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EDMONTON - Gender and vocabulary are clashing on the floor of the Alberta legislature. Premier Rachel Notley, one day after accusing a male opponent of mansplaining, is calling out another for “...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The U.S. Customs form filled out by the Apollo 11 astronauts Collins after their return to Earth on July 24, 1969.Credit: NASA Moon Germs A mix of mundane ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Before gossip magazines religiously covered presidential scandals, and way before celebrities flaunted their assets on social media, there was one provocat...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Cardiff Giant In the Fall of 1869, Gideon Emmons and Henry Nichols made a monumental archaeological discovery. They were digging a well on a farm outsi...

SALMON ARM , B.C. - Temporary shelters and heavy equipment have been removed from a British Columbia farm where the remains of an 18-year-old woman were found. But RCMP say the search of the site is a...

Good news may be on the way for Red Deerians eager to hit the ice at the city's newest rink. The Servus Arena in downtown Red Deer could be opening much earlier than expected. The City's proposed 2018...

BERLIN - A young man detained by police during a drunken argument in Germany was found to be carrying a baby python in his pants, and may be in trouble under animal welfare laws. Police in the southwe...

HALIFAX - Police in Halifax are investigating two separate cases of straight pins being found in Halloween chocolate bars, adding to a number of candy-tampering incidents across the region. Investigat...

MONTREAL - William Weintraub, a prolific filmmaker involved in 150 National Film Board productions and a gifted chronicler of Montreal during the city’s heyday and decline, has died at the age o...

EDMONTON - A new report says the rising number of opioid overdoses in Alberta is disproportionately affecting Indigenous people, including more deaths and visits to emergency rooms. Alberta Health say...