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Ongoing environmental criticism, delays in building oil pipelines and a surge of separatist sentiment following the last federal election are hurting Alberta's reputation, presenters at a business forum in Lake Louise said Friday.

A former deputy speaker of the B.C. government claims Chinese authorities accused him of "endangering national security" before ordering him out of the country in 2015 after detaining him for eight hours at a Shanghai airport.

The Federal Court of Canada denied the federal government’s motion Friday to pause a human rights tribunal ruling ordering compensation for First Nation children apprehended through the on-reserve child welfare system. 

Amid a reckoning in the NHL and mounting allegations of abuse and harassment in university sports, athletes are renewing a call for an independent body to probe complaints and oversee a universal code of conduct.

A person is in custody after a Winnipeg fire truck was stolen, then pursued by more than a dozen police vehicles Friday afternoon.

A stolen fire truck swerved toward people as it drove through a downtown Winnipeg park as more than a dozen police vehicles chased it on Friday afternoon, police say.

Dutch police said on Friday three people had been wounded in a stabbing on a shopping street in The Hague, and a manhunt was underway.

Dutch police said on Friday three people had been wounded in a stabbing on a shopping street in The Hague.

Quebec Premier François Legault and Ontario Premier Doug Ford to discuss economy, infrastructure as well as Quebec's secularism bill.

Alberta could lose more than 750 front-line nurses under a "massive downsizing" at Alberta Health Services (AHS), the United Nurses of Alberta said Friday.

More than 750 front-line nurses are to be laid off under a "massive downsizing" at Alberta Health Services, the United Nurses of Alberta said Friday.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has announced what he calls his "shadow cabinet" — the critics who will be in charge of scrutinizing Liberal ministers and their portfolios. Notably absent from the list are some high-profile Tory MPs, including Ed Fast, the former trade minister under Stephen Harper, and Rachael Harder, who was the party's former status of women critic.

Ed Fast, a former trade minister under Stephen Harper, has declined an offer to serve in Andrew Scheer's "shadow cabinet," citing concerns about his leadership.

The man convicted of killing two people and injuring several others in a shooting at the Eaton Centre food court has been sentenced to life in prison.

Peter Harder announced Friday he will step down as the Liberal government's representative in the Senate at the end of this year. He'll continue to sit as an Independent senator.

Peter Harder announced Friday he will step down as the Liberal government's representative in the Senate at the end of this year. He'll continue to sit as an Independent senator.

Calgary Flames have scheduled a news conference at 12:30 p.m. ET amid reports Bill Peters is no longer the NHL team's head coach in the wake of allegations of racism by former AHL player Akim Aliu.

Bill Peters has resigned as head coach of the Calgary Flames in the wake of a former player's accusations that his onetime coach used racial slurs a decade ago in the minor leagues.

Embattled federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer told hundreds of Alberta conservatives Friday he will stay on and fight despite the efforts of detractors trying to push him out. 

Members of Alberta's United Conservative Party are meeting for their first AGM since the party formed government after winning the spring election.

Members of Alberta's United Conservative Party are meeting for their first AGM since the party formed government after winning the spring election.

Mexico's point man on the new North American free-trade agreement says concerns raised by U.S. Democrats "are very valid" but not insurmountable as the three sides work to get the deal over the final hurdle.

An Alberta man is fighting to claim the hole-in-one prize he won 3 months ago at Alexander First Nation Golf Open.

Several people were stabbed and a male suspect fatally shot by police Friday afternoon on London Bridge.

A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people Friday in what police are treating as a terrorist attack before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by officers at London Bridge, police and the city's mayor said.

A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people Friday in London, killing two, before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by officers on London Bridge, officials said. Police are treating the incident as a terrorist attack

A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people Friday in London, killing two, before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by officers on London Bridge, officials said. Police are treating the incident as a terrorist attack

British police said Friday they were dealing with an incident on London Bridge involving a call about a stabbing, and witnesses have reported hearing gunshots.

One man was shot by police and several people were wounded following an incident Friday on London Bridge that was initially reported to Metropolitan Police as a stabbing.

A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people Friday in what police are treating as a terrorist attack before being tackled by members of the public. Two were killed, and the suspect was fatally shot by officers at London Bridge.

Against the backdrop of the Black Friday shopping frenzy, activists around the world are protesting consumerism and its impact on the climate ahead of the United Nations climate summit in Madrid next week.

Real gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 1.3 per cent in the third quarter, down from 3.5 per cent in the previous three-month period, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Bela Kosoian was at the Montmorency Metro station in Laval, Que., when a police officer told her to respect a pictogram with the instruction, "Hold the handrail." She refused. The case went to Canada's top court, and a decision is expected today.

Bela Kosoian was at the Montmorency Metro station in Laval, Que., when a police officer told her to respect a pictogram with the instruction, "Hold the handrail." She refused. Canada's top court ruled Friday that it was "an unlawful order."

Bela Kosoian was at the Montmorency Metro station in Laval, Que., in 2009 when a police officer told her to respect a pictogram saying, "Hold the handrail." She refused. Canada's top court has ruled it was "an unlawful order" and ordered compensation.

Bela Kosoian was at the Montmorency Metro station in Laval, Que., in 2009 when a police officer told her to respect a pictogram saying, "Hold the handrail." She refused. Canada's top court has ruled it was "an unlawful order" and ordered compensation.

Several groups are calling for the dismissal of lecturer Dougal MacDonald after images emerged of Facebook posts in which he called the Holodomor, or Ukrainian genocide, a myth.

Andrew Scheer heads into the Conservative heartland of Alberta today to make a pitch to some of the party's most fervent supporters about why he should keep his job as federal leader, and how he intends to do it.

Iraq's top Shia Muslim cleric has condemned attacks on protesters and urged lawmakers to reconsider their support for the government, an apparent suggestion they're seeking a change of leadership as violence spirals in the war-weary country.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi says he will submit his resignation to parliament in the wake of anti-government protests that have resulted in over 400 deaths, just over a year since he took office.

The Houston resident who piloted a plane that crashed in Kingston, Ont., on Wednesday night, killing all seven aboard, had recently purchased the aircraft in Texas, in part to take his family on trips.

Scientists fear that some Fraser River salmon populations could be wiped out completely following a landslide that has blocked part of the critical B.C. migration route for the last year.

Some industries were “sustainable” long before it was marketable but they are not necessarily benefiting from this marketing trend. In fact, one of the more progressive industries in terms of environmental sustainability is also one being heavily scrutinized right now: agriculture.

In Saskatchewan, where newspapers have recently blown away like tumbleweeds, a century-old weekly is holding a competition to find a new owner. 

Canadian shoppers craving a deal increasingly turn to Black Friday — a sales bonanza imported from the U.S., where retailers long slashed prices the day after their Thanksgiving holiday — at the expense of another sales spree, Boxing Day.

Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella acknowledged institutional racism, discrimination and street checks have made black men, women and children fearful police — and issued a historic apology Friday morning for that mistreatment.

Halifax police Chief Dan Kinsella hopes the apology he delivers today to the black community will help repair damage from police street checks that disproportionately targeted black males.

The simmering social tensions of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike may seem an unlikely setting for a romance film — and a musical to boot — but exactly such a movie premieres in theatres across Canada this weekend.

Canada's veterans department shied away from a proposal to use social media "influencers" to get its message out to an increasingly fractured and frustrated community of former soldiers, sailors and aircrew, federal documents reveal.

Revelations of bullying and racism among NHL coaches are raising questions about the league's clubby hiring practices.