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Labour groups and some politicians are pushing to repeal a bylaw that allows retailers north of Toronto to stay open on holidays such as Family Day. Councillors in York Region, which consists of nine ...

BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Mounties in Saskatchewan are investigating a break-in on a rural property where a gunshot was fired at a home. RCMP said officers were dispatched to the property west of Battleford...

OTTAWA - Dozens of people gathered in an Ottawa community centre Monday to learn more about the federal government's proposed multimillion-dollar settlement for survivors of the ’60s Scoop - and...

Two of the victims were coaches. One was a student who played trombone in the school band. Another proudly wore his ROTC uniform. Still another loved soccer. And most were so very young. The gunman wh...

OTTAWA - Setting up tattoo parlours and needle-exchange programs in penitentiaries would help reduce the spread of hepatitis C, the federal prison service has told the Trudeau government. A Correction...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is raising the idea of creating a use-it-or-lose-it, funded leave for new dads, doing so days before he unveils a spending blueprint that has been the focus of l...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An appeal court has dramatically reduced a five-year jail term given a 74-year-old man for molesting four young girls, calling the sentence “unduly long and harsh”...

Toronto FC is hoping a short off-season will help carry the momentum from their MLS Cup championship into the round of 16 in the CONCACAF Champions League, which begins Tuesday in Colorado. The Reds t...

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A Quebec girl who was allegedly mauled by a pit bull-type dog was dragged several metres by the face across a park in September 2015, her mother told court Monday. Magdalena Biron sa...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed linebacker Kyle Knox, kicker Quinn van Gylswyk and running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence on Monday. All three players were free agents. Knox, a six-foot-one, ...