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MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede means different things to different people.For some it's the rodeo, for some it's the food, for some it's the rides. For others?"I do know...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut says it has confirmed the first case of avian influenza in the territory. The case was discovered by the Canadian Wildlife Service in a live thick-billed murre on Coats Isla...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Today marks the first-ever Alberta Day celebration in the province. Premier Jason Kenney proclaimed Sept. 1 to be known as Alberta Day, in accordance to when Alberta officially beca...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest heat wave in the province is setting records in many communities.Environment Canada says Aug. 31, was the hottest Aug. 31 on record for 22 communities, while another two ti...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - An abortion rights group on Thursday asked the Michigan Supreme Court to approve a November ballot question on whether a right to abortion should be enshrined in the state consti...

TORONTO - Blue Jays interim manager John Schneider has a simple recipe he hopes Toronto can stick to as it winds down Major League Baseball's regular season. Schneider counted off the ingredients in h...

HERNING, DENMARK - Sarah Potomak had a goal and an assist to lead Canada to a 3-0 win over Sweden in a women's world hockey championship quarterfinal Thursday. Jocelyne Larocque and Erin Ambrose also ...

TORONTO - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says he has received assurances from the Montreal Alouettes majority ownership that nothing has changed with the CFL club. Minority owner Gary Stern created a hug...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police of...

CALGARY - Criminal defence lawyers have escalated job action in an ongoing dispute with the provincial government over the amount of compensation paid by Legal Aid Alberta.Organizations representing l...