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OTTAWA - The federal government is launching a web-based portal to help connect buyers and sellers of protective equipment used to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The online tool is also meant ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted draft legislation Tuesday that has been shared with the opposition that will help Canadians in a variety of ways as the COVID-19 pandemic continues."This legislati...

HALIFAX - Three Nova Scotia senators are calling on the province to join with Ottawa to launch a joint inquiry into the mass shooting in April that claimed the lives of 22 people. Senators Mary C...

While some fans had expected something more like Gilligan's Island, the UFC confirmed Tuesday that its much-ballyhooed Fight Island is Abu Dhabi's Yas Island. Yas Island, which occupies 25 square kilo...

MIDDLE MUSQUODOBOIT, N.S. - A local politician says the woman killed by a dog in a rural community northeast of Halifax was the owner of the animal. Coun. Steve Streatch, who represents the&...

WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Americans are more convinced than Canadians are that a second, more powerful wave of COVID-19 is on its way. The online poll by Leger and the Association of ...

OTTAWA - Curling Canada has announced new head coaches for its mixed doubles and wheelchair curling teams. The organization said in a release Tuesday that Scott Pfeifer will take over the mixed curlin...

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb, who is charged with 50 crimes against humanity and war crimes related to the conflict in Darfur, has been arrested more than 13 ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack at age 56, the government announced Tuesday, ending a 15-year-rule marked by deadly political violence and a historic ...

BALTIMORE - U.S. employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April - a deep the economic hole that was created by the closure of thousands of offices, restaurants, stores and schools during the pandemic...