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KANO, Nigeria - As emergencies go, it has a catchy tune. Faced with a Nigerian election that could spiral into violence, some in the popular film industry known as Kannywood gathered this week to shoo...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among the hundreds of people who gathered in Halifax’s main square Wednesday night in support of a Syrian refugee family that lost seven children in a...

OTTAWA - The Liberals used their majority Wednesday to defeat an opposition motion calling for a public inquiry into allegations that the Prime Minister’s Office pressured Jody Wilson-Raybould t...

BURNABY, B.C. - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is facing calls from within the party for a stronger stance on climate change as he defends his support of the $40-billion LNG Canada project in northe...

The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs began the 2019 Alberta Midget Hockey League playoffs with a 5-2 win Tuesday night over the Calgary Royals at the Penhold Multiplex. Red Deer jumped out to a 3-0 first peri...

The Red Deer Vipers were winners in their first game of the 2019 Heritage Junior Hockey League playoffs. The Vipers blanked the Mountainview Colts 5-0 to start their best-of-seven North Conference sem...

At one point this season the Red Deer Rebels were in first place in the WHL Central Division and in good shape to earn home ice advantage in the first round of playoffs. Now, on the heels of a 1-3-2 r...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Jhonny Godoy had taken to Twitter to proclaim his opposition to President Nicolas Maduro, posting a video that showed him running through the streets waving the national flag as p...

TOKYO - Japan reports its exports tumbled 8.4 per cent in January from a year earlier, as slowing Chinese growth pushed its monthly trade deficit to the highest level in nearly five years. Exports to ...

WASHINGTON - The FBI developed a backup plan to protect evidence in its Russia investigation soon after the firing of FBI Director James Comey in the event that other senior officials were dismissed a...