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OTTAWA - Changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act enshrining the right to a healthy environment have passed into law. The federal government has been working on the legislation for several...

Group members from the Battlefords Girl Guides are upset after their storage shed containing many of the group's camping and outdoor items was broken into Saturday night. Camping gear, lanterns, tarps...

TSUUT'INA FIRST NATION - Police in Alberta have issued warrants for Nathan Chasing Horse, a former actor in the movie "Dances With Wolves," for nine charges including sexual exploitation, sexual assau...

MONTREAL - A tribunal has found that a Quebec man who became a father after he was sexually assaulted by his wife qualifies for payments from the provincial fund for victims of crime. The province's a...

BALTIMORE - Catcher Danny Jansen was reinstated from the Blue Jays' 10-day injured list on Tuesday and he was available to play in Toronto's game versus the Orioles in Baltimore. Jansen's return to th...

Canadian rider Michael Woods finished second Tuesday at the CIC Mont Ventoux Challenge, outkicked by France's Lenny Martinez. The one-day race was originally scheduled to feature two challenging climb...

TORONTO - Pride Toronto executive director Sherwin Modeste feels the organization's relationship with the Blue Jays remains strong but notes there are still "mixed feelings out there" as a result of t...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Derek Ryan to a two-year, US$1.8-million contract extension on Tuesday. Ryan, 36, had 20 points (13 goals, seven assists) across 80 games in his seco...

OTTAWA - The federal information watchdog says the government's key transparency provision has steadily eroded to the point where it no longer serves its intended purpose. In her annual report to Parl...

FRANKFURT - Canada's Jeff (The Silencer) Smith and Matt (Ginja Ninja) Campbell open against India on Thursday at the 450,000-pound ($754,370) My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts. The 40-team tournament...