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WINNIPEG - If Oksana Chaput is exhausted after yet another gruelling swimming practice, she only has to go into her basement for a pick-me-up. On the wall of her Winnipeg home hangs a photo of herself...

VANCOUVER - Lobby groups for the meat and dairy sectors are up in arms over indications that Canada’s next food guide could discourage the consumption of beef, butter and cheese. The guide, expe...

GRANBY, Que. - A Quebec blogger who swindled a man with cystic fibrosis of $125,000 has been sentenced to 18 months house arrest. In June 2014, a judge found Patrick Vaillancourt guilty of defrauding ...

HALIFAX - A great white shark has been detected near Halifax - the second great white spotted in Nova Scotia in a month - prompting at least some people to stay out of the water. One Twitter user joke...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An Alberta man who butchered a father, his two-year-old daughter and a woman will be approaching his 100th birthday before he is eligible to apply for parole after being sentenced ...

TORONTO - Winnipeg kicker and punter Justin Medlock and defensive back Maurice Leggett and B.C. receiver Bryan Burnham are the CFL’s top performers for Week 7. Medlock’s buzzer-beating fie...

OTTAWA - Air Transat’s president has taken aim at the Liberal government’s proposed passenger bill of rights, writing that the legislation may unfairly punish airlines for delays that spir...

There’s an open seat at the Blackfalds town council table. Dean Wigmore, who was elected to council in 2010, has resigned his seat. Wigmore and his family recently moved outside of town limits, ...

GOULDS, N.L. - The chase for the elusive ace of spades will continue in Newfoundland after huge crowds descended upon a community on the outskirts of St. John’s for a chance to win the $1.42-mil...

Cole Bergheim of Red Deer fired a 4-over par 76 to win Tuesday's McLennan Ross Junior Golf Tour event at the Ponoka Community Golf Club. Three golfers tied for second place with rounds of 5-over par 7...