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The Alberta government is now $33.3 billion in debt after borrowing money to finance its operational and capital spending. The number was revealed Thursday when the province released its annual financ...

BURLINGTON, Ont. - A lost pet pig is home safe and sound thanks to a Toronto-area police officer who proved herself handy with a makeshift lasso. Two Halton regional police officers were called to a r...

TORONTO - Amazon says sign-ups for its Amazon Prime membership program grew 80 per cent in Canada in 2016. The world’s largest online retailer wouldn’t disclose the total number of Canadia...

EDMONTON - Alberta ended its most recent fiscal year with a $10.8 billion deficit and $33.3 billion in debt, but Finance Minister Joe Ceci said Thursday the economic outlook is improving and the NDP g...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - R.J. Barrett would love to get his driver’s license. But finding the time for that particular rite of passage has proven impossible for the talented 17-year-old. Barrett is t...

TORONTO - Home Capital Group says it’s narrowed down potential CEO candidates to a “short short list” and is weeks away from making an announcement, as it strives to reverse its fort...

An affordable housing project recently completed by the Red Deer Native Friendship Society is already changing lives. Asooahum Crossing officially welcomed its first two tenants earlier this month. Th...

WASHINGTON - Actress Kate del Castillo is seeking international help in a dispute with the Mexican government stemming from the secret meeting she arranged with Sean Penn and former fugitive drug boss...

EDMONTON - When Korey Jones came north to the CFL in 2014, the then 25-year-old from the University of Wyoming considered himself a professional football player. When he met J.C. Sherritt, then in his...

BOISBRIAND, Que. - About 10 children were slightly injured after their school bus collided with a truck just north of Montreal on Thursday, Quebec provincial police said. The bus ended up in a ditch f...