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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday will bring a message aimed at national unity and healing to the sites of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. But the words he offers for a divide...

MONTREAL - Hannah Tooktoo, an Inuk mother from Nunavik, Que., descended from her bike Thursday, 55 days after pedalling across the country to raise awareness to the suicides that are ravagin...

When Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Jeremiah Masoli tore his anterior cruciate ligament on July 26, he became the latest in a long line of QBs to miss games this season. Six of the nine quarterbacks ...

Armstrong fire crews were busy this morning extinguishing a fire on Fortune Road. Armstrong Spallumcheen Fire Chief Ian Cummings told Vernon Matters a woman was burning grass illegally when it quickly...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - FX's new adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" includes a younger Scrooge and Bob Cratchit and a darker take on the Charles Dickens classic. Ebenezer Scrooge, often portrayed on sc...

LAS VEGAS - Wayne Newton is being sued by a Nevada woman who claims the crooner's pet monkey bit and injured her daughter at his mansion in October 2017. The lawsuit seeking at least $15,000 and filed...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A southern rock band whose logo features Confederate flags was booked for the DuQuoin State Fair for two months before Gov. J.B. Pritzker's staff learned of the gig and abruptly ca...

EDMONTON - Trevor Harris isn't giving nearly as much thought to facing his former team when the Ottawa Redblacks come calling at Commonwealth Stadium Friday as he is to finding a way to help his Edmon...

OTTAWA - The federal health minister's office says it is keeping a close watch on the supply of three generic cancer drugs as doctors raise serious concerns about the ris...

The Animal Auxiliary Thrift Store in Vernon is collecting items to help residents in the Eagle Bluff fire zone who have had to evacuate animals.Gina Barzan, a volunteer who runs the store, said they a...