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July Long Weekend is known in rodeo circles as Cowboy Christmas. Big Valley's Zeke Thurston packed his stocking extra full this year by winning a cool $26,000 and jumping into first place in the Canad...

TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is looking forward to Major League Baseball's all-star break. Not for the potential money he could earn, but to showcase his skills as a slugger. The Toronto Blue ...

MOSCOW - A fire has erupted on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea submersibles, killing 14 sailors, the Russian Defence Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said that the blaze broke out Monday while t...

HALIFAX - A court case is underway today over the release of key evidence explaining what led to the wrongful murder conviction and imprisonment of a Nova Scotia man who spent almost 17 years in jail....

CALGARY- Police are investigating a suspected targeted shooting that left two men in hospital.Investigators say the victims, who are in their 20s, were inside a home's attached garage when the shootin...

EDMONTON- Corporations in Alberta will pay less in taxes this summer with further decreases down the line.As of Canada Day, the province's "Job Creation Tax Cut" will lower rates from 12% to 11%. On J...

CLINT, Texas - The head of the U.S. Border Patrol on Monday slammed as "completely inappropriate" sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and comments questioning the authenti...

MILAN - Woody Allen says he has "always had a warm and affectionate following in Europe," as he prepares to make his La Scala debut directing Puccini's comic one-act opera 'Gianni Schicchi.' Allen was...

PHILADELPHIA - Patti LaBelle is being honoured in her hometown of Philadelphia with her very own street. A stretch of Broad Street will be renamed for the legendary soul singer during a ceremony Tuesd...

EDMONTON- Provincial fire officials say the massive Chuckegg Creek wildfire that's forced thousands of people to flee their communities over the past two months is now considered 60% held.The blaze is...