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RED DEER- The BIG Pursuit Campaign (formerly Bowl For Kids) is the primary fundraising event for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Red Deer and District. Funds raised go to support matching caring a...

QUEBEC - Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair was fined $2,000 and had his licence suspended for a year Thursday after pleading guilty to impaired driving, refusal to obey an order and obstru...

OTTAWA - The federal government named the five winning bids Thursday of its high-tech “superclusters” sweepstakes that will divvy up $950 million of public funding in hope of stoking econo...

TORONTO - Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown says he is suing CTV News over its reporting of what he alleges are false accusations of sexual misconduct. Brown said in a Faceb...

NEW YORK - The outlook from U.S. builders is being buoyed by a strong job market and a sizzling hot economy. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Thur...

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped this week to their highest level in nearly four years, a sign that the prospect of higher inflation is steadily increasing the cost of borrowing to bu...

BANGKOK - When five Myanmar journalists were sentenced to decadelong prison terms for reporting the alleged existence of a military-run chemical weapons factory in Myanmar a few years ago, Aung San Su...

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Four years ago, Israel inflicted heavy damage on Gaza’s infrastructure during a bruising 50-day war with Hamas militants. Now, fearing a humanitarian disaster on it...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump came face-to-face Friday with hospitalized victims of the horrific school shooting in Florida and offered thanks to the doctors and nurses who helped the w...

PARKLAND, Fla. - Months before authorities say Nikolas Cruz walked into his former high school and slaughtered 17 people, the troubled teen began showing what may have been warning signs he was bent o...