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HALIFAX - A Federal Court judge has set aside a decision to refer the case of Abdoul Abdi to a deportation hearing, saying Ottawa “blatantly” ignored the Somali child refugee’s chart...

TORONTO - Canadian housing activity appears to be climbing out of its slump, but is still far from a rebound. The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) said Monday sales in June were up 4.1 per cent...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [July 8-14th, 2018] Encouragement to eat bugs, a woman accidentally steals a car, and the man with the longest fingernails gets a manicure. Eat B...

BROOKS- A candidate for the United Conservative Party nomination in Brooks-Medicine Hat was asked by the party to withdraw from candidacy due to breaking party rules. Todd Beasley, former UCP candidat...

PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine rapper surprised moviegoers with free tickets to a sci-fi satire movie. Rory Ferreira, who goes by the stage name Milo, bought all 129 seats to the 4:20 p.m. showing of the m...

TORONTO - Normally, the Soulpepper Academy would be ramping up for a nation-wide audition process to find the finest thespians, directors and playwrights to join its prestigious paid training residenc...

TORONTO - The board of health in Canada’s most populous city decided Monday to push the federal government to decriminalize all drugs and is calling on Canadians to turn their recommendation int...

VANCOUVER - A unique and exotic tropical plant, acclaimed for its size and abhorred for its smell, is blooming at a Vancouver conservatory. A news release from the Vancouver Park Board says the titan ...

Brazeau County Council is set to take the first steps in outlining bylaws in anticipation for the legalization of recreational marijuana. On Tuesday, Council will be going through a motion to direct a...

COCHRANE- RCMP say a person who helped them in responding to a sinking boat on Ghost Lake west of Calgary got rescuers to the scene quickly to pull ten people to shore. Police say the Good Samaritan w...