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OTTAWA - A promised infusion of cash to help Veterans Affairs Canada address a massive backlog of requests for services from thousands of wounded warriors has sparked mixed reactions - with some feari...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s promised plan to fight poverty is taking longer to introduce than originally forecast, says the minister in charge of poverty reduction. Shane Simpson announced pla...

Edmonton Eskimos offensive lineman D’Anthony Batiste retired Thursday to become the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders. The six-foot-four, 314-pound Ba...

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting suggestions his government should have moved to tax foreign web giants in his recent budget, saying he doesn’t want to hurt Canadian taxpaye...

Western Hockey League (WHL) Friday Red Deer Rebels 5, Kootenay Ice 4 (SO) (Game Story) Saturday Medicine Hat Tigers 6, Red Deer Rebels 1 (Game Story) Sunday Calgary Hitmen 6, Red Deer Rebels 2 (Game S...

EDMONTON - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is heading to Calgary on Friday but says anything to do with a new arena for the Flames franchise is not on the agenda. He says he’ll meet with sponsors,...

A man accused of posing as a U.S. military veteran during Remembrance Day ceremonies in Red Deer last year is now facing criminal charges. Peter Toth, 58, faces one count under Section 419 of the Crim...

TIVERTON, R.I. - A Rhode Island school district is asking local taxpayers to dig deeper into their pockets to fund next year’s school budget. But don’t expect outrage in Tiverton. The scho...

Toronto’s Sick Kids Hospital is advising former heart surgery patients about a single case of a bacterial infection likely linked to a device used during cardiovascular surgery between December ...

EDMONTON - Beatrix Massee is a Cree woman from Alberta but she speaks with a slight Tennessee twang - a legacy of the foster homes she grew up in after being taken from her mother by government author...