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BAGHDAD - Former communications minister Mohammed Allawi was named prime minister-designate by rival Iraqi factions Saturday after weeks of political deadlock. The choice comes as the country weathers...

VANCOUVER - Leaders of a First Nation in northern British Columbia who say they'll never consent to a natural gas pipeline through their traditional territory have agreed to seven days of me...

The Purdy's Chocolatier officially opened Saturday, February 1, in the Prairie Mall. The announcement of the chocolate store coming to the mall was made this past September.Karen Jones, Area Manager f...

OTTAWA - A massive spike in incomplete applications for the federal government's signature summer-jobs program last year has officials revising the forms and guides that explain how to get the money. ...

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An Afghanistan war veteran shot his wife, daughter and mother from about one metre away before firing a bullet into his own forehead, a pathologist testifi...

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa - Harmjeet Singh Bedi and Udaybir Walia put on an 86-run seventh-wicket partnership Saturday as Canada finished the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup on a high note, defeating...

The province's largest public sector union says an independent arbitrator has awarded some of its members a raise instead of rollbacks requested by the government.The Alberta Union of Provincial Emplo...

EDINBURG, Texas - The whirlwind continued for Christine Sinclair a day after becoming the world's all-time leading goal-scorer. In the wake of notching goals No. 184 and 185 in an 11-0 romp over St. K...

Liverpool's commanding lead in the English Premier League grew to a scarcely believable 22 points with a 4-0 win over Southampton on Saturday. It's surely a matter of when, not if, Liverpool collects ...

The Alberta government and physicians are bringing in a mediator to help break a logjam in talks on a new master agreement.Health Minister Tyler Shandro says while there has been progress, the two sid...