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TORONTO - Ontario’s finance minister said the province will have to make sacrifices as it grapples with a newly revised $15-billion deficit, a message critics predicted would pave the way for si...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has announced the next steps to reach its goal of making the province more accessible for those with disabilities by 2030. Justice Minister Mark Furey has released an implementat...

PARIS - A popular French Muslim rapper says he’s cancelling sold-out October concerts at the Bataclan music hall in Paris, a target of the deadly 2015 terror attacks, due to pressure from far-ri...

CALGARY - Loved ones of a Calgary woman brutally killed in Feburary 2015 sobbed and held each other after a jury found Curtis Healy guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Dawns Baptiste. “...

Frustration has been a constant companion for Toronto FC this season. So has disappointment. And there could be more of both in Harrison, N.J., on Saturday unless Toronto can dispatch the New York Red...

A large chemical spill has led to a fishing ban in west-central Alberta. According to their website, the Alberta Energy Regulator was notified Sept. 10 that 4,000 cubic metres of chlorinated water had...

SAO PAULO - Brazilian police arrested a fugitive Friday who is alleged by U.S. authorities to be Hezbollah’s financier and who has repeatedly been accused of illegal activity in a lawless border...

DALLAS - America’s rediscovered prowess in oil production is shaking up old notions about the impact of higher crude prices on the U.S. economy. It has long been conventional wisdom that rising ...

RED DEER- The intersection at 40 Avenue and 47 Street will be closed Monday and Tuesday while a catch basin and connecting pipes are replaced. The 40 Avenue and 47 Street intersection will close at 7:...

GENEVA - A World Trade Organization arbitrator will step into a years-old dispute brought by China over U.S. anti-dumping measures. A trade official said Friday the arbitration was triggered automatic...