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TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal government is poised to present its final budget before the June election on Wednesday, capping off days of policy announcements that have seen the party pledge billi...

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch in Red Deer is having a hard time moving on from a member recently convicted of impersonating a US veteran. Last week in Red Deer Provincial Court, Peter Toth pleaded ...

TORONTO - The NHL’s hockey operations department will have the final say on what has become its most hotly contested rule beginning Wednesday. The league’s board of governors rubber-stampe...

Ontario’s Liberal government, which is facing a spring election, has promised to offer free child care for preschool-age kids starting in 2020. Here’s a glance at what other provinces offe...

CALGARY - A Calgary police officer was in hospital Tuesday with his family by his side after being shot by a suspect in a residential neighbourhood in the city’s northeast. Police Chief Roger Ch...

MONTREAL - Renovations to Montreal’s Biodome will mean 4,500 animals who have called it home will be moving out temporarily. They will mainly be housed in and around the city during the major ye...

EDMONTON – Another supervised drug consumption site is to open in Alberta next week as the province continues to fight a growing number of deaths from opioids such as fentanyl. The government sa...

MIAMI - Canada’s Milos Raonic advanced to quarterfinals of the Miami Open following a straight-sets victory over Jeremy Chardy of France on Tuesday. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., dispatched the ...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard has been given new powers to call on industry for short-term help in clearing ice-choked seaways - even as plans for replacing the agency’s aging icebreaker fle...

Health Canada is warning it has discovered numerous unsafe USB chargers during a national assessment of products on the market and a recall has been issued affecting more than 1.5 million units. The f...