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MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government will compensate movie theatre owners for lost concession stand revenue after a disagreement he is calling "Popcorngate." The province has...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois state Rep. Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat who virtually set Illinois' political agenda as House speaker before he was ousted last month, announced Thursday that he is...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum penalty of four years in prison for recklessly firing a gun. The court has agreed to hear the appeal of J...

DALLAS - Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has travelled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a weather crisis that has left much of Texas without power. The high-profile Republican lawm...

OTTAWA - Canada's deputy chief public health officer says federal and provincial health experts are looking at evidence that one shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 may be almost as g...

AUSTIN, Texas - Power outages in Texas dropped below a half-million on Thursday morning for the first time in four days, but many people remained without electricity or safe drinking water after winte...

Fort St. John RCMP is asking the public for any information on the whereabouts of Christopher Hurren.The 36-year-old Hurren is wanted on multiple unendorsed warrants in relation to one count of Crimin...

A report by an organization that represents more than 90 chief executives says a harmonized sales tax and a carbon tax could help provide Alberta with the revenue it needs to handle its growing debt.T...

LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton received a special gift for her 40th birthday: an engagement. Hilton announced her engagement to entrepreneur Carter Reum in her social media post on Wednesday - the same da...

MADRID - More than 50 people were arrested and dozens injured during a second night of protests that turned violent in several Spanish cities. The protests were sparked by the imprisonment of a rapper...