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EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one. The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home hea...

AKWESASNE, Que. - A funeral will be held Saturday for the last of the Mohawk code talkers from the Second World War, Louis Levi Oakes, who died peacefully on Tuesday surrounded by family at age 94. Oa...

CALGARY - The defending Grey Cup-champion Calgary Stampeders opened their 2019 campaign with a 37-1 pre-season win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday.Quarterback Nick Arbuckle scored on a one...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Dan Marr went to observe a skills camp last summer featuring Connor McDavid, John Tavares and Taylor Hall. That those three established NHL stars - all former No. 1 pick...

CHASKA, Minn. - Prince's former bodyguard answered questions from attorneys for seven hours as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of the late rock star. Kirk Johnson's attorney told K...

Gwen King graduated from college on Friday but she won't be the only one in her family graduating this year. The 56-year-old grandmother said one of her daughters will be graduating with a Social Work...

TORONTO - An online ticket-resale site says Game 1 of the NBA Finals was its third-best selling NBA Finals ever. Ebay-owned StubHub says sales via its site outpaced those in 2016 and 2017, w...

OTTAWA - Canada's federal procurement minister says she wishes the Irving company and its lawyers hadn't threatened to sue reporters asking questions about the company's federal shipbuilding contracts...

OTTAWA - The federal government has postponed a long-awaited update to Canada's corporate-misconduct provisions, including changes that could help SNC-Lavalin avoid being barred from lucrative federal...

JACKSON, Miss. - In the Washington political scene of bombast and big egos, Republican Thad Cochran of Mississippi wielded power with a quiet, gentlemanly demeanour. He played piano in his Capitol Hil...