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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oman's ruler, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, as died at the age of 79, state media reported Saturday. The sultan has ruled Oman since overthrowing his father in a bloodless 1970...

Cyprian Henry was eating his lunch Friday afternoon when a co-worker at Long & McQuade in Regina burst through the door to announce the sad news. Rush drummer Neil Peart had died. "(My) heart kind...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The future of Taiwan's democracy is on the line as the self-ruled island's 19 million voters decide on whether to give independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen a second term. Votin...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The Canadian women's volleyball team has dropped its opener at a last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament. Canada, ranked 18th in the world, lost 3-2 (25-22, 22-25...

SMITHERS, B.C. - A spokesman for the Wet'suwet'en hereditary clan chiefs says they have delivered "directives" to the RCMP, and provincial and federal politicians over the treatment of those...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill lashed out at Boeing on Friday after the release of a batch of emails and text messages in which company employees questioned the safety of the now-grounded 737 Max, called t...

David Drummond, the legal chief of Google parent company Alphabet, is leaving at the end of the month, following accusations of inappropriate relationships with employees. Alphabet did not give a reas...

WICHITA, Kan. - Problems for Boeing and its troubled 737 Max aircraft, which appear to be growing deeper, have begun to ripple outward, with a major supplier announcing Friday that it will lay off mor...

It's a small step toward the moon, but a giant leap for two Canadians. The two Albertans who graduated today from NASA's basic astronaut training will be part of the next generation of space explorers...

In the fall of 2018, the Moose Jaw Police Service fired two workers “inappropriately accessing police information records”, and now more details have been released on what happened in a re...