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HALIFAX - Dalhousie University says its search for a new senior administrator will be restricted to “racially visible” and Indigenous candidates, part of its efforts to increase underrepre...

WASHINGTON - It’s the latest incoming trade salvo from the United States: the U.S. is considering punitive duties on pipeline material from a half-dozen countries including Canada. The duties be...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he is considering whether his party should push to abolish the use of so-called peremptory challenges in the jury selection process. The practice, which allows C...

MASKWACIS- RCMP executed a search warrant on the Ermineskin First Nation on the morning of February 12, resulting in the seizure of cocaine and a firearm. Red Deer City RCMP, Maskwacis Community Respo...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders re-signed running back/returner Roy Finch and linebacker Deron Mayo on Tuesday. The deal will see Finch, the CFL’s top special-teams player and a league all-star...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian offensive lineman Dan Clark to a two-year contract extension and signed defensive lineman Zack Evans on Tuesday. The deal keeps the six-foot-two, ...

TORONTO - Kim Campbell is admonishing female news anchors who wear sleeveless dresses on the air, calling the bare-armed attire “demeaning.” The former prime minister tweeted her displeasu...

WASHINGTON - On a day that epitomized a suspenseful era in American trade policy, the U.S. played down a presidential threat to impose a border tax, but raised the notion of upcoming Buy American prov...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - For a second consecutive year, President Donald Trump is trying to drastically reduce or eliminate federal support of cleanups for iconic U.S. waterways including the Great Lake...

NEW ORLEANS - Families camped out from early morning to catch beads and stuffed animals thrown from float riders. Revelers took to the streets in elaborate or funny costumes evoking Marie Antoinette, ...