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FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - The Transportation Safety Board says three people have died in a light plane crash at a remote Northwest Territories lake known for its spectacular scenery. TSB spokesman Chris ...

MOSCOW - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques was happy to be back on terra firma Friday as he emerged from a Soyuz capsule, took off his helmet and gas mask and wiped his face. Actually, Saint-Jacq...

MESA, Ariz. - A baby boom is brewing at a suburban Arizona hospital where 16 intensive care nurses recently discovered they are all pregnant. The nurses at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa outside...

HALIFAX - Ottawa is spending $42 million on 27 small craft harbours across Nova Scotia, aimed in part at helping them recover and prepare for the threat of climate change. Scott Brison, president of t...

FREDERICTON - Police officers and other first responders were arriving by the thousands - by car, on commercial flights, and even on chartered planes - descending on this small capital city for a regi...

TORONTO - Hundreds of patients in Ontario did not receive full doses of cancer drugs because of issues with how the intravenous medications were administered, the agency overseeing cancer care in the ...

Turning Point Society is hosting a special event August 30 featuring a discussion about current drug trends, harm reduction and overdose awareness. The event runs 6-8:30 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium d...

TORONTO - A Federal Court judge wants input by the end of the month into whether he has the power to decide how much the government should pay lawyers who successfully pursued an unprecedented lawsuit...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The reigning Miss America says she has been bullied, manipulated and silenced by the pageant’s current leadership, including Gretchen Carlson. In a letter sent Friday to fo...

Canada’s forestry industry is pushing back against comments by U.S. President Trump that lumber imports are partially to blame for intense forest fires in California. Trump said a at cabinet mee...