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TORONTO - Journalists face an ethical challenge when writing about the issue of suicide or a celebrity who has taken their own life: how to report on such deaths without prompting vulnerable people to...

WINNIPEG - Here are some of the winners and losers in the 2018-19 Manitoba budget tabled Monday. WINNERS: Parents seeking child care: The government promises 700 new spaces. It also plans a new tax cr...

The Drayton Valley Thunder have announced they’ve found their newest head coach and general manager. The Thunder have hired Eric Thurston as the organization's new head coach and GM, bringing wi...

The personal trials and tribulations of Brandon Hagel have mirrored those of the Red Deer Rebels this season. When the Rebels were struggling (to put it mildly) through November, December and January,...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government tabled its budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year on Monday. Here are some of the highlights. - A $25 per-tonne carbon tax to take effect Sept. 1 will add 5.3 cents to a...

Mike Babcock agrees, albeit somewhat begrudgingly, that Evgeni Malkin probably hasn’t received all the recognition he’s deserved throughout a career spent playing alongside fellow Pittsbur...

BERLIN - German prosecutors said Monday they were notified that a former Nazi death camp guard dubbed the “Accountant of Auschwitz” died before he could begin serving his 4-year sentence. ...

NEW YORK - Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan has been named the NBA Eastern Conference player of the week for the second week in a row and fifth time this season. DeRozan averaged a team-high 24.8 p...

Victoria councillors are considering tightening city regulations governing horse-drawn carriage tours, but that’s not enough for at least one council member who says it’s time to put the d...

Alberta is committing up to $1 billion to grow its downstream oil production. Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd says the money is to be used for loan guarantees, grants and royalty credits to spur mor...