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SIX ROADS, N.B. - A dramatic, three-vehicle New Brunswick crash involving a logging truck has claimed the life of a Canton-des-Basques man. Tracadie RCMP say the man was driving on Highway 11 near Six...

OTTAWA - Canadian peacekeeping forces, which once numbered in the thousands, have dwindled to dozens in recent years, prompting the Liberal government to promise to re-engage in UN peace missions. On ...

BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A Saskatchewan farmer who was acquitted last month in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man is to be back in court April 16 to face gun charges. Gerald Stanley was charged i...

One woman is facing multiple drug and weapons charges following the search of a Wetaskiwin residence last week. It happened March 15 when the Wetaskiwin RCMP Crime Reduction Unit was joined by the RCM...

MONTREAL - The leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec says he wants to form an energy alliance with Ontario and the Atlantic provinces if he becomes premier this fall. Francois Legault’s plan wou...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is planning to introduce long-promised legislation Tuesday to strengthen controls on the sale, licensing and tracing of guns. The Liberals are bracing for political pus...

TORONTO - A surge in pedestrian deaths has Toronto’s mayor doubling down on a commitment to road safety amid criticism that he isn’t doing enough. New measures announced by John Tory on Mo...

WINNIPEG - There was an unexpected twist to the Winnipeg Jets’ injury update after Monday’s practice. Coach Paul Maurice said defenceman Dmitry Kulikov decided not to have back surgery pla...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons has unanimously adopted a motion blaming Russia for what it calls a despicable nerve gas attack in Britain. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia’s Freeland’s mot...

Families in Blackfalds can look forward to an exciting new playground coming to the town's Valley Ridge neighbourhood this spring. This after council approved the Rec Board's recommendation to award t...