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MONTREAL - The percentage of women seeking office in Quebec’s fall election has jumped to 40 per cent, the highest in the province’s history. With registration now closed, Elections Quebec...

THOMPSON, Man. - A railway worker has died and another suffered serious injuries after rescuers spent hours trying to free them from the wreckage of a derailment in northern Manitoba. The Arctic Gatew...

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. - On a cloudy Monday in late August, Vivianne Carbonneau fires the ignition on her semi truck bearing the load of both an 80,000-pound trailer and a new job title hitched to her...

MAIDSTONE, Sask. - For a small group of American black families escaping racist Jim Crow laws a century ago, building a church in their new home in Saskatchewan was a priority. Completed in 1912, Shil...

Calgary’s Olympic bid corporation says the city and Alberta stand to see a five-to-one return on their investment if they have another turn at hosting the Winter Games in 2026. Here is a closer ...

One prominent economist calls it “the elephant in the room” of the New Brunswick election: The coming fiscal reckoning. New Brunswick is what some might call a poor cousin of Confederation...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It has been called a “boondoggle” - by the man in charge. The Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject, a massive dam and powerhouse harnessing the lower Churchill River ne...

WASHINGTON - Chrystia Freeland was not happy. With trilateral NAFTA talks having been on hiatus for most of the summer, the foreign affairs minister was in Berlin, barely one full day into a week-long...

ROCKYVIEW, Alta. - Police say a woman was killed by her own dog in Rocky View, Alta., on Saturday evening. RCMP say the boxer-pitbull cross initially attacked a three-year-old girl, leaving her with s...

MONTREAL - Along Montreal’s Saint-Laurent Boulevard are rows of greystone and red-bricked buildings dating from the early 20th century, many of which used to house businesses owned by first-gene...