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TORONTO - Nine people from southern Ontario with alleged ties to organized crime in the United States have been arrested in a major weapons and drug bust, the RCMP announced Thursday. Authorities seiz...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s health minister is sidestepping questions about whether he thinks it’s acceptable that a Cape Breton woman who is halfway through her pregnancy still doesn’t ...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or Not In today's world many misconceptions have been perpetuated-becoming modern day "facts"-when, in reality, myths and hearsay have taken over. Sorry to...

Jake Gardiner and the other Toronto Maple Leafs defencemen like to think they can hold their own in the faceoff circle. “Sometimes in practice we’ll just joke around and go against the cen...

VANCOUVER - A fire that left a woman with serious injuries has raised concerns about safety for homeless people as temperatures dip in British Columbia. Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz said fire crews w...

SASKATOON - Newly published research says two of Canada’s most commonly used pesticides cause migrating songbirds to lose weight and their sense of direction. “This is very good evidence t...

OTTAWA - Disrupting a religious service is likely to remain a crime, since MPs on the House of Commons justice committee have agreed to change a controversial part of proposed legislation aimed at mod...

Charges have been laid in connection to a pair of recent break-ins at a car wash in Lacombe. Lacombe Police Service says members were dispatched around 5 a.m. on November 1 to Big Splash Car Wash on 5...

NEW YORK - A criminal investigation by New York police into 2010 rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein does not necessarily mean an arrest is imminent. A look at the case and the next steps: THE A...

Three flights, 40 hours and 12 time zones later, Kingsley Jones is set for his test debut as Canada rugby coach. The former Welsh international and his 24th-ranked squad are in Tbilisi to face No. 12 ...