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CINCINNATI - Otto Warmbier, the American student freed from North Korea, has died, his family says in a statement released by an Ohio hospital. More to come. The Associated Press

CINCINNATI - A cause of death hasn’t been determined for a 22-year-old college student who was detained for nearly a year and a half in North Korea before being sent home in a coma, an Ohio coro...

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. David Johnston acknowledged the importance of indigenous leadership Monday as he presented a number of awards during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Here is a list of those honoured: Syl...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, June 19 --- GOVERNOR GENERAL APOLOGIZES FOR INDIGENOUS REMARK: Gov. Gen. David Johnston apologized publicly Monday for referring to Indigenous Peoples as immi...

OTTAWA - On Monday, Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef shed more light on which programs will get a share of the $101 million over five years - plus $21 million annually going forward - which the ...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government appears to have given aerospace giant Boeing the cold shoulder in Paris - the latest sign that the Liberal government’s plan to buy Super Hornet fighter jets coul...

The leader of Alberta Party visited Red Deer on Monday. Greg Clark, the party's lone MLA, told Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce members his party represents the balance between an unknown rig...

OTTAWA - The federal government introduced legislation Monday to restrict the use of solitary confinement inside federal prisons and to better protect prisoners with mental illness or at risk of self-...

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Nova Scotia’s health authority has agreed to meet with Lionel Desmond’s immediate family next week, almost six months after the former Canadian soldier fatally shot his ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A former Miss America who helped rally the nation during World War II by selling millions of dollars’ worth of war bonds has died. Venus Ramey was 92. A funeral home in Sci...