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LONDON - The sea voyage that changed Peter Padfield's life more than six decades ago started with an act of chance. In 1956, Padfield was third officer aboard a British cruise liner in Sri Lanka when ...

CINCINNATI - Margaret Atwood, whose sweeping body of work includes "The Handmaid's Tale," a depiction of a nightmarish totalitarian future for the United States, is this year's winner of a lifetime ac...

NEW YORK - Jason Wu did what few designers dare during New York Fashion Week: He put on a live show Sunday with a tiny audience present in the middle of a pandemic. Why? "I think the world needs beaut...

The Grande Prairie Regional Tourism Association found a way to spice up its annual general meeting and raise some money at the same time this past Thursday.Executive Director Terry Dow says instead of...

City Hall says a full reconstruction of Crystal Ridge Road will start on Monday, September 14.The work will be done between 116 and 121 Avenues and will also include the cul-de-sac on 121 Avenue.Besid...

BERLIN - The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. A German militar...

FREDERICTON - Voters in New Brunswick head to the polls today after a brief provincial election campaign notable for the unusual steps candidates had to take to deal with the COVID...

RED DEER, Alta. - A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta is scheduled to return to court today following a psychiatric exam. Deng Mabiour is charged with first...

VANCOUVER - An all-Canadian soccer battle erupted in a flurry of goals and a pair of red cards in Vancouver on Sunday before the Montreal Impact walked away with 4-2 victory over the Whitecaps. Saphir...

NEW YORK - A U.S. Open unlike any other finished unlike any other - with an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker as Dominic Thiem became the first man in 71 years to win the final after dropping the ope...