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TORONTO - The Cronulla Sharks say Samoan international centre Ricky Leutele will join the Toronto Wolfpack next season. The Australian-born Leutele has played 114 National Rugby League games since mak...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly cancelled his summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, blaming “tremendous anger and open hostility” by Pyongyang - a decision ...

OTTAWA - The new chief executive of the federal infrastructure agency says it could be well into 2019 before it will be ready to announce its first investment. The Trudeau government today announced t...

Dawn Harp and Lars Androsoff were fully confident flooding didn’t threaten their home near southern British Columbia’s Kettle River. Then the couple awoke at 1:30 a.m. on May 11 to the sou...

MILWAUKEE - Body camera video showing police using a stun gun on an NBA player over a parking violation is just the latest setback for efforts to improve relations between Milwaukee officers and the c...

HALIFAX - A public inquiry into the deaths of Lionel Desmond and his family will examine the troubled Afghanistan war veteran’s access to mental health and domestic violence services - as well a...

Medicine River Wildlife Centre needs volunteers for two projects. If you have 3-4 hours per month to help collect clients bottles and take them to the bottle depot or if you love to knit or crochet we...

CAIRO - In a tiny Cairo workshop, Mohamed Fawzi Bakkar designs and builds marionettes from scratch, hoping to revive a traditional art. The 32-year-old spends hours or even days designing puppets insp...

DETROIT - The autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but did not stop because the system used to automaticall...

PHILADELPHIA - A road rage suspect seen on surveillance video hitting a man with a sledgehammer after smashing the windows out of a vehicle is being sought by Philadelphia police. Video of the parking...