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REGINA - The president of the First Nations University of Canada says he will not be seeking a second term and will step down when his current term ends in June. Loretta Pete, vice-chair of the univer...

MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has ruled that the Charter protection against cruel and unusual punishment can apply to companies as well as individuals. The question arose when a company convic...

TORONTO - Six Canadian gamers are eligible for the NBA 2K league draft Tuesday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. There are 198 players eligible for the four-round draft featuring 21 teams. They...

TULSA, Okla. - Melania Trump gave a second-grader a pep talk about homework Monday as she toured an Oklahoma elementary school to open a three-state tour highlighting her “Be Best” initiat...

The Mr. Irrelevant of the 2008 CFL draft has quietly fashioned himself a solid career. Offensive lineman Luc Brodeur-Jourdain was the last player taken in that draft, going 48th overall to the Montrea...

OTTAWA - A chronology of events in the SNC-Lavalin controversy: Feb. 19, 2015 – The RCMP lays corruption and fraud charges against Montreal-based engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin, o...

LANSING, Mich. - New Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who campaigned on a bold promise to “fix the damn roads” in the capital of the U.S. auto industry, will propose nearly tripling the sta...

ALMANCIL, Portugal - Canada will face Sweden for third place Wednesday at the Algarve Cup women’s soccer tournament. Canada, ranked fifth in the world, tied No. 22 Iceland 0-0 in its opening mat...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is asking Ottawa to hold off on imposing a carbon tax next month until the province’s Court of Appeal has ruled on its constitutionality. Saskatchewan is ...

City Mounties are heralding "one of Red Deer's largest drug seizures in recent history." Red Deer RCMP say three people face a total of 49 criminal charges after they executed five search warrants in ...