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OTTAWA - Tensions boiled over in the House of Commons Thursday over Veterans Affairs Canada’s decision to pay for the PTSD treatment of a Halifax man who murdered an off-duty police officer. The...

VANCOUVER - An Oregon man faces charges of dangerous operation of a vehicle and flight from a peace officer after a police chase from the Canadian border into Vancouver. Police say Crown counsel has a...

Canada captain Christine Sinclair has been named to the NWSL Second XI. The 35-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., has led Portland Thorns (12-6-6) to the NWSL championship game Saturday against the North Ca...

CALGARY - Jurors are to continue deliberating Friday whether a man accused of raping and killing a Calgary mother of four is guilty of first-degree murder or a lesser charge. The jury was given instru...

September 13 Just before 9 a.m. on Sept. 13 RCMP were called for a report that a fuel card was stolen from a vehicle at the UFA parking lot the previous week. Approximately $4000 worth of fuel has bee...

HALIFAX - Ottawa has announced a $29.8 million grant for a new project that aims to harness the immense power of the Bay of Fundy’s tides. Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi announced the ...

Officials with the Wild Rose School Division are confident their new administrative procedures regarding legalized cannabis use will align with government legislation. At their meeting this week, trus...

LOS ANGELES - Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleaded no contest Thursday to voluntary manslaughter and after he ran over two men, killing one, nearly four years ago. The Death Row R...

OTTAWA - When a man on a late-night flight collapsed and lay lifeless on the floor, it was an elected member of Parliament who saved his life. Todd Doherty was recognized this week for his swift actio...

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault took the Couillard Liberals to task Thursday after a leaked report showed a $4-billion Green Fund aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions ...