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TORONTO - Nick Nurse is going to prepare Canada's men's basketball team for a long haul. A group of 29 players - including 17 NBAers - were invited to Canada's training camp on Tuesday ahead of t...

Some familiar faces will be missing as Canada looks to defend its Pan American Games titles in men's and women's rugby sevens. Injuries and the desire to rest some veterans and to test ...

OTTAWA - A former chairman of the federal advisory panel on firearms says he found the committee to be a well-meaning but ultimately pointless exercise because members were not all...

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the 2008 financial crisis accelerated major changes in the U.S. and global economies, leading to slower growth, lower inflation an...

Cypress County, AB - Cypress County has been approached about building two different multi-million dollar projects and is looking for public consultation. They are hoping to determine the level of sup...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - For years, stock-car racing in southeast Alberta has been a male-dominated sport.The Medicine Hat Speedway, however, is seeing a sharp increase in adrenaline-filled ladies taking th...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A lawyer convicted of swindling NBA star Charles Barkley and using the name of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to bolster an investment scam was sentenced to five years i...

TORONTO - Seven weeks ago, Simon Pagenaud was racing to victory on the wide-open speedway of the Indianapolis 500. Sunday, he captured the Honda Indy Toronto title, manoeuvring through ...

NEW YORK - Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams was suspended without pay by the WNBA on Tuesday for 10 games - nearly a third of the season - for a domestic violence incident. Williams was arrest...

BOW ISLAND, AB - The former Spitz Plant in Bow Island is getting new life.G.S. Dunn, a mustard seed company based in Ontario, announced they have purchased the plant near Bow Island. The purchase was ...