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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - An Australian soldier who dug a snow cave to survive below-freezing conditions for a week on a New Zealand mountain was rescued Friday. Rescue authorities said they plucked 2...

NEW YORK - Dodgeball is not just a Ben Stiller movie or anxiety-inducing gym class activity. It’s a professional sport. That’s no Vince Vaughn joke. The World Dodgeball Association , found...

Parkland Mall is filling a big chunk of the space left empty by the closure of Safeway nearly five years ago. Mall officials confirm Winners will be opening their second Red Deer location in the comin...

EDMONTON – Police are investigating after the pilot of a WestJet flight coming in for a landing at Edmonton reported seeing a drone flying off the left wing of the aircraft. The incident occurre...

KABUL - Two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 29 people and wounding another 81, officials said. Abdullah Asrat, spokesman for the...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps will be the underdogs when they face off against New York City FC this weekend, but coach Carl Robinson believes his squad can take a bite out of the big apple. Pla...

Bob Nicholson hopes a rare best-on-best men’s tournament, and Gretzky brand, will pull people into Edmonton’s Rogers Place to watch hockey in the middle of summer. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup, ...

TORONTO - Aimia Inc. says it remains open to negotiating a fair deal for the purchase of its Aeroplan loyalty program by Air Canada and its partners despite striking a deal with Toronto-based Porter A...

HALIFAX - A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth for alleged sexual abuse involving clergy that dates back decades. The proposed suit...

Six stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 3 --- TRUDEAU LIBERALS SCALE BACK CARBON TAX The federal government is scaling back its carbon pricing plan for heavy industrial emitters in a bid to cut green...