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LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Police in southern Alberta are being investigated after a restaurant worker in a "Star Wars" stormtrooper costume who was carrying a plastic gun was forced to the gr...

LOS ANGELES - A California appeals court on Tuesday overturned most of a 2017 jury verdict awarding Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties and fees from the Michael Jackson estate over the use of Jone...

OTTAWA - Gun-control advocates and the Trudeau government see a coming overhaul of the firearms classification system as key to cementing the recent federal move to ban assault-style rifles. The feder...

OTTAWA - The federal information czar wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tell federal agencies they must strive to be transparent and accountable as they wrestle with the fallout from COVID-1...

WASHINGTON - COVID-19 has damaged the trust Canadians have in their American neighbours, while U.S. residents collectively have more faith in their northern counterparts than they do in themselves, a ...

NANAIMO - The City is looking within its own business and community ranks to chart a path forward from the COVID-19 pandemic.Mayor Leonard Krog announced a new task force mandated to provide recommend...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the Toronto Maple Leafs' parent company has been in contact with the province about the possibility of Canada's biggest city serving as a so-called "hocke...

COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed hundreds. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a life that...

OTTAWA - Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will receive a key benefit once a fix comes into effect on Friday. ...

NANAIMO - Police have now charged both 16-year-old suspects in the serious Circle K convenience store fire. Nanaimo RCMP said the second teen alleged to be involved was located in Ladysmith on Monday,...