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HALIFAX - A former university groundskeeper accused of sexually assaulting two Halifax women in the past five months is now facing a third sexual assault charge. Halifax police said Thursday Mathew Al...

OTTAWA - The federal government has not been able to determine with any certainty that Canadian-made light-armoured vehicles sold to Saudi Arabia were used by that country to suppress the Shiite minor...

NEW YORK - Let’s get this out of the way: Gloria Allred is not, nor has she ever been, running for Miss Congeniality. Over four decades of working for women’s rights, especially on behalf ...

Montreal actor Steve Nash doesn’t have any law enforcement training but he plays the role well enough to pull it off onscreen. Nash says he’s become typecast for these types of roles and h...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia will gradually hike its minimum hourly wage to get to $15.20 by June 2021. It’s a decision criticized by both labour and business groups. “We believe that 2021...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier moved Thursday to clarify remarks he made to a business audience about the province’s ban on hydraulic fracturing. Earlier this week, Stephen McNeil told th...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is working with her counterparts in Alberta and British Columbia to try to find a solution to the trade war emerging between the two provinces over the ...

BOGOTA - Colombia will tighten control of over its porous border with Venezuela as thousands of migrants fleeing a rapidly deteriorating political and economic crisis escape into the neighbouring Ande...

CLEVELAND - With their NBA title hopes fading fast, the Cavaliers got aggressive at the trading deadline. They swapped teams. Cleveland completely changed its look - and perhaps its chances of winning...

TORONTO - Canada’s largest school board will soon be stocking all its high schools with the overdose-reversing drug naloxone. Toronto District School Board spokesman Ryan Bird says naloxone kits...