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Curling Canada has cancelled six more events in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization announced Thursday it has cancelled the Continental Cup in Oakville, Ont., the Canadian under-18...

EDMONTON - A series of severe weather events in Alberta this year has led to insured damages of nearly $2 billion. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the industry is working to process nearly 10...

WASHINGTON - Hot on the heels of his Democratic challenger, Donald Trump is headed to Michigan today - a critical stretch of his road back to the White House. Trump is scheduled to hold an evening ral...

A collision south of Lacombe Wednesday evening claimed the life of a 40-year-old motorcycle rider. The crash between the southbound motorcycle and a northbound pickup truck happened at about 7 p.m. at...

EDMONTON - Two RCMP officers who were charged in the shooting death of a 31-year old man in northern Alberta two years ago are now facing manslaughter charges. Cpl. Randy Stenger and Const. Jessica Br...

Sami Jo Small often felt conflicted about her role on the Canadian women's hockey team. The goaltender started 51 games for Canada over her decade on the national team. The on...

The 25-year-old Australian actress Geraldine Viswanathan, having already stolen movies left and right, more straightforwardly owns "Broken Hearts Gallery," a glossy but spirited Gen-Y romantic comedy ...

LONDON - Maggie O'Farrell won the Women's Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for "Hamnet," a novel that explores the lives of William Shakespeare's often-maligned wife and lost son. O'Farrell's novel beat...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says growth in spending on federal employees has more to do with the amounts spent per worker and not because there are more workers to spend on. Spending on ...

LONDON - Diana Rigg, a commanding British actress whose career stretched from iconic 1960s spy series "The Avengers" to fantasy juggernaut "Game of Thrones," has died. She was 82. Rigg's agent, Simon ...