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OTTAWA - Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government will spend another $650 million to help Indigenous communities cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Of this, $285 mill...

MANCHESTER, England - Liverpool is unlikely to win the Premier League at Anfield after police included the leader's key games among at least five it wants to be played at neutral venues in a bid to pr...

MOSCOW - Fans will be allowed in the stadiums when the Russian soccer league restarts next month. Under a plan drawn up by Russian soccer authorities and approved by a state regulatory agency, spectat...

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says efforts are still underway to get Iran to release the flight recorders from its Jan. 8 shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane. On March 1...

WASHINGTON - The peace of America's self-imposed COVID-19 exile has given way in dramatic fashion to violent unrest in the city of Minneapolis and across the United States as prote...

WASHINGTON - Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump's tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform's rules about "glorifying violence." Trump, a prolific...

NEW YORK - Whether he's playing President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" or hosting a new season of "Match Game," Alec Baldwin prefers working close to home. And for good reason, the 62-year ol...

LACOMBE- Municipal property tax notices for the 2020 taxation year will be mailed out on June 1. If your have not received your 2020 tax notice by Friday, June 15, contact the Tax and Assessment Depar...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei believes the newly passed national security law for Hong Kong augurs the end for the semi-autonomous city. Ai was arrested at Beijing's a...

RED DEER- A sanitary main will be replaced at the intersection of 43A Avenue and 39 Street, with work starting next week. The sanitary main was identified as being in poor condition and in need of rep...