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TORONTO - Ontario residents, and not the newly elected Progressive Conservative government, will receive the proceeds of a carbon price imposed on the province by the federal government, Prime Ministe...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Thursday he “did not act inappropriately” towards a female reporter at a B.C. music festival 18 years ago - but he also acknowledged that th...

The Lending Cupboard is forging ahead with its planned August 1 moving date. The organization which lends out medical equipment announced in May they'd be relocating from the downtown area to a larger...

WASHINGTON - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease. Wi...

TORONTO - Kevin Freeman was driving a train into Toronto’s Bloor Station when a man dressed in black burst through the crowd and jump onto the tracks. It was 9:45 a.m. on June 26, 2008. “T...

HALIFAX - One of the largest western Buddhist organizations says it’s launching an independent investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against its Halifax-based spiritual leader. Shambh...

UPDATE [JULY 6]: Red Deer RCMP say they arrested 18-year-old Darrien Francis Nepoose at a Red Deer residence Thursday evening without incident. RCMP thank the public for their assistance. === Red Deer...

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to deepen Canada’s involvement in Mali by sending up to 20 police officers and investing millions of dollars in the coming years to help train local securit...

Red Deer building permit values came in lower last month when compared to the same month last year. That according to the latest stats released by the City of Red Deer on Thursday which shows $7.3 mil...

MONTREAL - Each day the train rolls into Lac-Megantic serves as a stark reminder to former mayor Colette Roy Laroche of the fatal derailment that struck five years ago. “The whistling of the tra...