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OTTAWA - The federal government plans to release this fall a new strategy to tackle veterans homelessness. Here are some figures from Employment and Social Development Canada and Veterans Affairs Cana...

WASHINGTON - It took President Donald Trump three days to do what should have come fast and easy. In his carefully worded statement Monday, Trump condemned members of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and w...

OTTAWA - An emergency fund overseen by federal officials has doled out almost $38,000 in the last four months to help 40 veterans who faced financial crises, including some who may have been on the ve...

A rainbow flag now flies at Red Deer College in honour of Central Alberta Pride Week. College officials, students and community members gathered outside the college’s main entrance Monday mornin...

MADISON, Wis. - House Speaker Paul Ryan is planning to hold a town hall meeting Aug. 21, his first open to the general public in his congressional district in nearly two years. The town hall in Racine...

TORONTO - The Ontario government’s plan for major labour reforms would have significant side effects that would put 185,000 jobs at risk, a coalition of business groups said Monday in releasing ...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Small businesses affected by devastating wildfires in British Columbia will be getting emergency grants from the provincial government as dry weather extends the fire risk. Fores...

NEW YORK - A top Federal Reserve official is suggesting that the Fed will likely announce next month that it will begin paring its bond portfolio - a step that could lead to slightly higher rates on m...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government wants to bring its feminism to the North American Free Trade Agreement, building on an agreement between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump to sup...

TORONTO - Officials in Toronto are trying to partially open three safe injection sites months earlier than anticipated, due to a rise in overdoses and deaths. Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medi...