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FREDERICTON - A Fredericton man accused of murdering two police officers and two civilians in an August shooting spree has told a judge that he wants a new lawyer. Matthew Raymond said he feels he has...

SPOKANE, Wash. - In a story Nov. 5 about mountain caribou, The Associated Press reported erroneously that six of the animals would be relocated from the Lower 48 states to Canada. The six mountain car...

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi has personally met with leaders of nearly two dozen Indigenous communities since the Federal Court of Appeal struck down the Canadian government’...

MONTREAL - In April 1917, a Canadian soldier standing on a war-ravaged battlefield in France pocketed a souvenir to send home: a handful of acorns from a downed oak tree at Vimy Ridge. Now, a century ...

MacLean's magazine once again has Red Deer ranked high among “Canada's Most Dangerous Places.” Our city had the sixth-highest Crime Severity Index (CSI) for 2017 at 222. Red Deer had Canad...

RICHMOND, Va. - If the Democrats succeed in breaking through in the U.S. midterm elections Tuesday, it will have a lot to do with women like Callie Rennison. The Colorado university professor has alwa...

NEW YORK - Calgary Flames centre Sean Monahan, Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson and Tampa Bay Lightning centre Brayden Point have been named the NHL three stars of the week. Monahan had four ...

VANCOUVER - A conservation group is suing the British Columbia government for exempting two oilpatch dams from environmental rules years after the dams were built. “It seems like the government ...

OTTAWA - Repaying hundreds of thousands of disabled veterans and their survivors for a calculating error that deprived them of some of their pensions for seven years will cost $165 million, the federa...

Remembrance Day ceremonies are happening throughout the week and on Sunday to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Ceremonies and events begin Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 5 & 6 which is wh...