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CALGARY - Canada’s position as a big player in the global diamond industry will be further crystallized Tuesday when it formally opens Gahcho Kue, estimated to be one of the 10 biggest diamond m...

De Beers opens Gahcho Kue, its third diamond mine in Canada, on Tuesday. A few quick facts about the industry: The newest mine: Gahcho Kue is Canada’s sixth diamond mine. It sits about 280 kilom...

LETHBRIDGE – The Lethbridge Police Service is hailing the arrival of a new online accreditation program for liquor establishments in the city. “Best Bar None,” is a voluntary online ...

NEW YORK - Organizers at Bill Clinton’s final, glittery gathering of his family’s philanthropic organization seem determined to keep his wife’s presidential prospects off the agenda....

DETROIT - Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. will soon open an office in Detroit. Uber’s vice-president of global vehicle programs, Sherif Marakby, announced the facility at an engineer...

TORONTO - Injury forced goalkeeper Clint Irwin out of the Toronto FC lineup. The fine play of backup Alex Bono has extended that absence. Both are healthy now and coach Greg Vanney has a decision to m...

OTTAWA - It is in Canada’s interest to play a leadership role in United Nations peacekeeping, former military commander Romeo Dallaire said Monday even as he delivered a pointed critique of how ...

CALGARY - Police say they have arrested a man who climbed a 26-storey crane at a downtown Calgary construction site and occupied its cab for most of the morning. The incident, which began just before ...

CALGARY - Former Calgary police chief and politician Rick Hanson is back in the public eye as the head of the city’s exploration committee studying a possible bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics. H...

LONDON - A biography of German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt has been named science book of the year. Andrea Wulf’s “The Invention of Nature” was awarded the 25,000-...