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The British Columbia Lions beefed up their offensive line with the signing of Americans Joel Figueroa and Jeremy Lewis as the free agent market opened Tuesday in the Canadian Football League. Figueroa...

MONTREAL - Canadian security agencies are voicing their concern about the proposed takeover of Aecon Group Inc. by a Chinese state-owned business, prompting Ottawa to order a full national security re...

TORONTO - A Toronto firefighter who was the subject of an extensive six-day search at a New York ski centre has been found safe in California, leaving officials puzzled as to how the 49-year-old manag...

The City of Lacombe is taking a proactive step to be ready for the legalization of cannabis. Once marijuana becomes legal starting Canada Day 2018, City administration says changes will be felt when i...

A second candidate is entering the race for the UCP nomination in the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake constituency. The Innisfail-born, fifth-generation farm owner and son of Red Deer – Mountain View MP E...

OTTAWA - A senior official from Canada’s cyberspy agency says proposed new powers would allow it to stop a terrorist’s mobile phone from detonating a car bomb, block the ability of extremi...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is contributing another $12 million for reconstruction efforts in Iraq. She says the money will support the rebuilding of critical infra...

GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. - Oregon’s tallest peak rises above the streets of downtown Portland, its gorgeous snow-capped slopes luring 10,000 climbers a year. The picture postcard view of Mount Hood...

MONTREAL - Nearly one million Canadians opted for emptier grocery bags and colder homes in order to pay for prescription drugs in 2016, suggests a nationwide study on the topic published Tuesday. The ...

HALIFAX - The family of a woman who was mistakenly cremated after a bizarre mix-up at a Nova Scotia funeral home declined to participate in an inquiry Tuesday, saying the process lacks transparency an...