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ORCIERES-MERLETTE, France - After just four stages at the Tour de France, the balance of power is already clearer: Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team are looking like the ones to beat. Roglic, the...

Ponoka's New Resident Attraction and Incentive Program is now open for applications. Application forms for the program are posted on the Town website at www.ponoka.ca. Paper copies are available at th...

OTTAWA - New data from some of Canada's biggest police forces show major COVID-19 lockdowns across much of the country in the spring led to a sharp uptick in calls to police for domestic vio...

TORONTO - Kadeisha Buchanan and Alphonso Davies, who each lifted the Champions League trophy in August, have been named Canada Soccer's players of the month. Buchanan claimed her fourth Euro...

WASHINGTON - The lawyer for accused neo-Nazi and former Canadian Forces reservist Patrik Mathews has asked a U.S. court to drop weapons charges against his client and to allow him to stand trial separ...

The Town of Ponoka released its 2019 Annual Report to the Community on Tuesday.Described as an annual reflection and celebration of the many accomplishments and milestones the Town has achieved over t...

EDMONTON - A decision has yet to be made on whether the 2021 world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., will be played with or without fans. The International Ice Hockey F...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he will lift the state's ban on visiting nursing homes that has cut off vulnerable seniors from family since mid-March over fears o...

OTTAWA - The national statistics agency is readying a new online tool designed to help Canadians track the impact of price changes on their spending during the pandemic. Statistics Canada already has ...

MONTREAL - Ten thousand Quebec unionized home daycare workers began the first of a series of rotating strikes Tuesday, after negotiations with the province failed to produce a deal. The group rep...