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OTTAWA - The military's second-in-command, Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk, is resigning. The move, which is effective on Aug. 9, comes only weeks after the federal government agreed to a settleme...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's treasury secretary resigned Tuesday, complaining of the appointment of unqualified officials by "influential people in the current administration who have clear conflicts of int...

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say a man who stole a statue of Marilyn Monroe from atop a Hollywood public art installation has been sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay more than $14,000 in rest...

PHOENIX - Hundreds of people including a presidential candidate are speaking out on Twitter about the killing of a 17-year-old black youth at a suburban convenience store by a white man who said he wa...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede says a horse has died after last night's chuckwagon races.It says the animal suffered a serious internal medical condition during the race and needed veterinary care.The...

CALGARY - The Alberta government is seeking feedback on its plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from big industrial players.The province's environment, energy and agriculture ministers are meeting wi...

WINNIPEG - Sergiy Bolshakov was watching TV in his Winnipeg hotel room when a firefighter knocked on the door and told him the building was being evacuated because of an emergency. The Toronto man qui...

TALLINN, Estonia - Tens of thousands of Estonians joined in singing folk songs Sunday on the 150th anniversary of a music festival that inspired resistance to Soviet control and later received recogni...

Bombardier Inc. is laying off 550 workers at its Thunder Bay, Ont. plant, according to a federal government source.   More coming. The Canadian Press

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will host the premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and the Northwest Territories at the Calgary Stampede. A news release from the province says ...