 AM Three Central Alberta MPs didn't respond to requests for comment on a story about their speaking records in the House of Commons.

Only days after an out-of-control wildfire threatened the hamlet of Nordegg, abandoned campfires caused 11 small wildfires in the Rocky Mountain House Wildfire Management Area on Monday.

Bentley firefighters work alongside Lacombe Fire Department and Parks Alberta to locate and retrieve a boater who had become separated from his capsized sailboat and spent over an hour in the water.

It's a three-story pile of black petroleum coke that could cover an entire city block and it's the byproduct of oil sands bitumen drilling in Alberta, Canada.

Canada's housing market is slowing dramatically in terms of both sales and construction, dragging down economic growth and putting some 150,000 jobs at risk in coming years, a mortgage industry association warns in its spring report.

On the viral YouTube video that propelled him to a measure of fame, the disheveled itinerant dubbed "Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker" describes himself as a "home-free" surfer and musician with roots in West Virginia.

The high winds and warm temperatures which caused Edmonton to impose a fire ban on Tuesday afternoon are keeping firefighters busy outside of the city.

The $500,000 historic restoration of Morinville, Alberta's St. Jean Baptiste Church will require about 30,000 pounds of scaffolding that will rise 100 feet into the air.

The bulk of reported dog bites in Calgary last year came from bigger and medium-sized breeds such as the pit bull.

By Kevin Diakiw - Surrey North Delta Leader Published: May 21, 2013 3:00 PM Updated: May 21, 2013 3:26 PM Despite some foul weather on Friday, the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair managed to see sellout crowds for the next two days.

A rock slide closed Highway 742, also known as Spray Lakes Road, near Canmore. A rock weighing several tonnes slid down the scree slope and ended up on the highway.

Two unions may have lost a Federal Court battle disputing a mining company's plan to bring in 201 temporary foreign workers from China, but they're celebrating the spotlight they've shone on the problems associated with the employment program.