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The Town of Sylvan Lake is putting its name behind hospital expansion in Red Deer. Town council approved a pair of letters Monday, one to the City of Red Deer and another to the province, showing thei...

OTTAWA - Canada is conducting daily threat assessments of North Korea’s provocative missile tests, including its most recent blast over Japan, Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. But the prime minister...

OTTAWA - Temporary shelters set up in Cornwall, Ont., to house asylum seekers will remain on standby until Oct. 1, but the province’s immigration minister said Tuesday that, for now, it doesn...

TORONTO - Ontario is putting an additional $222 million over three years toward fighting an opioid crisis that the government said claimed the lives of 865 people in the province last year. Health Min...

WASHINGTON - Sean Spicer finally got to meet the pope. The former White House press secretary attended an audience with Pope Francis Sunday as part of an annual meeting of the International Catholic L...

OAKLAND, Calif. - California highway officers say they stopped a young deer on a California toll bridge “for toll evasion.” A photo published Tuesday by the California Highway Patrol shows...

Back on snow after his horrific crash, Canadian snowboard star Mark McMorris is plotting a return to competition in December. The 23-year-old from Regina broke his jaw and left arm, ruptured his splee...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Lawn Chair Larry On July 2, 1982, Vietnam veteran and truck driver Larry Walters of California set out to fulfill his life-long dream of flying. The plan w...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Snake Covered Statue Every May, hundreds gather in the Italian town of Cocullo to drape snakes onto a statue in a festival known as Processione dei Serpari...

HAMILTON - Jeremiah Masoli will get a chance to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to their first win of the season. The veteran backup will be the starter Monday when Hamilton (0-8) hosts the East Division...