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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa probably can't undertake a thorough overhaul of how municipalities are funded in the near future, with the federal government now focused on major proje...

It's six years in jail for a Red Deer man charged in an Innisfail murder five years ago. Cory William Hales, 45, was sentenced in Red Deer Court of Justice on May 28, 2025, after being convicted on on...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a Quebec law governing private security activities does not apply to two firms involved in work that falls under federal responsibility. In a unanimous judgme...

QUBEC - Quebec is moving to lower interprovincial trade barriers, with some exceptions. Minister for the Economy Christopher Skeete has tabled a bill to remove all restrictions on the use and sale of ...

DALLAS - The Oilers were crestfallen. Heads sank into hands. Tears flowed from reddened eyes. Edmonton's bloodied and bearded roster had given everything in the Stanley Cup final. The gutsy, backs-aga...

DAWSON CREEK - A wildfire in northeastern British Columbia that prompted an evacuation order on Thursday has quadrupled in size. The BC Wildfire Service is reporting that the blaze in the Peace River ...

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is warning the provinces and Ottawa it "may not end well" if they make decisions about major infrastructure projects at the upcoming first ...

TORONTO - Franois Gagnon and Daryl Reaugh are this year's inductees into the media wing of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Gagnon will receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for excellence in hockey journ...

OTTAWA - Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is meeting with postal union officials in Ottawa today amid an overtime ban and declining mail volumes at a beleaguered Canada Post. The Canadian Union of Postal Wor...

OTTAWA - Sikh organizations are calling on Ottawa to break with a five-year tradition by not inviting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit. Canada is hosting the G7 leaders' summit nex...