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TORONTO - Maclean’s magazine is highlighting the gender pay gap by asking men to fork over 26 per cent more for its latest issue. The news magazine says it hopes the move “will stir urgent...

TORONTO - A Statistics Canada study suggests that Canadians on average pay less than $7 a gram for marijuana. The drug is most expensive in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, which shell out $11.8...

A young woman from Drayton Valley is among seven Westerners to be released on bail after they were arrested last month in Cambodia for allegedly posting photos on social media of themselves engaged in...

CALGARY- Suncor Energy is making good on its promise to return cash to shareholders, announcing a 12.5-per-cent increase to its dividend as it reports fourth-quarter income that beat analyst expectati...

COPENHAGEN - A Danish volunteer in a secondhand charity shop has found $8,284 in the pocket of a coat he was preparing to put on sale. Jens Erik Christensen told a regional daily that the woman’...

ATLANTA - Funeral services have been arranged for Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson, who was killed with his Uber driver when authorities say a drunken driver living illegally in the U.S. st...

A man convicted and then acquitted of killing two people in a shooting that sparked terror and chaos in Toronto’s landmark Eaton Centre almost six years ago will have to face a new trial after C...

MONTREAL - The project to build an electric light rail network connecting Montreal with its suburbs and international airport was officially launched Thursday, with the transit system expected to open...

MIAMI - OK, we get it: Drake loves Miami. The 31-year-old Canadian rap star has been spreading money and goodwill throughout the city this week, beginning with a surprise visit to Miami Senior High Sc...

EDSON- An RCMP officer was dragged by a vehicle in Edson yesterday afternoon while trying to arrest a driver on outstanding warrants. The officer attempted to arrest the driver at a gas station around...