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MOSCOW - A rocket carrying two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station has blasted off successfully. The Soyuz booster blasted off as scheduled Wednesday from th...

TORONTO - A man accused of killing a young woman in Toronto’s gay village last year has seen his charge upgraded to first-degree murder. Police initially charged Kalen Schlatter, 21, with second...

HEARTS DELIGHT, N.L. - A small Newfoundland community has become fixated on the plight of six dolphins trapped by ice in its harbour. Wayne Ledwell of the Whale Release and Strandings Group said heavy...

NORTH BAY, Ont. - South Korea’s EunJung Kim and the Olympic darling Garlic Girls used a pressure-heavy style to reach the podium at the Winter Games. It didn’t work against Canada’s ...

REGINA - Lawyer and negotiator Thomas Molloy has been sworn in as Saskatchewan’s 22nd lieutenant-governor. Molloy, who is 77 and from Saskatoon, replaces Vaughn Solomon Schofield, who held the p...

CHICAGO - The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jack White and Arctic Monkeys will headline this year’s Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago. Travis Scott, The National, Vampire Weekend and Odesza also were...

Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson and his wife Melinda are expressing thanks for the support they have received after the death of their son. The Karlssons posted a message Wednesday on Twitter th...

A 14-year-old girl from Ontario has been charged for allegedly making online threats against a high school in the United States. Const. Natalie Lang with the Brantford, Ont., police says the girl was ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Sixteen actresses, including Jane Fonda, Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon and Natalie Portman, are urging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to raise the wage paid to tipped workers. The...

Jayden Halbgewachs wants to make his “crazy” career year even better. The 20-year-old Moose Jaw centre led the Western Hockey League in goals (70) and points (129) as the Warriors finished...