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In the world’s current political climate, Mohammed Ahmed has become accustomed to hassles at airport customs counters. So when he was scheduled to run the 3,000 metres in the prestigious Doha Di...

TORONTO - The City of Toronto announced several measures Thursday in response to a spike in suspected opioid-related deaths in recent weeks. Here is a list of what the city says it is doing: - Speedin...

MONTREAL - Former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister Jacques Daoust, who quit politics because of controversy surrounding his alleged role in a government agency’s sale of Rona Inc. shares to a U.S...

WARSAW, Poland - Young people have gathered for a major annual music festival in Poland that celebrates diversity and tolerance - and which has faced pressure recently from the conservative government...

HEMMINGFORD, Que. - The scene greeting asylum seekers at a popular illegal border crossing point in Quebec on Thursday was vastly changed from that of a few months earlier. What used to be an unmarked...

Over 200 communities across Canada including Red Deer are invited to take part in the celebration of the connectivity of The Great Trail. The Trans Canada Trail (TCT) now stretches 22,000 km across ou...

Red Deer's Cam Duffin won a three-way playoff to take the title at Wednesday's Jordan Brand Memorial Junior Open at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club. The tournament was the latest stop on the McLenna...

WASHINGTON - A leaked transcript of a Donald Trump phone call shows the president’s private comments about trade with Canada, and suggests he had an overwhelmingly positive attitude about the no...

WASHINGTON - Orders at U.S. factories increased in June as demand surged for aircraft. The Commerce Departments said Thursday that factory orders increased 3 per cent in June, a solid rebound after de...

MOSCOW - Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency were once again at loggerheads Thursday following WADA’s demand that the Russian government must accept the findings of a report which accused it...