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OTTAWA - The federal government says the recent hiring of new staff at its pay centre in Miramichi, N.B., has helped cut the backlog of problem files created under the troubled Phoenix pay system. Pub...

Seven stories in the news for Friday, June 8 --- DOUG FORD RIDES POPULISM TO POWER IN ONTARIO VOTE Doug Ford is Ontario’s premier-elect after a populist wave carried him and the Progressive Cons...

BEIRUT - Warplanes attacked a rebel-held northwestern village in Syria, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens more, including children, in one of the deadliest incidents in that part of the c...

THESSALONIKI, Greece - A smuggling vehicle crammed with asylum-seekers crashed on a northern Greek highway Friday killing six people, including three children, and severely injuring a further four adu...

Thursday’s Games Stanley Cup Final Washington 4 Vegas 3 (Washington wins series 4-1) — Calder Cup Final Texas 3 Toronto 2 (Series tied 2-2) — MLB American League Toronto 5 Baltimore ...

CALGARY - American Kent Farrington earned his way back to the world No. 1 ranking on Thursday with an impressive showing at Spruce Meadows. Since Farrington broke his leg earlier this year, he has bee...

GUANGZHOU, China - The U.S. Embassy in China sent its second alert in two weeks Friday to its citizens over unexplained health issues that have prompted the evacuation of a number of U.S. government e...

TORONTO - A speck of green appeared on a map otherwise dominated by orange and blue Thursday night as Mike Schreiner made history by winning his Green party’s first-ever seat in the Ontario legi...

LAS VEGAS - With the Stanley Cup to his right and the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP on his left, Alex Ovechkin said it felt like he was dreaming. But he wasn’t - the Washington Capitals, af...

WASHINGTON - A former employee of the Senate intelligence committee has been arrested on charges of lying to the FBI about contacts he had with multiple reporters, federal prosecutors said Thursday. J...