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MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province has offered to hold a national funeral for Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur. He told a news conference in Montreal today that all of Que...

Guy Lafleur racing down the right side, his trademark mane trailing behind him, before he struck one of his signature thunderclap slapshots is an image that's been burned into the memories of hockey f...

Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse is unruffled by the fact no team in NBA history has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series. "I think it's a heckuva challenge, and somebody's got to do i...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had a "positive" call with Donald Trump and appeared to be suffering little political blowback Friday from the release of audio in which he sug...

OTTAWA - Two thorny ideas have been injected into the race to lead the Conservative Party of Canada: Ending supply management and support for more private health-care options. The ideas were presented...

Grant applications are now open for this year's Alberta Culture Days celebrations. The province says grants of up to $10,000 are available to community non-profit organizations to offset the cost of p...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The natural landscape of southeast Alberta is on display downtown.TREX Space is hosting Ponds, Coulees, and Creeks, a community-based art installation featuring 33 local artists. Th...

QUEBEC - A Quebec man who killed four members of the same family in a car crash last September in Quebec City has been handed one of the toughest sentences ever given in the province for a drunk drivi...

OTTAWA - International students who've graduated from Canadian post-secondary schools will be able to stay in Canada longer now that the federal government has offered a temporary program to help them...

CALGARY - The University of Calgary named former CFL player Jon Cornish as its 15th chancellor-elect Friday. The 37-year-old native of New Westminster, B.C., will begin his four-year term July 1. He w...