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The mayor of a small Alberta border town says semi-trailers rolling through the community serve as a constant reminder of the pandemic's effect on the lives of community members. "It's almost like som...

REGINA - New research suggests that while Canadians feel COVID-19 will have negative consequences on mental health and the economy, they feel it will be good for online shopping and public mask-wearin...

OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says new dedicated transit funding for rural communities could be used for on-demand services, not just traditional systems. The Liberals are setting...

EDMONTON - The posting for a new high-level Alberta government job supposed to help the province align with environmental concerns from financial markets seems more about talk than action, observers s...

OTTAWA - Canada is scheduled to receive a flood of new COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, with around 3.3 million shots due for delivery from different pharmaceutical companies over the coming days. Th...

ROME - The Ripetta school of art in Rome recently joined a handful of high schools in Italy that give transgender students the right to be known by a name other than the one they were given at birth. ...

BEIJING - A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is "extremel...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Canada has fallen short in its bid for its first Olympic men's soccer berth in 37 years.Uriel Antuna and Johan Vasquez scored to lift mighty Mexico to a 2-0 victory over Canada i...

TAMPA, Fla. - CJ McCollum scored seven of his 23 points in the final two minutes and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-117 on Sunday night. Damian Lillard had 22 points and 11 as...

A third Peace Region high school is partially shifting to online learning next week, as a case at Beaverlodge Regional High School has led the division to shift Grades 11 and 12 to at-home learning du...