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Every spring, the small Colorado tourist town of Cripple Creek releases its herd of 15 donkeys to much fanfare, so they can roam the town until autumn, all the while warming hearts and destroying gardens.

Ottawa is promising more than $95 million to help Indigenous families get information about missing or murdered loved ones.

Former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been hired by the Philadelphia 76ers, per reports by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, The Athletic and The Associated Press. The 56-year-old from Carroll, Iowa, won Toronto's first NBA championship in 2019.

Former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been hired by the Philadelphia 76ers, per reports by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, The Athletic and The Associated Press. The 56-year-old from Carroll, Iowa, won Toronto's first NBA championship in 2019.

Matthew Dupre, who was jailed in Alberta for the alleged murder of Abbotsford, B.C., gangster Jimi Sandhu, has been extradited to Thailand on Monday, local police said.

Authors of a CIBC's report said the trend of investors losing money on their rental properties is expected to persist.

Authors of a CIBC's report said the trend of investors losing money on their rental properties is expected to persist.

Two children — both 3 — died in separate drowning incidents in less than a week. The tragedies are prompting fresh warnings from those focused on swimming safety, and come as an early summer reminder that drowning remains a real risk.

The NDP is introducing an opposition day motion calling on David Johnston to step down as the government's special rapporteur on foreign interference — only days after one of its MPs was told by CSIS she has been targeted by the Chinese government.

RCMP are executing a search warrant on a rural property west of Prince George, B.C..

RCMP are executing a search warrant on a rural property west of Prince George, B.C.

RCMP are executing a search warrant on a rural property west of Prince George, B.C.

RCMP are executing a search warrant on a rural property west of Prince George, B.C.

Yannick Bandaogo has pleaded guilty to murdering one person and trying to kill six more in a stabbing spree at the Lynn Valley Public Library in North Vancouver more than two years ago.

Two chicks cracked their eggs Sunday just five hours apart from a special nest box high atop the Université de Montréal campus. They can be seen huddling under their mother or being fed on a YouTube livestream.

The decorated star of C.R.A.Z.Y. has left the stage after years of breaking box-office and attendance records. He had retired from acting last year because of bone marrow disease.

The Vatican urged bishops and high-profile lay Catholic leaders on Monday to tone down their comments on social media, saying some were causing division and stoking polemics that harmed the entire Church.

Dirt track racing has a long tradition in Thunder Bay, Ont. head out to the track to hear the roar of the engines and see why this sport is bringing hundreds of drivers to the Thunder City Speedway.

A Carleton University business professor is casting doubt on the number of jobs that will be added to Windsor's economy by an electric-vehicle battery factory. Ian Lee says the idea that Ontario is desperate to create new jobs as 'nonsense.'

It's election day in Alberta, as party leaders Danielle Smith and Rachel Notley go head to head. Andrew Chang breaks down key moments from the rollercoaster campaign.

It's election day in Alberta, as party leaders Danielle Smith and Rachel Notley go head to head. Andrew Chang breaks down key moments from the rollercoaster campaign.

A female Masai giraffe died earlier this month after breaking its neck, according to a necropsy, the Calgary Zoo said in a Monday statement.

The search for a 12-year-old boy who slipped and fell into the Winnipeg River in Whiteshell Provincial Park on Saturday is over.

Latvians woke up to go to work on Monday morning, only to find they didn't have to. Their parliament had met at midnight to declare a holiday after the national ice hockey team chalked up its best-ever result at the world championship.

Andrea Eaton, 53, decided to adopt just before her 50th birthday. Two years later, Eaton flew to Lagos, Nigeria, to adopt a 17-month old baby who had been living in an orphanage. What had been a life-long dream — to be a mother — has turned into an exercise in patience and frustration.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality," in defiance of Western condemnations and potential sanctions from aid donors.

A wildfire that has consumed numerous homes is still burning out of control northwest of Halifax, forcing around 16,400 people to evacuate their homes.

A wildfire that officials say has damaged hundreds of homes is still burning out of control northwest of Halifax on Monday, with thousands of residences under a mandatory evacuation order.

A Toronto company with McCain family connections has been buying up properties around the Quaco Head Lighthouse near St. Martins, but plans for the land are a mystery to local people.  

Tony Bui writes how a Vietnamese garment is part of his journey to explore his Vietnamese heritage, and what it means to reclaim his history and identity.

Plans for low or zero-emissions hydrogen projects are beginning to take shape across the country. But, at the moment, hydrogen is far from a low-emissions fuel, which is why some experts suggest expectations for the resource should be tempered.

While Stephen King's thematic beats are competently realized in a well-crafted 98-minute adaptation of his 1973 short story, The Boogeyman suffers most when it strays too far from its central family.

Three months after Özlem Ayna was rescued from the rubble left by a devastating earthquake in Adiyaman, Turkey, she still frequently feels trapped and has barely left the hospital.

Dozens of emergency doctors from two more hospitals in B.C.'s Lower Mainland have joined a chorus of emergency room physicians speaking out about the dire situation inside their hospital departments, pushing the total number of staff who've spoken out in the last two weeks alone to more than 70.

The fate of the prime minister's 34-room official residence is in the hands of Justin Trudeau and his cabinet.

All eyes will be on Raphaëlle Tousignant. The Para hockey player was recently named to Canada’s national team for this week's world championship in Moose Jaw, Sask., becoming the first woman ever to land a roster spot.

Kendall Roy's fate in Sunday evening's superb series finale, a 90-minute whirlwind of whiplash-inducing double-crossing and familial calamity, is in many ways an inversion of his father's.

Kendall Roy's fate in Sunday evening's superb series finale, a 90-minute whirlwind of whiplash-inducing double-crossing and familial calamity, is in many ways an inversion of his father's.

May 28, 2023 | Healthcare, economy are top of mind for Alberta voters ahead of Monday's election. Couple fatally shot after landlord-tenant dispute in Hamilton. Plus, Imelda Marcos musical features Broadway’s first all-Filipino cast.

With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached final agreement Sunday on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling and worked to ensure enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass the measure in the coming week.