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TORONTO - An inquest examining the systemic factors that caused a homeless man to die in a fire while seeking shelter from the cold has recommended social supports be more accessible to those in need....

VICTORIA - Hundreds of tiny tremors, felt only by sensitive monitors, have shivered under southern Vancouver Island in the last 48 hours, leading one scientist to predict they may signal what he calls...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim Canadians are smuggling shoes across the border to avoid “massive” tariffs on American goods doesn’t make sense, experts say. “It̵...

Olympic bronze medalist Mellisa Hollingsworth shared her inspirational personal story with over 300 guests during the 12th Annual Special Olympics Celebrity Breakfast held at Westerner Park Wednesday ...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has unveiled a six-member advisory council that will consult Canadians and inform plans for a national pharmacare program - but it offered few details on the process We...

CALGARY - A 1919 painting depicting the impact of mustard gas on soldiers fighting in the First World War is being re-created as a human tableau. The original painting “Gassed” by American...

NEW YORK - Kevin Spacey was erased from “All the Money in the World” and booted from “House of Cards,” but a movie starring the disgraced actor is going forward with a summer r...

MOSCOW - The head of Europe’s human rights body is calling on Russia to release an imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker who has been on hunger strike for a month. Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary of the C...

TORONTO - The widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford was given a suspended sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to impaired driving, with a judge finding she had placed herself and others at risk....

EDMONTON - University of Alberta researchers have discovered a new species of ancient underwater lizards in a fossil so well preserved they can see what it had for lunch. “We know what it was ea...