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LAVAL, Que. - Tristan Thompson believes Glen Grunwald can get corporate Canada excited about Canadian basketball. The Canadian men’s team applauded the appointment of Grunwald as president and C...

Residents in the Rolling Hills neighbourhood of Blackfalds will have another playground for their kids to enjoy this Fall. This after Blackfalds Town Council voted to move a playground planned for the...

WARSAW, Poland - Tomasz Ritter of Poland was announced the winner Thursday of the world’s first Frederic Chopin piano competition performed on instruments from the composer’s era. Japan...

The world’s supply of oil hit a record last month, yet another sign of oil’s dominance over the energy landscape. The International Energy Agency said Thursday that the global oil supply r...

SEATTLE - Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he is giving $2 billion to start a fund that will open preschools in low-income neighbourhoods and give money to nonprofits that helps ho...

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of mayors, climate activists and business leaders from around the world descended Thursday on San Francisco to cheer on efforts to reduce global warming, even after U.S. Pres...

DETROIT - After selling it on and off in the U.S. for nearly seven decades, Volkswagen has decided to squash its iconic Beetle. The company’s American unit announced Thursday that it would end g...

OTTAWA - Canada and the United Kingdom have drawn four more U.S. states and two major American cities into their global alliance to kick the world of its coal energy habit, even as U.S. President Dona...

The President and CEO of Red Deer College will step aside by the end of 2019. Joel Ward announced his impending resignation Thursday in front of faculty, administration and board of governors members....

Recreational opportunities for local seniors will be highlighted at Red Deer's Collicutt Centre next month. City officials say seniors are being invited to a Seniors Fair at the Collicutt Centre on Oc...