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County of Grande Prairie farmer, Ken Drysdale of Kendal Farms Ltd. planted over two million seeds this spring for a beautiful sunflower field that is in full bloom now. The field is bordered by two pa...

MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party says the riding office of one of its Montreal candidates has been robbed and vandalized. The party says the alleged attackers broke through the wall of a neighbouri...

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says the government is going to use this year's projected windfall budget surplus to pay down debt and put some cash in its piggy bank. Jason Nixon says the plan ...

OTTAWA - In a straightforward swap of positions Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday at Rideau Hall, Helena Jaczek is replacing Filomena Tassi as Canada's minister of public services and ...

OTTAWA - A new book says Canadian Security Intelligence Service officers urged British police not to reveal CSIS's recruitment of a man who helped smuggle three British teenagers into Syria to join th...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Board of Canvassers on Wednesday rejected an abortion rights initiative after its two Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amen...

NEW YORK - Vancouver's Rebecca Marino advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over Ukraine's Daria Snigur on Wednesday. Marino fired 13 aces in the match to Snigur's one, ...

OTTAWA - An advocacy group started by centrist Conservatives to provide more of a voice to the political middle has dropped the party's name to expand its base. The "Centre Ice Conservatives" have bec...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Josh Jackson. The six-foot-eight, 207-pound native of San Diego averaged 6.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 16.3 minutes in 51 games (three starts) last sea...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restricti...