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VERNON, B.C. - More than two dozen great blue heron chicks and one adult bird are dead after their nesting site in Vernon, B.C., was heavily damaged in a windstorm. Vernon-based wildlife expert Pete W...

Police say an Alberta woman lured to the United States with a promise of modelling work was instead held against her will in a trailer and jumped through a plate-glass window to escape. “She sur...

MONTREAL - Ottawa has appointed an advisory group to develop a plan for getting more zero-emission vehicles on the road, but it won’t follow Quebec in requiring automakers to sell a minimum numb...

Sylvan Lake Town Council wants to make sure there's no confusion when it comes to the new Visitor Pay Parking program. Rather than wait until after the first year of the program, council has asked Adm...

REGINA - Hundreds of unionized workers at Evraz North America’s steel plant in Regina have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action to back contract demands. The vote by members of United...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Jim Allen once worked for Donald Trump in Atlantic City. Now, the chairman of Hard Rock International is doing all he can to scrub the influence of the man who is now president o...

TIRANA, Albania - Albania’s government has declared May 10 as Pelican Day in an effort to protect the habitat of a bird under threat. A statement Friday says Environment Minister Lefter Koka iss...

SAINT-GEORGES, Que. - In Beauce, a region of rolling hills, entrepreneurs and pick-up trucks south of Quebec City, locals say they vote for the candidate, not the political party. Since 2006, the vari...

MOSCOW - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called the country’s national hockey team “spineless” after it failed to qualify for the playoffs at the world championships. Lukas...

LOGY BAY, N.L. - A rotting, putrid whale remains lodged on a Newfoundland beach, as a picturesque seaside town tries to come up with a plan to get rid of it. The dead humpback washed ashore in Outer C...