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WASHINGTON - The U.S. budget deficit rose to $88.4 billion in May from $53 billion a year earlier, as government spending in areas such as Medicaid and defence rose at a faster pace than revenue. Rece...

The Pittsburgh Penguins were basking in the glory of their first Stanley Cup since 2009 at about this point last year, but Kris Letang already sensed Sidney Crosby looking ahead to future feats. Crosb...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver man has pulled the plug on his electric skateboard after receiving a $598 ticket the first time he took it out on the street. Daniel Dahlberg said he was riding the longboard, ...

HALIFAX - The federal government is considering a NATO request to send police trainers to Afghanistan, but Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canada’s military focus remains in Iraq. “As ...

MONTREAL - Hydro-Quebec’s Montreal headquarters has been named after former Liberal premier Jean Lesage, even though Rene Levesque is widely credited with completing the nationalization of Quebe...

CALGARY - A fatality inquiry into the death of a peace officer in Alberta five years ago focused strongly on the mental health of the killer on its opening day Monday. Rod Lazenby was a retired RCMP o...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is encouraged by a broadening of economic strength, which includes gains across 70 per cent of industries, a top official said Monday, in what was widely seen as a “h...

An Arctic climate change study has been cancelled because warming temperatures have filled the sea off northern Newfoundland with hazardous ice up to eight metres thick. Instead of cruising north with...

Here’s a look at some what took place on the local sports scene over the weekend. Have something you think we should include? E-mail us –> sports@rdnewsNOW.com — Baseball The Mosq...

HELENA, Mont. - Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte avoided jail time after pleading guilty Monday to an election-eve assault on a reporter that turned the race for Montana’s lone U.S. House seat i...