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FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - An Alberta government review into the response to the Fort McMurray wildfire is expected to be complete by next summer. May’s fierce and unpredictable fire forced nearly 9...

Winnipeg police warn the use of carfentanil - a synthetic opioid similar to fentanyl but 100 times more powerful - is spreading across Canada. Deputy police chief Danny Smyth detailed the recent seizu...

LETHBRIDGE — It might be a good time to fill up the gas tank. Crude oil prices jumped more than five per cent Wednesday, Sept. 29 after the member countries of OPEC agreed to a production cut, t...

HALIFAX - An ailing woman who is facing deportation to England has been freed from shackles that kept her restrained in her hospital bed following the intervention of two Nova Scotia cabinet ministers...

BOGOTA - Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos says Pope Francis will pay a visit to his country in the first quarter of next year. The pope promised in February to visit Colombia if the count...

OTTAWA - Federal officials are set to tighten labour rules to make it tougher for large, federally regulated companies to conduct mass layoffs without warning. The requirements for businesses dealing ...

TORONTO - When their story about a condo developer who forgot to put bathrooms in a Toronto-area highrise went viral last week, writers at the CBC’s satirical show “This Is That” wer...

OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agency sifted through large troves of data for information of value until a federal watchdog raised questions about a lack of guidelines for such searches, a new report rev...

HOBOKEN, N.J. - The Latest on the commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The National Transportation Safety Board says the engineer in the fatal New Jers...

WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in August, as a shortage of properties for sale is weighing on the market. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday its seasonally ...