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SAN FRANCISCO - A Canadian young computer hacker who American investigators say unwittingly worked for Russian spies was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for his role in a massive security br...

TORONTO - Quarterback Dakota Prukop took the path less travelled last season to get playing time as a rookie with the Toronto Argonauts. Veteran Ricky Ray started 17 regular-season games before engine...

HALIFAX - A bus mechanic married to an African Nova Scotian woman was subjected to a poisonous work environment riddled with unchecked racial discrimination and harassment, according to a provincial H...

HALIFAX - Two advocacy groups are seeking to intervene in the judicial review of the case of Abdoul Abdi, a former Somali child refugee fighting to stay in Canada. Lawyers for the Canadian Civil Liber...

A Canadian scientist is calling for action to protect significant geological and historical features on the moon, Mars, and other planets. Jack Matthews, of Memorial University of Newfoundland, says a...

OTTAWA - A Liberal backbencher has tabled a private member’s bill in the Commons aimed at easing some of the concerns of surrogate mothers or people who help them. The proposed legislation amend...

OTTAWA - The federal auditor general says Montreal’s new Champlain Bridge will cost more than forecast and won’t be ready on time. Michael Ferguson says in his annual spring report the sch...

OTTAWA - The Canadian data expert whose allegations set off an international uproar about the inappropriate use of private Facebook data says there was nothing at all nefarious about his work in early...

POMONA, N.J. - Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy and his wife have added another boy to their brood. Amy Kennedy gave birth Sunday night to the couple’s fourth child, Marshall, at ...

A leaked audit that revealed energy companies in northeastern British Columbia routinely ignoring rules for development on caribou habitat is no surprise to a local Indigenous group. “We have co...