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PARIS - A commission that spent nearly two years uncovering France's role in 1994's Rwandan genocide concluded Friday that the country reacted too slowly in appreciating the extent of the horror that ...

SUEZ, Egypt - A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing course as dredgers and tugboats worked to free a giant container ship t...

WASHINGTON - Maj. Gen. William Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, was tapped Friday to become the House's first African American sergeant-at-arms as Congress sorts ...

CALGARY - Two-time world champion and Olympic gold medallist Marc Kennedy will join Brendan Bottcher's team as an alternate for the upcoming men's world curling championship. The move is insurance aga...

MONTREAL - Eric Staal is heading north. The Montreal Canadiens have acquired the veteran centre from the Buffalo Sabres for the club's third- and fifth-round picks in the 2021 NHL draft. As part of th...

Lacombe city council has given its approval for a unique-to-Lacombe economic development strategy.The 2021 Community Economic Development Strategy, developed by the Echo Lacombe Association (Echo), wa...

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says RCMP did not need a search warrant to obtain the electronic devices of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou or collect their serial numbers. John Gibb-...

Since Sylvan Lake Municipal Library re-opened to the public on March 8, staff has received frequent calls from patrons confirming that the library is open, among other frequently asked questions. "A c...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it ran a budgetary deficit of $268.2 billion through 10 months of its fiscal year as the treasury pumped out more pandemic aid. The deficit from April to January c...

OTTAWA - Beginning Monday, travellers could be fined up to $2,000 for trying to slip cannabis into Canada. For more than two years, adults in Canada have been allowed to possess and share up to 30 gra...