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DAWSON CITY, Yukon - Sandy Silver led the Liberal party from just one seat in Yukon’s legislature to a majority government in Monday night’s election. Here’s a sketch of the territor...

TORONTO - Ontario will take steps next week to deal with rising house prices in the Toronto area, but it will not follow British Columbia’s lead and impose a tax on foreign buyers. Finance Minis...

REGINA - A Regina nightclub has pulled an ad promoting two-for-one tequila the night before Remembrance Day following an online backlash. The ad for Gabbo’s featured a background of poppies and ...

LETHBRIDGE – Around 8:45 p.m. on Nov. 7, Coaldale & District Emergency Services responded to a grass fire in the coulees east of Highway 845, south of the Old Man River. Coaldale Interm Chie...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The low turnout for Prince Edward Island’s plebiscite on electoral reform - 36 per cent - means it’s debatable whether the results can be considered a clear expression of t...

LOD, Israel - After years of abuse and death threats, Duaa Abu-Sharkh had finally divorced her husband, agreeing even to give up custody of her four young children and family property to escape his vi...

VICTORIA - Ships off the West Coast could be forced to yield the right of way to killer whales as part of a federal ocean protection plan, says a Liberal MP. The $1.5-billion plan to improve Canada...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The New York gravestone of Susan B. Anthony is thickly encrusted with “I Voted” stickers on an Election Day that could put America’s first female president in the W...

DAWSON CITY, Yukon - Sandy Silver, who took the Yukon Liberals from third-party status to a majority government in Monday’s territorial election, was being coy the morning after. “Does it ...

SURREY, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed $45 million in federal funding for a new building at the Surrey, B.C., campus of Simon Fraser University to advance research and innovation i...