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VICTORIA - A hiking date on Vancouver Island for two friends turned into a life-saving rescue from the edge of a frigid waterfall that earned Janson Chapman a bravery medal and a lifetime partner. Cha...

FLINT, Mich. - U.S. federal prosecutors have added a terrorism charge to the case of a Montreal man who is accused of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport in June. Amor Ftouhi, a native of ...

DORTMUND, Germany - Sprint star Usain Bolt is set to train with German soccer team Borussia Dortmund on Friday. The Bundesliga club says the eight-time Olympic champion, whose last race before retirem...

CRESSON, Texas - Human remains have been found in the wreckage of a North Texas chemical plant nearly a week after a worker went missing following an explosion and fire. In a statement, Hood County Fi...

Many Canadians are pledging to delete their Facebook accounts as part of an online campaign encouraging people to permanently log off the site amid mounting concerns that the social media giant is ina...

After going 15 years between playoff meetings, the Red Deer Rebels and Lethbridge Hurricanes are set to duel in the post-season for a second straight season. It'll be the sixth time the two Alberta ri...

Five months since three arena workers were tragically killed in southeastern B.C., actions are being taken by communities across Canada to prevent the same thing from happening again. On October 17, t...

NEW YORK - Breaking five days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized for a “major breach of trust,” admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a pri...

RALEIGH, N.C. - A video of an infant smoking a small cigar set off outrage on social media that helped North Carolina authorities identify and arrest the mother. A version of the video that’s re...

WASHINGTON - A modest measure strengthening the federal background check system for gun purchases will be included in the $1.3 trillion government spending bill being negotiated by congressional leade...