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VICTORIA - A video circulating the internet showing a cyclist throwing his own feces at the windshield of a car has sparked an investigation by Victoria police. The cyclist and vehicle were involved i...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says surveillance and control measures in an area where deer were infected with a disease fatal to animals will continue beyond a mid-November deadline Hunting and tra...

CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal says a trial judge was right to sentence a dangerous offender who tortured and starved his victim to an indefinite period in prison. Dustin Paxton was convicted i...

OTTAWA - Before the regular season even started, Rick Campbell had a feeling something special was brewing with his Ottawa Redblacks. “As we were going through training camp, I just thought ther...

EDMONTON - Ken Hitchcock has put a brief retirement behind him to coach his hometown Edmonton Oilers, replacing the fired Todd McLellan. Here are five things to know about the latest coach that will t...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is studying whether it should make changes to the framework that has underpinned its policy decisions - such as interest-rate movements - for several decades. In a speech T...

DUBUQUE, Iowa - A man accused of driving onto and damaging the eastern Iowa baseball field made famous by the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams” must serve two to five years of probation. Televi...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy will receive an award from Ireland’s president for his Albany-based literary works focusing on the Irish-American experience. The T...

TORONTO - An Ontario judge erred in determining that the possible harm caused by solitary confinement could be managed by monitoring inmates and pulling them out of isolation if they appear unwell, a ...

The University of Guelph has launched a sports business institute to study the multibillion-dollar world of athletics, from sponsorships to social media. Guided by an advisory board chaired by Interna...