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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to call the next federal election Wednesday morning. He's to visit Rideau Hall at 10 a.m. local time to ask Gov. Gen. Julie Payette to dissolve Parliament. By...

CALGARY - Amnesty International says it's "deeply concerned" about the Alberta government's plans to fight back against oil and gas industry critics. Alex Neve, secretary general of the human rights g...

SHANGHAI - Marc Gasol remembers the day the coveted invitation to join Spain's storied national basketball program arrived in the mail. He was maybe 14 or 15 years old at the time. "(Me and ...

A woman who convinced her boyfriend to kill his teenage ex more than a decade ago showed a lack of commitment to rehabilitation when she purposely hid two romantic relationships while living in a half...

QUESNEL- More mill curtailments are ahead for the region as West Fraser Timber says it will introduce variable operating schedules at five of its sawmills which will decrease production by up to 25 pe...

JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister is vowing to begin annexing West Bank settlements if he wins national elections next week. Tuesday's announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to b...

WINNIPEG - A light drizzle fell across parts of southern Manitoba Tuesday as polls opened for a provincial election that will determine whether the Progressive Conservatives get a second man...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Sao Paulo police say they are indicting Brazilian model Najila Trindade and her former partner over her rape allegation against soccer star Neymar. Police said Tuesday they indicted t...

PRINCE GEORGE-A man was sentenced for a robbery last week that started with an on-foot chase.On Friday, Sept. 6th an RCMP officer happened to catch glimpse of a man wearing a uniform from a local busi...

The federal government has released its long-awaited policy on developing the Canadian Arctic. The lengthy document, released by the department of Crown-Indigenous Relations, proposes eight priorities...