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CUCUTA, Colombia - For Anahis Alvarado, whose battle with kidney failure has become more desperate as Venezuela sinks deeper into crisis, the prospect of bringing in emergency medical and food supplie...

Alberta's Minister of Education heard first-hand on Wednesday some of the positive impacts Queer Straight Alliances (QSAs) are having on local students. During a roundtable discussion at Lindsay Thurb...

RED DEER- The Red Deer Rebels find themselves in a tight playoff race with 19 games left in the season. The team is trying to bounce back from a three-game losing streak with games Friday and Saturday...

Nearly two weeks after the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S history, many federal workers still have not received their back pay or have only gotten a fraction of what they are owed as go...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday introduced David Malpass, a Treasury official he has nominated to lead the World Bank, as the “right person to take on this incredibly important ...

NEW YORK - The nation’s federal financial watchdog said Wednesday that it plans to abolish most of its critical consumer protections governing payday lenders. The move is a major win for the pay...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pronounced himself eager to work with Congress on a plan to rebuild America’s crumbling roads and bridges, but offered no specifics during his State of the Un...

OTTAWA - Paul Dewar, a teacher and union leader from Ottawa who became the New Democratic Party’s foreign affairs critic, died Wednesday after contending with brain cancer for a year. Despite st...

MONTREAL - As proof that life as an astronaut isn’t always glamorous, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques’ duties aboard the International Space Station recently included fixing a leaki...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s main political parties must do a better job telling people about the information they’re collecting about them, says the provincial information and privacy co...