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EDMONTON – Alberta’s police watchdog says two RCMP officers were justified when they shot and killed a central Alberta man after he went on a rampage with a front-end loader. The unidentif...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Animal Athletics The animal kingdom boasts some very impressive athletic abilities. They are incomparable to even the fastest, strongest, fiercest human. E...

BERLIN - Meet one of Germany’s newest residents: Angela Merkel Muhammed. The little girl was born last week to a migrant couple who fled Syria’s bloody war and decided to name her in honou...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual assault charges will be delayed until next year as his new legal team gets up to speed on the case, which pits the 80-year-old comedian against a...

CALGARY - A leadership candidate for Alberta’s new conservative party says he hopes organizers of the Calgary Pride parade will reconsider and allow the party to participate. Brian Jean, who was...

A 36-year-old Central Alberta woman who went on a lengthy crime spree last month is to spend some time behind bars. Joanne Henke, who is from Ponoka, faced multiple charges including possession of sto...

CARACAS, Venezuela - A four-city U.S. tour by classical music maestro Gustavo Dudamel is being cancelled following President Nicolas Maduro’s complaints about the Venezuela-born conductor’...

QUEBEC - Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says Canada’s doctors have a major role to play in improving the health of the country’s most vulnerable populations, including those at risk...

TORONTO - An Ontario judge will decide by next week if a fitness assessment is required for a Toronto-area woman facing terror charges in an alleged attack at a Canadian Tire store. A lawyer appointed...

MARKHAM, Ont. - Police say they’re investigating anti-Semitic and race-related graffiti that was found on walls, windows and playground equipment at three Ontario schools over the weekend. York ...