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ATB is adding some 'Pepper' to its banking. Pepper the robot has been making her way across Alberta for the last three months to gauge people's interest and acceptance of where robots might fit in and...

HALIFAX - A group of black janitors who were fired after they claimed they were victims of racial discrimination have found new jobs, but supporters continue to draw attention to their situation. Nova...

TORONTO - John Gibbons never had to worry much when Roy Halladay was on the mound. Until it came time to take his star pitcher out the game, anyway. Gibbons, who managed the late Halladay from 2004 to...

MOSCOW - Russia announced the expulsion of more than 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans, on Thursday and said it was closing a U.S. consulate in retaliation for the wave of Western expulsions of Ru...

TORONTO - Steve Nash might not have pioneered the move, but the Canadian point guard certainly made it popular. Nash was most famous boldly dribbling through the paint along the baseline, gathering op...

HALIFAX - In modern-day Halifax, pirates try to settle their spats with lawsuits, not swords. But two competing groups of grown men both calling themselves the “Pirates of Halifax” have fa...

HALIFAX - A male Acadia University student accused of sexually assaulting a female student has failed in his bid to stop the school’s Equity Office from investigating the allegation. In a decisi...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is facing pressure on several fronts to lead an international ban on the use of autonomous weapons, the so-called “killer robots” that some fear could resul...

HALIFAX - Although a cost is yet to be attached to a new effluent treatment facility for the Northern Pulp mill, Nova Scotia’s infrastructure minister said Thursday that it’s unlikely prov...

TORONTO - A photo of a hockey player breastfeeding her baby between periods has riled social media, and that uproar has some lactation experts bemoaning how such a natural act continues to be sexualiz...