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OTTAWA - The owner of billboards currently showcasing ads that seek to promote the People's Party of Canada's controversial stance on immigration reversed course on Sunday, saying the company wou...

OTTAWA - A Canadian official says Brazil and other Amazon-basin countries are considering Canada's offer of $15 million and equipment to help fight the fires destroying the South American rainforest. ...

BIARRITZ, France - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not expected to meet with a top Iranian official who dropped in to the G7 summit unannounced Sunday, even as other Group of Seven leaders and offici...

GENEVA - The European Union is squaring off against conservationists like Jane Goodall and celebrities like actress Judi Dench over efforts by some African and Middle Eastern countries to limit trade ...

WASHINGTON - Consumer confidence dipped slightly in August after a big rebound in July. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index edged down to 1...

MADRID - A mid-air collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane on the Spanish island of Mallorca killed seven people Sunday, authorities said. The victims included three adults and tw...

NEW YORK - Netflix will give "The Irishman" an exclusive theatrical release for about four weeks, providing theatres most of November to play Martin Scorsese's big-budget crime epic before it lands on...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's education minister says people spreading misinformation about the effectiveness of vaccines are from the "far, far fringe." A committee of the New Brunswick legislature i...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The case of the death of 19-month-old Ezekiel Stephan from March 2012 resumed this week and could be near its conclusion.Justice Terry Clackson said Monday that he wants to finish the...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police have arrested and charged a man with assault and weapons offences following an incident over the weekend outside the Supervised Consumption Site.Shortly after midnight on Aug. ...