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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump praised Kanye West on Thursday for having “good taste” for supporting the president. Trump said in an interview with “Fox & Friends” tha...

Boston officials Thursday approved changing the name of Yawkey Way, the street outside Fenway Park, because of allegations former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey was a racist who resisted signing black ballp...

HUMBOLDT, Sask. - What became a symbol of grief following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash earlier this month is about to melt into memory. The painted ring around centre ice at Humboldt’s Elgar P...

HALIFAX - A Halifax indie rock band is pulling out of a Nova Scotia music festival, saying the lineup lacks diversity. In-Flight Safety frontman John Mullane tweeted that he felt out of sorts after Tr...

TORONTO - The City of Toronto has issued an urgent appeal to the federal and provincial governments for help dealing with the growing number of refugee claimants in its shelter system. Mayor John Tory...

TORONTO - Alexandre Despatie was five years old when he first started diving in his backyard pool. He loved it immediately and started dreaming big. Despatie’s skills grew exponentially and it w...

HALIFAX - Astronomers have discovered the beginnings of a gigantic “cosmic pileup” in the far reaches of the universe, which could form one of the largest structures in the cosmos. The tea...

EDMONTON – Alberta is ramping up its affordable child-care program. Premier Notley says the government is expanding $25-a-day child care to 100 new centres expected to be open by June. That̵...

EDMONTON - Investigators have linked an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 36 people, including a person who likely died from the bacteria, to pork products from a meat shop south of Edmonton. The Can...

Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the country, according to testi...