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WASHINGTON - In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point Tuesday in an effort to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronav...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is working with the international community to make sure it does everything that is necessary to ensure Canadians are kept safe fr...

SYLVAN LAKE- Charlotte Tweed will speak about her recently published book, Roam Free: A Travel Transformation Memoir, at the Sylvan Lake Municipal Library on Saturday March 21, from 2 to 3 p.m. Tweed,...

LETHBRIDGE- An explosives disposal unit seized and safely destroyed two live artillery rounds on the weekend.Police say one 82-millimetre mortar round was discovered Saturday in a garbage can near a s...

EDMONTON- Today marks the 15th anniversary of the murders of four RCMP officers on a farm north of Rochfort Bridge near the town of Mayerthorpe.Constables Peter Schiemann, Brock Myrol, and Leo Johnsto...

LETHBRIDGE- Members of the provincial government were in Lethbridge Monday for a pair of announcements that are said to impact drug-related crime.The first is a drug treatment court.Justice Minister D...

OTTAWA - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has helped 260 intolerably suffering Canadians end their lives over the past four years, including a few who likely would have lived up to another decade on the...

VANCOUVER - A Wet'suwet'en elected councillor says she has "high hopes" that internal conflict over governance issues and a pipeline can be resolved respectfully but she's also concerned som...

VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court case in 2011 explained the traditional Wet'suwet'en governance system. Here is a look at the decision and how the system works: Clans and houses: The five Wet'suw...

VANCOUVER - The potential for a worldwide pandemic has kept scientists in Canada at the ready and placed them at the forefront of the global response to the outbreak of the new coronavi...