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CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede is back and kicked off Friday morning with the usual array of floats, bands, horses and dignitaries. But the first parade since the COVID-19 pandemic was missing one mai...

MONTREAL - The Crown has dropped its fraud case against a former construction tycoon in Quebec and four co-accused following a nine-year legal battle. Prosecutor Franois Blanchette told a Quebec court...

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra is ordering most trains in the vicinity of Lytton, B.C., to halt as residents return temporarily to the wildfire-scorched community. Alghabra says the Canadia...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - An artistic evening at Police Point Park will dive into the world of mythical creatures.On Monday, the MH Interpretive Program presents an evening making inkblot mythical creatures ...

HELENA Mont. (AP) - Wildlife officials said they shot and killed a Montana grizzly bear Friday that had pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her earlier this week in the middle of a smal...

RoseAnne Archibald of Ontario has become the first woman to serve as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.In her acceptance speech last night she declared, "The AFN has made her-story today...

Saskatchewan Agriculture has confirmed that it has found anthrax in sheep in the Rural Municipality of South Qu'Appelle.Lab tests confirm anthrax killed one sheep in a flock, and may have killed four ...

PARIS (AP) - France will withdraw more than 2,000 troops from an anti-extremism force in Africa's Sahel region and pivot its military presence to specialized regional forces instead, President Emmanue...

Pending local government approval, Vancouver and Edmonton will both host HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series events in September. The men's tournaments, scheduled for Sept. 18-19 in Vancouver and Sept. 25-...

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis is walking, working and has celebrated Mass at a Rome hospital where he also will deliver his Sunday weekly blessing while recovering from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said...