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Big Picture Markets Struggle for Direction; Bank of Canada Hikes Rates by 50 Basis Points Although U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday, the TSX continued its winning streak on Monday...

Alberta has its first case of monkeypox.The province's chief medical officer of health announced Thursday on Twitter that one isolated case has been confirmed in an adult."I would like to remind Alber...

Premier Jason Kenney has tapped Jason Nixon to be the province's acting finance minister and president of the Treasury Board.Kenney announced the news on social media Thursday and that Nixon will rema...

The Canadian government has put Hockey Canada under the microscope. Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge has ordered a financial audit of an out-of-court settlement involving a woman who alleged she was se...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the chief of the Siksika First Nation have signed a historic land claim settlement, which the federal government says is one of the largest agreements of its kind in ...

The provincial government is taking steps to help address a labour shortage in the province.Applications for Alberta Jobs Now reopen on Friday, June 3. Eligible employers can hire and train up to 10 n...

EDMONTON - The first United Conservative backbencher to publicly call for Premier Jason Kenney to quit is now running to replace him as party leader and premier.Todd Loewen announced in a Facebook pos...

PHILADELPHIA - Canadian bench coach Rob Thomson will serve as interim manager of the Philadelphia Phillies for the remainder of the season after the struggling team fired Joe Girardi on Friday. Girard...

NEW YORK - The NHL has fined Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian US$2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct after he removed the helmet off of Colorado defenceman Bowen Byram during Game 2 of the NHL Weste...

PARIS (AP) - Rafael Nadal has become the second-oldest men's finalist in French Open history after his semifinal opponent, Alexander Zverev, stopped playing Friday because of an injured right leg. Now...