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OTTAWA - Canada’s forestry industry says a proposed federal plan to protect caribou is a risky experiment that will do little to help the animals, but will hurt companies already struggling with...

After winning 15 straight games to begin their rugby league life, the Toronto Wolfpack showed last week they could lose with class. “An absolutely incredible game. The @YorkKnightsRLFC team, org...

DETROIT - A German Volkswagen executive pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and fraud charges in Detroit in a scheme to cheat emission rules on nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles. Shackled at the wrists a...

KIGALI, Rwanda - Rwanda’s long-time president has 99 per cent support with nearly half the ballots counted in Friday’s presidential election, according to preliminary results from a vote h...

MANILA, Philippines - Alarm over North Korea’s missile tests, a tentative step to temper South China Sea disputes, and unease over a disastrous siege by pro-Islamic State group militants will gr...

BALTIMORE - Last week, the number of homicides in Baltimore surpassed 200, making 2017 a record-setting year for violence on the city’s streets. As the body count rises, the police department ha...

PHILADELPHIA - Nearly two decades of using heroin and a year of living on the streets of Philadelphia had led Steven Kemp to a simple conclusion: It was time to get sober. But when he staggered into a...

RED DEER- More positive news about the number of people unemployed in the Red Deer area. The jobless rate dropped from 7 per cent in June to 5.8 per cent last month. The unemployment rate in our area ...

WASHINGTON - Get your insurance through your employer? The ongoing political turmoil around “Obamacare” all but guarantees you’ll still be able to do that. Ask Walt Rowen, whose busi...

SAN FRANCISCO - A sharp-eyed airline passenger spotted another passenger texting about sexually assaulting children, leading officers in California and Washington state to arrest two people and find t...