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EDMONTON - There's a fine line between a public health officer's duty to the people they serve and their duty to the elected officials who appoint them, scholars say. But they add governments should b...

TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment says it has officially cancelled the rest of its thoroughbred racing season following discussions with the Ontario government.When Toronto was placed into a lockdown s...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat is reporting a third death linked to COVID-19 and nine new active cases in the city while the local hospital is reporting an outbreak after a patient tested positive fo...

FREDERICTON - The Atlantic bubble that was pierced Monday when Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador left is now in tatters with New Brunswick's announcement that it is pulling out. Start...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - When Medicine Hat native Corbin Lightfoot pledged that he would run one kilometre for every dollar donated to his Movember page he didn't know the toll it would take on his feet. "I...

Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19.

A man serving life in prison for the murder of a Medicine Hat woman is appealing his sentence.Noah Bentley filed a personal handwritten notice of appeal.Earlier this month, Bentley was sentenced to li...

OTTAWA - Canada's top central banker gave a detailed defence of the Bank of Canada's buying spree of government debt, saying it is aimed at lowering borrowing costs across the country. The Bank of Can...

The provincial government has established a grant program and a training program to get more truck drivers behind the wheel.In a release, the government says a $3-million Driving Back to Work grant pr...

VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer who oversaw a small team based at Vancouver's airport says he dismissed a suggestion the night before Meng Wanzhou's flight landed to arrest the Huawei executive by boardin...