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RED DEER- As part of the Inventures 2018 conference, a student entrepreneur pitch competition was recently held in Calgary. Entrepreneurs were judged by a panel of experts that included investors on t...

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MONTREAL - Geoffrey Kelley has become the eighth member of Philippe Couillard’s Quebec cabinet to announce he won’t seek re-election this year. Kelley, 63, has been a Liberal member of the...

HALIFAX - A group representing Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster fishermen says frustration is mounting after the federal government rejected its proposal for a shallow-water exemption to fishery closures ...

NEW YORK - A drama teacher recalled all the lessons she learned in the arts as she barricaded students in a closet during the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Melody Herzfeld was presented with t...

COLE HARBOUR, N.S. - Officials say a large blaze that forced the evacuation of homes near a popular hiking trail in Cole Harbour, N.S., has been contained. Deputy fire Chief Roy Hollett said there wer...

TORONTO - Starbucks is closing about 1,100 Canadian locations for anti-bias training Monday afternoon in a bid to make its stores more inclusive after the April arrest of two black men at one of its P...

TORONTO - Emergency crews are searching Lake Ontario for a Toronto DJ who fell overboard. Toronto police say they received a call at 9:44 p.m. Sunday from a friend of a man in his 20s who went overboa...

MEDICINE HAT- A vicious thunderstorm on Saturday night knocked out power for thousands of customers in Medicine Hat. Wind speeds were clocked at more than 100-kilometres per hour and toppled trees all...

BANFF- RCMP say a 26-year-old man from Banff was killed died while climbing near his hometown on Friday afternoon. Mounties responded to a call from park staff about a man who fell while climbing a Tu...