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VANCOUVER - Pharmacists in British Columbia are welcoming an expansion of their powers to prescribe drugs and give vaccines, but they also say that how the changes are implemented will matter. Cathy W...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of "simple possession" of marijuana, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug and...

CALGARY - Provincial government money set aside to renovate the sliding track at Calgary's Canada Olympic Park has been redirected into the park's commercial side to a public day lodge. The sliding tr...

Joyce and Earl Burns were childhood sweethearts. They grew up together on James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, first as neighbours, then as husband and wife. "It was childhood love," said Victor S...

OTTAWA - The revelation that Canadian officials have been in frequent talks with the Taliban undercuts Ottawa's argument that humanitarian groups cannot operate in Afghanistan, constitutional lawyers ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could step in and create a new national body to replace scandal-plagued Hockey Canada. Speaking in Ottawa today, Trudeau told reporters the go...

Just in time for Thanksgiving, the price of gas is rising as fuel gauges are falling.On Wednesday, gas prices at some Saskatoon stations were at $1.75.7 per litre, while drivers in Regina were paying ...

OTTAWA - Canada's top military commander says the Armed Forces is too often the first choice when it comes to responding to natural disasters such as hurricanes. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne ...

MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace health and safety board says a fire department boat that capsized during a rescue effort last year in rapids off Montreal, killing one firefighter, was not designed to be...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. on Thursday imposed more sanctions on Iranian government officials in response to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, as protests have embroiled dozens of Iranian cities f...