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The Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance (CAPRA) saw a presentation Wednesday about the cost of healthy eating in our province. The presentation was given by Harrison Blizzard, dietitian, popula...

VANCOUVER - A former Canadian Football League star receiver who says he sustained “permanent and disabling” repetitive head trauma as a player has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to allo...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been getting a lot of attention from international media, but now the spotlight has landed on his senior adviser, Gerald Butts, and his dealings with a conte...

SASKATOON - There are calls for the head of an Indigenous veterans group to step down because of controversial social media posts about gay people, Muslims and women. Jesse Donovan, who was a reservis...

WASHINGTON - Vladimir Putin is more trusted than Donald Trump to do the right thing for the world among citizens of numerous U.S. allies, including Japan, South Korea and seven European NATO members, ...

Both were great generals. Both Virginians. Both came from slave-owning plantation families. Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President Don...

A local man accused of posing as a lawyer to steal money from victims is going to trial. Chance Aaron Shaw, 26, appeared in Red Deer court Wednesday morning. He pleaded not guilty to all 12 counts aga...

LOS ANGELES - Production has shut down on “Mission: Impossible 6” due to star Tom Cruise’s broken ankle. Paramount Pictures said Wednesday that production will go on hiatus while Cru...

NEW YORK - Gourmet fun or just plain cheesy? A three-day pop-up restaurant devoted to Cheetos, yes Cheetos, opened in Manhattan on Tuesday, with every table already booked with diners ready to pay bet...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia’s wildfires have destroyed a record amount of forest, brush and grassland, surpassing the devastation of nearly 60 years ago. Kevin Skrepnek with the BC Wildfir...