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Big Picture By Bill Curry Markets Weigh Fallout from Iran Nuclear Deal The fate of the Iran nuclear deal was top of mind for many investors this week as they contemplated how the U.S.'s withdrawal fro...

KINSHASA, Congo - One wildlife park guard was killed and two British tourists and their driver were abducted in Virunga National Park in Congo, a park spokesman said Friday. Their vehicle was ambushed...

NAOSH Week 2018 runs May 6-12 and promotes workplace safety across North America for all occupations. Related: Honouring those injured or killed on the job Mock collision in Blackfalds highlights emer...

SAO PAULO - A biopic about the man who founded one of Brazil’s largest evangelical churches has sold more tickets than any other film in recent memory in the South American country. But some hav...

HALIFAX - A Muslim activist says she has made peace with a Halifax police officer who made Islamophobic comments on social media. Rana Zaman complained to police after seeing an officer’s commen...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ and Rick Estrin are among the winners of this year’s Blues Music Awards. The annual awards celebrating blues music were handed out Thursday in Me...

TORONTO - Masai Ujiri called firing Dwane Casey the most difficult thing he’s ever done. He compared the veteran coach to his own father. Hours after Ujiri told Casey his seven-year tenure with ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Love will be in the air next week when a young Michigan man flies to meet his Newfoundland girlfriend after a successful Twitter campaign for free tickets - including a boost ...

HALIFAX - A Halifax university is under fire for assigning a course about Canada’s residential schools to a non-Indigenous professor, something activists say undermines reconciliation efforts. M...

SAINT-SAUVEUR, Que. - Former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister Marguerite Blais will run in the provincial election this year for the Coalition Avenir Quebec. Blais was a member of the legislature from ...