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OTTAWA, ON - Federal and provincial privacy watchdogs say the Tim Hortons mobile ordering app violated the law by collecting vast amounts of location information from customers.In an investigation fin...

EDMONTON, AB - A new Respectful Workplace Policy (RWP) for political staff in the Government of Alberta has been released after a comprehensive review of human resources policies.Government officials ...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says currently a "larger discussion" on decriminalization is not happening, aside from the specific measure taken with British Columbia. Lametti, who notes the ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Two court-appointed prosecutors declined Wednesday to charge a Wisconsin sheriff's deputy in the 2016 fatal shooting of a man sleeping in a park. The decision validates a district...

OTTAWA, ON - The Government of Canada is investing in smoking cessation programs aimed at reducing tobacco-related illnesses and deaths across the country, including in Alberta.In a news release issue...

MIAMI (AP) - Gilberto Rodrguez Orejuela, an elderly leader of the former Cali cartel that smuggled vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, has died in a U.S....

BEAVERLODGE, AB - Alongside family and friends, Travis Toews announced on May 31, 2022, that he will be seeking the leadership of the United Conservative Party (UCP).Toews resigned as Alberta's financ...

Dick Pound held almost every International Olympic Committee job there was except president during his 44 years as a member. Having reached his mandatory retirement age of 80 in March, the Canadian du...

CALGARY, AB - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled an MLA can ask for a review on whether provincial rules allow for a presiding officer to temporarily demote a police officer.Shannon Phillips, who r...

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A jury in Virginia is deliberating for a third day in the defamation claims of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The seven-person civil jury resumed deliberations Wednesday morning afte...