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OTTAWA - It appears the overseas prisoner dubbed "Jihadi Jack" by the British media won't be headed to Canada any time soon. Neither the governing Liberals nor the Opposition Conservati...

DESERT BLUME, AB - Ryan Werre might not compete in as many tournaments as he used to, but that hasn't stopped the 27-year-old from racking up the trophies this summer.Werre has been one of the region'...

OTTAWA - As tensions escalate between pro-democracy protesters and police in Hong Kong, Canadian diplomats there say they've not yet seen any surge in demand for assistance from the nearly 300,000 Can...

QUEBEC - The federal government has announced it will invest up to $1.2 billion on an expanded public transit network for Quebec City, including a 23-kilometre tramway line. Prime Minister Justin Trud...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Police have arrested a man for a second straight day, who had been released on criminal harassment charges the day prior.Following reports of a suspicious person and ve...

AUSTIN, Texas - Police said Monday they are still investigating the weekend motorcycle crash that killed former Texas Longhorns running back and NFL player Cedric Benson and a woman passenger. Accordi...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is calling on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by at least a full percentage point "over a fairly short period of time," saying that such an action would m...

NEW YORK - After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of the black man whose dying cries of "I...

OTTAWA - Elections Canada says it will decide on a case-by-case basis whether discussing the legitimacy of climate change becomes a partisan issue for third parties during the federal campai...

WASHINGTON - The acting director of the federal Bureau of Prisons has been removed from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal cus...