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LETHBRIDGE, AB - A group of licensed practical nurses (LPNs) in Alberta say they want their professional designation to more accurately reflect the work that they actually do.The advocacy group, LPNs ...

OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole has been named as the president and managing director of risk advisory firm ADIT North America. The firm provides services to companies, investment fun...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says it is "unacceptable" he was kept in the dark about Paul Bernardo's controversial prison transfer. Questions are swirling on Parliament Hill today a...

An evacuation order has been lifted for the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., nine days after more than 2,000 residents were forced out by an encroaching wildfire. More coming The Canadian Press

Beginning next week continuous masking will no longer be required at Alberta Health Services facilities.AHS says that after careful review the policy is being rescinded as of June 19. The change cover...

OSLO - Canada's Sarah Mitton won gold in women's shot put on Thursday at the Oslo Diamond League track and field meet. Mitton, from Brooklyn, N.S., sent her first shot 19.54 metres, a distance that he...

HALIFAX - A lawyer for Glen Assoun, the Nova Scotia man who served 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, confirmed today that his longtime client has died....

KALAMATA, Greece (AP) - The Greek coast guard says nine survivors from the migrant ship that sank off the country's coast have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to the smuggling ring that arrang...

The Town of Sylvan Lake says it is committed to making Sylvan Lake Park more inclusive. In that regard, the Town says it now has three beach accessible wheelchairs and a beach mat.Town officials say t...

Environment Canada has confirmed some tornadoes touched down in an area to the west of Medicine Hat yesterday, but can't say how many.The weather agency started getting reports and photos of tornadoes...