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OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says Vice-Admiral Mark Norman is retiring from the Canadian Forces. The former second-in-command of the Canadian military had been charged with breach of tr...

SUFFOLK, Va. - A coal train has derailed into the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. The derailment is still being cleaned up and has raised concerns about the impact on various ...

WASHOUGAL, Wash. - A man accused of driving his Jeep through a fence at a Washington state swimming hole and running over two German tourists, killing them, has been arrested, police said Wednesday. T...

OTTAWA - Qualified black Canadians are being passed over for promotions to senior positions in the federal government due to systemic racial barriers, says Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes....

The National Rifle Association's top lobbyist resigned Wednesday, the latest development in a dizzying array of in-fighting within the gun lobbying group in recent months that has ensnared even its mo...

MONTREAL - The man at the helm of a group trying to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal says a plan for the Tampa Bay Rays to split games between Quebec's biggest city and Florida is "groundb...

SUNRISE, Fla. - Florida goalie Roberto Luongo has decided to retire after 19 seasons. The 40-year-old Luongo made the announcement Wednesday on his Twitter account. His 489 career victories are third ...

CHICAGO - Prosecutors have turned over to R. Kelly's attorneys a tape they say shows the singer having sex with a minor girl two decades ago. The judge in the case said he hopes that at least one of t...

OTTAWA - When the federal election campaign gets underway in earnest, parties will be missing dozens of incumbent MPs who have opted against running again - including 11 sitting NDP MPs...

Aviation experts are raising security and passenger safety concerns after a woman was left sleeping on a parked Air Canada aircraft with the lights turned off and crew gone. "It was just a total ...