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OTTAWA - Popular TV science personality Bill Nye put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the spot Tuesday to explain Canada’s approval of a controversial pipeline which, if built, will increase the...

HALIFAX - Against a backdrop of political intrigue, the Royal Canadian Navy officially welcomed its newest vessel to the fleet during a ceremony Tuesday at Her Majesty’s Canadian Dockyard in Hal...

HALIFAX - A woman with intellectual disabilities who languished for 15 years in a Nova Scotia psychiatric ward testified Tuesday that a plan to house her in the community was repeatedly set aside. Bet...

Toronto’s historic Lakeview Restaurant is open to all kinds of characters, from a cocktail-slinging Tom Cruise to John Travolta in drag and Sally Hawkins as the mute paramour of an escaped merma...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power Inc. is installing a dozen fast-charging stations for electric vehicles, with investors bankrolling the new province-wide network rather than ratepayers as originally propo...

TORONTO - It’s time to put an end to wage inequality between women and men, Ontario’s premier said Tuesday, as she announced legislation that aims to increase pay transparency in the provi...

BERLIN - Organizers say a concert by British singer Ed Sheeran at an airport in western Germany has been moved following concern about the impact on the local skylark population. Jonas Rohde, a spokes...

NEW YORK - Target is raising its minimum starting pay for workers for the second time in less than a year after seeing a bigger and better pool of candidates. The Minneapolis retailer, which hiked sta...

HARTFORD, Conn. - A former on-air personality at ESPN has filed a lawsuit alleging she was subjected to sexual harassment at the cable television sports giant and then ostracized for complaining about...

Puzzled looks and furrowed brows greeted Dominic Larocque when he showed up in goalie gear at a Canadian para ice hockey team camp. Why a top-six forward would choose to pick up the “tools of ig...