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EDMONTON - A teen boy who helped savagely beat a 63-year-old youth home worker has been sentenced to two years for aggravated assault. The youth, who is 16, had been found not guilty of attempted murd...

DALLAS - The NBA is reviewing 2011 allegations of sexual assault against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and the investigation that led to a decision by prosecutors not to pursue the case. League sp...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Hall of Fame player Ron Francis is out as general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes after four years but will remain with the team in another front-office position, new owner Tom Dund...

PARKLAND, Fla. - The Florida school where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting last month hosted two dignitaries Wednesday: Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. D...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s finance minister is dropping hints the blueprint for the province’s proposed speculation tax is being redrawn after a homeowner backlash. Carole James introdu...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau intends next week to tour regions of the country that are heavily reliant on the steel and aluminum industries in a show of solidarity for those who would be hurt the most by t...

In a story March 7, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the NCAA would earn $869 million this year from its deal with CBS and Turner for the men’s basketball tournament. The correct r...

VANCOUVER - Nearly 8,500 homes have been declared vacant or underused in Vancouver after the submission deadline passed for the city’s new empty homes tax. The figure not only includes propertie...

Three people died in Red Deer last month from opioid-related overdoses, bringing this year's total to 11. According to Stacey Carmichael, Executive Director at Turning Point, there's a decent chance t...

WASHINGTON - In the squabbling Trump White House, no insider is ever above rebuke and no one blacklisted beyond redemption. Trade adviser Peter Navarro, once barred from sending private emails and spo...