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NEW YORK - When author Angela Flournoy was asked to dress as her favourite literary character for a magazine shoot four years ago, she knew how to look the part: a wide and "severe hat," a fur stole a...

CHICAGO - R. Kelly couldn't be faulted if he felt some confidence he could beat the sex charges brought by Cook County prosecutors earlier this year. He had beaten them before, winning acquittal on al...

LOS ANGELES - Fifty years ago this week, Charles Manson orchestrated the slaughter of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people over two nights in Los Angeles. The Manson family, as the cult l...

EDMONTON- Some students are facing uncertainty after changes were made to an application process for Government of Alberta scholarships and awards although the province's largest scholarship has now o...

TORONTO - Thirteen people were injured after nearly a dozen shootings across Toronto over the long weekend, one of which sparked chaos as gunshots rang out in a packed nightclub. "This is no...

EDMONTON- Police are investigating after residents of an Edmonton neighbourhood found a Nazi image spray painted on some grass.Shirley Smith told CTV Edmonton that she was appalled when she saw the wh...

EDMONTON- Horse owners in the province are being urged to have enough high-quality hay stockpiled by summer's end to get their animals through next winter.The Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cru...

VANCOUVER - Three southern resident killer whales have been declared dead by the Center for Whale Research, bringing the population down to 73. The dead killer whales are a 42-two-year-old m...

LIMA, Peru - The Canadian women had a solid day in the water at the Pan American Games on Tuesday, coming away with five medals on the first day of the swimming competition. Danica Ludlow and Aly...

NEW DELHI - India's Hindu nationalist-led government moved Monday to revoke the special status of Muslim-majority Kashmir, cutting off communications and deploying thousands of troops in the restive H...