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The parents of a young woman who disappeared along British Columbia’ so-called Highway of Tears say the RCMP is searching a farm near Prince George for their daughter’s remains.

RCMP officers search a sport utility vehicle with Saskatchewan plates after a high risk takedown near the Blackfalds overpass Thursday. One man was taken into custody.

The Alberta government is slashing this year’s education budget by $80 million as the province grapples with a record $7 billion budget deficit.

The loss of a television station is a loss for the whole community, former employees of station CHCA-TV and a city official say.

Central Alberta leaders are watching nervously to see how $315 million worth of provincial health-care cuts will affect staff, long-term care centres and patient care.

A Lacombe County farmer who tried to help out a friend paid a steep price — a tax bill that jumped more than 1,300 per cent.

A fire chief says an intersection near Calgary where three people were killed and four injured in a traffic collision is known to be dangerous.

Carol Chapman’s painting titled Sunshiny Day is one of about 60 paintings on exhibit at the Red Deer Museum Parkland Mall location from now until Sept. 27. The 30th annual Alberta Wide Juried Exhibition features many artists from across the province competing in five categories. The museum location at the mall is open to the public 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

A man wanted in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a Red Deer woman in her 70s has turned himself in to police.

Red Deer College’s new head of security and emergency response will be wrestling with a new job, a new book and ongoing wrestling matches.