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The prospect of a needle buyback program in Vernon is unlikely if city staff members get their way. In a report to council, staff recommended against the program but to continue the Folks on Spokes pr...

OTTAWA - A 23-year-old man has been arrested for murder after a member of the Canadian Armed Forces died from serious head injuries sustained in what police are describing as a violent attack in Flori...

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is eliminating stand-alone offices for climate change policy and environmental monitoring. Some say the move will damage the province's ability to m...

MONTREAL - No more excuses - that's the mantra for the Montreal Impact going into the final four games of the MLS season. At risk of missing the playoffs for the third consecutive year, the ...

NEW YORK - Sam Smith has expressed the preference for the "they/them" pronouns after coming out as non-binary in what the pop star called a "lifetime of being at war with my gender." The English "Too ...

BOSTON - "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman was sentenced Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter's SAT scores in the college admissions scandal that ensnared doze...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has made changes and apologized to the families involved after video was aired of a deceased person in a body bag being manhandled outside the medical examiner's...

Mike Babcock is aware his seat will be a little warmer than usual this season. And if things don't go according to plan for the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, it could get positively...

HARTFORD, Conn. - A tentative settlement announced Wednesday over the role Purdue Pharma played in the nation's opioid addiction crisis falls short of the far-reaching national settlement the OxyConti...

EDMONTON - The Force is with this young transplant patient. Mason Thomas was six when he received a new heart at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton. He asked to see his damaged one...