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HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's opposition New Democrats have tabled legislation to declare domestic violence an epidemic in the province. Leader Claudia Chender says the bill would legislate a recommendation...

One of two people charged in a liquor store robbery with bear spray in Wetaskiwin last summer has been sentenced to 15 months behind bars. Eric Vincent Okeymow, 30, a resident of Maskwacis, was also s...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A state judge struck down North Dakota's ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. In ...

FREDERICTON - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says claims by New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs that Ottawa wants to force the province to take in 4,600 asylum seekers are "largely fictitious." Mille...

LAS VEGAS - Victor Hedman has had some time to digest a seismic summer for the Tampa Bay Lightning. That doesn't make seeing his former teammate - a friend he sat beside on the plane and shared road m...

QUBEC - Quebec wants to curb excessive tipping. Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for consumer protection, has tabled a bill to force merchants to calculate tips based on the price before tax...

Michael Woods thought Father Time had finally come calling. Instead, he's winning Grand Tour stages - and hungry for a big result at home. The 37-year-old from Ottawa rides into this weekend's Montrea...

The Insurance Bureau of Canada says a severe hail storm that battered Calgary last month is the second-costliest event in Canadian history.The bureau says the initial damage estimates come from Catast...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 4.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles area Thursday morning, swaying lamps and jolting some people from bed. No injuries or damages were immediately reported. The U.S. ...