Westlock County fire crews have been kept busy since a fire advisory was put in place on May 6.

Over the next five weeks, the Westlock Independence Network could lose as much as $408,332 during provincial funding cuts as part of a $9 million hit to Persons with Developmental Disabilities’ Northeast service providers.

The lab cuts at the Westlock hospital are set in stone, says Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec.

Westlock County firefighters were busy last week, responding to at least 10 brush fires in locations across the county.

The way business is being done for people with developmental disabilities will change as provincial funding cuts for programming are phased in over the next few weeks.

Two buildings in Westlock that have sat empty and unfinished for at least two years are finally on track to be completed and occupied by spring 2014.

WASHINGTON - Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. has agreed to sell its Allstream business telecommunications arm to an Egyptian investment group and use about half of the $405 million in proceeds to reduce its pension obligations and debt.

MONTREAL - Valeant Pharmaceuticals shares hit an all-time high Friday amid reports that it is in talks to expand its eye-care business by buying Bausch and Lomb.

TORONTO - The Royal Bank (TSX:RY), which faced a fierce backlash earlier this year over an outsourcing arrangement involving the use of temporary foreign workers, said Friday it won't send work offshore just to save on salaries.