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MONTREAL - Quebec police authorities as well as the Crown have denied a media report alleging an investigation by the province’s anti-corruption unit targeting ex-Liberal party fundraisers is be...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia needs more foster parents - with a particular emphasis on African Nova Scotians - even after the recruitment of 80 new foster parents, officials told a legislature committee on T...

REGINA - The mother of a teacher’s aide who died in a shooting at a northern Saskatchewan school says she’s disappointed her daughter’s killer is filing an appeal. The young man who ...

An overwhelming 70 per cent of women in Canada are not aware of their stroke risk or the signs of stroke. That's just one of the surprising findings from the 2018 Stroke Report, released Tuesday by th...

A cardboard souvenir of Connor McDavid’s rookie NHL season has fetched enough money to buy a luxury car. McDavid’s “2015 Upper Deck The Cup” rookie hockey card, which includes ...

MONTREAL - Veteran line-backer Chip Cox agreed to a one-year deal Tuesday with the Montreal Alouettes. Cox, 34, is entering his 12th season with Montreal. The native of Columbus, Ohio, has won two Gre...

EDMONTON - An animal rights group is calling for an independent investigation into how three cats were left in an Edmonton Humane Society vehicle for 22 days. The society says it did a full internal r...

OTTAWA - Doubt is percolating about Canada’s ability to deliver on its two biggest environment commitments at this week’s G7, with no agreement yet on a plastics waste charter and Canada&#...

NEW YORK - Kate Spade, a fashion designer known for her sleek handbags, was found hanged in the bedroom of her Park Avenue apartment Tuesday in an apparent suicide, police said. She was 55. Spade̵...

PARIS - Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski is off to the French Open mixed-doubles final for the second straight year. Dabrowski and teammate Mate Pavic of Croatia downed Slovakia’s Katarina Sreb...