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Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Nov. 10 GIRL, 7, FOUND DEAD AFTER AMBER ALERT: RCMP in Saskatchewan say they have found the body of a missing seven-year-old girl who had been the subject o...

VANCOUVER - The fire hall in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has been overwhelmed by emergency medical calls since the illicit opioid fentanyl has spurred a deadly overdose crisis. Vancouver Fire ...

LETHBRIDGE – In honour of Veterans Week, The Galt Museum and Archives will host a screening of local southern Alberta based production “The Agreement.” The short docu-drama produced ...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s election ushers in a time of high anxiety for people with health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law, which expanded coverage to millions but has strug...

OTTAWA - Five years ago Ernest Jackson was playing in the Ultimate Indoor Football League. Now the dangerous receiver is the East Division nominee for Most Outstanding Player in the CFL. Jackson, who ...

WINNIPEG - The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is hoping for another court battle over indigenous hunting rights. Last week, two men from the Pine Creek First Nation in Manitoba pleaded guilty to charges ...

KABUL - Germany’s consulate in northern Afghanistan was attacked when a suicide car bomber rammed the compound, killing six people and wounding more than 120, Afghan police and the German foreig...

CHEONAN, Korea, Republic Of - As the end of a another season of missed opportunities approaches, Canada’s men’s national soccer team has travelled a long way from home for one final chance...

OTTAWA - The largest federal civil service union has asked that a mediator be appointed in a dispute with the government that has dragged on for more than two years. Contract negotiations aimed at rea...

TORONTO - A number of Canadian residents have suddenly found themselves with worthless wads of cash after the Indian government abruptly scrapped its highest-denomination currency notes this week. On ...