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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - A New Jersey university is selling its music college to a Chinese company. Lawrence-based Rider University had announced in February that it had a non-binding, $40 million deal i...

OTTAWA - Almost 4,000 people have chosen medical assistance to end their lives since the practice became legal in Canada two years ago. That includes 1,525 in the last six months of 2017 - a 29 per ce...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s crane operators are being ordered back to work. A labour tribunal hearing ruled Thursday evening in favour of an order sought by the province’s construction commission,...

OTTAWA - Legislation that will make it easy to tear up the criminal records of Canadians convicted of homosexual acts is now law. Bill C-66 allows Canadians, or family members of Canadians who have di...

RCMP are hoping you can help them identify a man who robbed a north Red Deer drug store at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon. It happened around 3:00 p.m. on June 20 when Mounties say a man with a handgun ...

A minor makeover for the Drayton Valley Splash Park is being eyed up by Brazeau County Council in conjunction with the Town of Drayton Valley. Brazeau County Council has budgeted a resurfacing project...

MOSCOW - The International Skating Union says competitions at February’s Olympics were marred by biased judging in favour of China, the next Winter Olympic host nation. An ISU investigation foun...

YEKATERINBURG, Russia - Fast, exciting and now the youngest scorer in France’s World Cup history. Kylian Mbappe is the one. At 19 years and 183 days, Mbappe became the youngest player to score f...

TORONTO - Ricky Ray has won more Grey Cups than any starting quarterback, but he still feels the sting from the one that got away. Ray led the Edmonton Eskimos to a Grey Cup appearance in 2002, his ro...

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - A new federal framework giving Indigenous communities a partnership in protecting and supervising Canada’s north and central Pacific coast is a positive step toward reconci...