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HALIFAX - The lawyer for a woman who accused Halifax police of racial profiling and physical abuse says charges against her will be dropped today. Santina Rao was facing charges of dist...

EDMONTON- Alberta's ethics commissioner says Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer did not break ethics rules when he hired Steve Allan to run the public inquiry into who funds oil protesters.Marguerite Tr...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 7 ... What ...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests turbulence ahead for airlines seeking public support for their current COVID-19 plans. Seventy-two per cent of Canadians surveyed say they're not comfortable flying since ...

TOKYO - Japan's disaster management agency says the death toll from recent flooding has risen to 50 and at least a dozen others are still missing. Pounding rain since late Friday in Japan's southern r...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A coronavirus outbreak in the California Legislature has indefinitely delayed the state Assembly's return to work from a scheduled summer recess, highlighting the rapid spread of ...

EDMONTON - Alberta has announced there will be a sandhill crane hunting season this fall a hunt that's been opposed by an environmental group and was previously rejected by the provincial government t...

Red Deer city council has reversed course on a contentious decision to deny a rezoning application for the former fire hall building in Deer Park.On Monday, Councillor Lawrence Lee proposed a reconsid...

OTTAWA - Legendary investor Warren Buffett's decision to walk away from a proposed export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Quebec is being held up in a new report as a sign that the LNG sector in...

The community crime mapping tool pilot project introduced by The City of Red Deer and RCMP last July is getting new life.On Monday, city council heard that the publicly accessible crime map will conti...