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WASHINGTON - North American residents of Iranian descent and their advocates were sounding the racial-profiling alarm Monday after scores of them were subjected to intensive questi...

OTTAWA - A senator from Alberta is inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold a cabinet meeting in the province. Doug Black says he has written a letter to Trudeau urging him to bring his cab...

LONDON - In a stunning declaration, Britain's Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, said they are planning "to step back" as senior members of the royal family and "work to become financially independent...

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - The mayor of the Crowsnest Pass says it's been a frustrating few months trying to secure a grant to deal with an infestation of mountain pine beetles (MPB) in the area.Last fall, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The global benchmark for crude oil rose above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time in over three months, with jitters rising over the escalating military tensions between Iran ...

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday there will be "no haggling" over the process for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in a deepening standoff with House Speake...

Ottawa's bills for dealing with natural disasters neared half a billion dollars in two of the last three years amid a warning to Canadians that this country was one of the worst affected by climate ch...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government wants to hear your thoughts on angling in Alberta.Lethbridge is one of 11 stopovers for a government tour on fisheries management.Beginning next week, open h...

MIAMI - Award-winning producer Silvio Horta, who was acclaimed for creating the hit series "Ugly Betty" with actress Salma Hayek, has died. He was 45. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner said Wedne...

OTTAWA - Two poems written by a man who killed an Indigenous woman have been removed from the parliamentary poet laureate website. The poems by Stephen Brown included one about a sex wo...