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EDMONTON - The Alberta government has passed a bill to fire election commissioner Lorne Gibson, raising questions about the future of his investigation into Premier Jason Kenney's United Con...

TORONTO - Mike Babcock became the fourth straight Toronto Maple Leafs head coach to lose his job with the team on the road when he was fired Wednesday. Sheldon Keefe made his debut as the 40th head co...

The Marguerite Riel Centre has an evening of dancing and fun in store for families in the area on Friday night. Dancing through the Decades will feature live music from Forty Ounce Philosophy, from 7-...

EDMONTON - An environmental law firm is asking a court to strike down Alberta's inquiry into the role of foreign money financing the activities of charities opposing the oilsands. In its application, ...

OTTAWA - The federal government's new western outreach ambassador says there might be room to look at changing legislation at the heart of anger towards the Liberal government in Canada's West. M...

NEW YORK - Susan Choi's novel "Trust Exercise," in which a high school romance is spun out into a web of memories and perspectives, has won the National Book Award for fiction. Sarah M. Broom's family...

OTTAWA - A new report suggests retailers in Canada are lagging behind American companies in removing hazardous chemicals from their products. Muhannad Malas, the toxics program manager at th...

LAVAL, Que. - Police in Laval, Que., are fighting impaired driving by teaming up with 24 bars in the city to offer free non-alcoholic drinks to designated drivers. The initiative provides a drive...

Dara Howell has rediscovered her drive and passion for freestyle skiing. It took tearing her ACL and a year of painful rehab to get there. Howell, the Olympic gold medallist in slopestyle fr...

LONDON - The British band Coldplay has decided not to launch a global tour because of environmental concerns. Frontman Chris Martin told the BBC Thursday that the band is not going on tour to promote ...