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TORONTO - Collector and philanthropist Sonja Bata, whose collection of global footwear treasures formed the basis of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, has died. The museum’s acting director Sheil...

NEW YORK - Tennis star Eugenie Bouchard took the witness stand on Wednesday in her negligence lawsuit against the United States Tennis Association, describing how she slipped and fell on a wet locker ...

A decade-long court battle between an insurance company and an Ontario Catholic diocese over coverage for settlements in sexual abuse cases could have wide-ranging consequences for victims and religio...

Starting this May, Red Deer will be the new home of the WHL Awards and Bantam Draft. League Commissioner Ron Robison made the announcement Wednesday at the Enmax Centrium, home of the Red Deer Rebels....

OTTAWA - The newly forged Pacific Rim trade deal has a leading privacy advocate wondering whether the agreement could leave sensitive personal data exposed to prying eyes. Vincent Gogolek of the B.C. ...

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials at their January meeting believed that a brightening global economic picture and the effects of recently passed tax cuts had raised the prospect for solid growth...

CALGARY - Fred Weiss was 22 years old when he joined the spellbound crowd listening to the Rev. Billy Graham at Calgary’s McMahon Stadium in 1981. Graham, a celebrated evangelical preacher who w...

OTTAWA - One of the predominant themes of next week’s federal budget will be increasing the workforce participation of women - and recently released internal documents point to big economic bene...

VENTURA, Calif. - A man suspected of raping a 14-year-old he lured to a motel on social media was fleeing from police on a Southern California freeway Wednesday when he drank cyanide as he drove and k...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions signed fullback Rolly Lumbala to a two-year contract extension Thursday. The six-foot-two, 245 pound University of Idaho product is the Lions’ longest serving player c...