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LETHBRIDGE - A three-year research project has been launched by Alberta Health Services (AHS) designed to better assist Indigenous people to navigate the health system in order to improve patient outc...

Big Picture Dow Surges as Fed Signals Patience; China Slowdown Hits Global Economy U.S. stocks surged Wednesday, and bond yields fell, as the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) held its benchmark interest rat...

OTTAWA - A federal trade tribunal has dismissed a challenge to the federal government’s handling of a high-stakes competition to design the navy’s new $60-billion fleet of warships. The Ca...

HAMAR, Norway - Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen earned a bronze medal in World Cup speedskating action on Friday. The Calgary-based skater finished third in the 5,000 metres for his first medal of the ...

VANCOUVER - Heading into the back half of the hockey season, the Vancouver Canucks know each game will carry a little extra weight. Vancouver (23-22-6) sat just outside of a Western Conference wild ca...

OTTAWA - Canada and its Lima Group allies will use their Monday meeting in Ottawa to find new ways - including financial - to support the Venezuelan opposition and ease the refugee crisis in neighbour...

MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault’s statement that Islamophobia does not exist in Quebec was denounced by Muslim groups as “offensive and inexcusable,” prompting Legault to clarify...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Ivory Coast’s ex-president and a former youth minister were released from International Criminal Court custody Friday, more than two weeks after they were acquitted of i...

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The head coach of the St. Francis Xavier University women’s basketball team remains suspended as the school’s athletics department investigates an alleged disciplinary i...

NEW YORK - Johnny Gaudreau has been named the NHL’s first star for the month of January. The Calgary Flames winger scored eight goals and added 10 assists for 18 points in 11 games, propelling h...