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We can expect a ‘teeth-chattering winter’ according to the latest Farmers’ Almanac forecast. The almanac calls for a long, cold winter with an average amount of snow in our neck of t...

HALIFAX - Government experts have raised environmental concerns over a proposal to open Canada’s only commercial spaceport near the small community of Canso, N.S. Documents released by the provi...

Mellisa Hollingsworth's time on The Amazing Race Canada: Heroes Edition has come to an end. Hollingsworth and her teammate Nancy Csabay became the sixth team eliminated from the reality show competiti...

ATLANTA - Philips Arena in Atlanta is being renamed for State Farm after a $192.5 million renovation. The Atlanta Hawks and the insurance company announced Wednesday they have reached a 20-year deal o...

Cleveland Browns linebacker Mychal Kendricks was released by the NFL team Wednesday night, hours after he was charged by federal prosecutors in Philadelphia with insider trading. Kendricks, who signed...

MONTREAL - Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard warned Wednesday of “serious political consequences” if there is any further dismantling of Canada’s supply management system. Asked on t...

TORONTO - Shawn Mendes pocketed four awards and stole the hearts of countless screaming teenagers at the iHeartRadio MMVAs on Sunday. The Pickering, Ont.-raised singer was the recurring star of the To...

TULSA, Okla. - A white Oklahoma law officer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man says a “critical incident” class that she’s been criticized for teaching i...

HALIFAX - Political outrage is building over Veterans Affairs Canada’s decision to pay for the PTSD treatment of a Halifax man who murdered an off-duty police officer and used a compost bin to d...

DETROIT - Taylor Swift honoured Aretha Franklin with a moment of silence during a concert in the Queen of Soul’s hometown. Swift told a sold-out crowd at Detroit’s Ford Field on Tuesday th...