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CALGARY - The federal government is reducing the size of a proposed emergency fund pipeline operators would be required to have on hand to deal with short-term costs of incidents such as spills. Natur...

LETHBRIDGE – “I was absolutely shocked, you just don’t expect something like this.” Greg Weadick, the former Progressive Conservative MLA for Lethbridge West, made the statemen...

Former Alberta premier and federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice died Thursday in a plane crash near Kelowna, British Columbia. Family, friends and political colleagues expressed their condolences: - ...

EDMONTON - Jim Prentice came of age “under the bins” of the Crowsnest Pass coal mines to emerge as Alberta’s 16th premier and one of the seminal figures of the modern-day conservativ...

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday that the slow recovery from the Great Recession has surprised economists, confounding long-held beliefs about growth and inflation. Her rema...

NEW YORK - A major choral work composed in secret in 1920s Russia and never performed there will get its Russian debut later this month. New York City’s Clarion Choir will premiere Maximilian St...

NEW YORK - A painting from Claude Monet’s acclaimed “Grainstack” series is heading to auction next month and Christie’s says it could realize around $45 million. The 1891 paint...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s highest court will rule whether Montreal can appeal a lower court decision that put its controversial pit bull measures on ice pending a legal challenge. Lawyers for the city...

TORONTO - A Toronto woman who has spent the past two months stranded in Russia after having her permanent residency status revoked while abroad will soon be coming home. Julia Yakobi’s daughter ...

Ken Bone is learning the hard way what it’s like to be famous. The 34-year-old undecided voter from Illinois became an overnight sensation following his appearance in a bright red sweater at the...