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Members of the hockey community near and far are mourning the sudden and tragic loss of one of their own. Ryan McBeath, a 17-year-old forward with the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs, died Tuesday morning af...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed receivers Alexander Morrison and Malcolm Carter, offensive lineman Zach Annen and defensive back Ty Cranston to three-year contracts Wednesday. All four player...

TORONTO - Bedbugs have been found in a classroom at Toronto’s Ryerson University, the school said Wednesday, noting that it was working to exterminate the insects. A spokeswoman for the downtown...

Montreal police issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday afternoon for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou, a 10-year-old boy who went missing Monday. Late on Tuesday night, they lifted the alert. Some facts about the Ambe...

OKLAHOMA CITY - After trying unsuccessfully for months to obtain lethal injection drugs, Oklahoma officials said Wednesday they plan to use nitrogen gas to execute inmates once the state resumes using...

TORONTO - An attempt at sugar coating the sale of grey market Mars bars and M&M’s in Canada has fallen flat with Ontario’s top court, which sided with the Canadian maker of the candy i...

VANCOUVER - Social media posts suggest anti-pipeline activists are determined to continue blockades at two terminals in Burnaby, B.C., as they cause more irreparable harm to the Trans Mountain project...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it will not call a public inquiry into the death of an Indigenous girl whose body was found in Winnipeg’s Red River. Justice Minister Heather Stefanson sa...

Rocky Mountain House RCMP say targeted patrols in a crime hot spot area have led to drug trafficking charges against a local couple. On March 13 at 12:40 p.m., local Mounties spotted a suspicious vehi...

WARSAW, Poland - A Polish scientist says a cow that drew international headlines while roaming free much of the winter with a herd of bison in eastern Poland has apparently been captured and removed f...