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KIGALI, Rwanda - Rwanda’s high court on Thursday acquitted the country’s most prominent opposition figure of all charges related to her election challenge of President Paul Kagame, as judg...

CALGARY- Oilsands giant Suncor Energy says it plans to start randomly testing some of its employees for drugs at its northern Alberta worksites in the new year. The testing policy had been challenged ...

EDMONTON- Free legal advice is being provided to survivors of sexual violence to help on their path to healing and support greater access to the justice system. The Notley government has provided a $7...

WASHINGTON - Record imports in October drove the U.S. trade deficit to the highest level in a decade. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the gap between the United States sells and what it buy...

NEW YORK - Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic “Vice” seized control of the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards with a leading six nominations, narrowly edging Bradley Cooper’s tear-je...

RED DEER- The Recreation Centre will be closed for annual maintenance starting Monday, December 10 until Tuesday, January 1. The annual shutdown allows staff an opportunity to conduct a thorough inspe...

RED DEER- Total year-to-date building permit values remain higher than those in 2017, however values for November were less than those in November 2017. November 2018 building permit values were $23 m...

DETROIT - In a story Dec. 2 about Michigan legalizing recreational marijuana, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of states that have done so. Ten states have legalized recreational m...

WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity grew at an annual rate of 2.3% in the July-September quarter, slower than the previous quarter but still an improvement over the weak annual gains of the past decade. La...

PARIS - The “yellow vests” in France are worrying greens around the world. The worst riots in Paris in decades were sparked by higher fuel taxes, and French President Emmanuel Macron respo...