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FREDERICTON - New Brunswick politician Greg Thompson, who served in both the provincial and federal cabinets - including time as minister of Veterans Affairs - has died at the age of 72.  Thompso...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Six Emirati troops have been killed in a "collision," the United Arab Emirates said Friday, without elaborating or offering a location or time for the incident that comes...

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien has been granted a leave of absence by the club. The NHL team did not list a reason for the move. The Jets made the announcement just before the start of trai...

CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo's newest king penguin chick is already growing strong thanks to lots of parenting from a pair of male king penguins. Four-year-old Arthur and 17-year-old Nero have been ...

CALGARY - Two-time Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries wants to compete for the United States and has filed a lawsuit against Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton to obtain her release, according to ...

PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Cougars fell 6-1 to the Edmonton Oil Kings in preseason play Thursday in Dawson Creek. Filip Koffer scored the Cats' only goal, his first of the pre-season, on a breaka...

Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning says no one wants Brock Boeser at training camp more than he does. But with players set to hit the ice on Friday and the right-winger still without a new ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Firefighters in Brazil say the death toll in a hospital fire that forced the evacuation of patients in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 10. The fire department on Friday also said...

The remains of an Ontario woman who died in the Bahamas during hurricane Dorian will soon be returned home, her mother said. Josie McDonagh said Alishia Liolli's body was flown off the ...

LONDON - A Scottish court dealt another blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plans Wednesday, ruling that his decision to suspend Parliament less than two months before the U.K. is due to lea...