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SMITHERS, B.C. - Bonnie George walked out of the Office of the Wet'suwet'en holding her hands up in the air in a triumphant gesture. Just hours earlier, the Wet'suwet'en matriarch and former Coastal G...

MONTREAL - A Quebec couple who contracted the novel coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan will soon be on their way home after testing negative for the virus, their daughte...

HALIFAX - As Canadian communities brace for rising risks of spring flooding related to climate change, a non-profit group has published findings suggesting preservin...

SMITHERS, B.C. - Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and senior government ministers reached a proposed arrangement Sunday following days of discussions over a pipeline dispute that prompted solidarity pro...

WASHINGTON - Even though they live in Canada, expatriate Americans north of the border are gearing up to weigh in on the Democratic nomination on Super Tuesday and beyond as the battle to challen...

TORONTO - Ontario health officials announced four more cases of the new coronavirus in the province on Sunday, bringing the total diagnoses in Canada to 24. All four of the patients had recently trave...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Despite no confirmed sightings of a trio of otters which captured the imagination of Hatters in the last two weeks, the Grasslands Naturalists hosted it's Otter Quest Sunday afterno...

RED DEER, GRANDE PRAIRIE - Doctors, nurses, teachers and other frontline social service workers in both Grande Prairie and Red Deer were joined by members of the public Saturday in protesting budget c...

RED DEER, AB - For Red Deerian Gary Mottl, changes to Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) payments are causing him nothing but grief.Mottl, 37, has Asperger's Syndrome, diabetes, social...

SMITHERS, B.C. - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief and senior government ministers say they have reached a proposed arrangement in a pipeline dispute that has prompted solidarity protests across Canada ...