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OAKVILLE, Ont. - The head of Tim Hortons extended an olive branch Monday to disgruntled franchisees, saying he is now willing to directly discuss their concerns with them about how the coffee-and-doug...

WASHINGTON - U.S. services companies expanded at a slightly slower pace in May compared with the previous month, a sign that modest economic growth is likely to continue. The Institute for Supply Mana...

A pristine section of forest that was once owned by a famous 19th century Quebec politician will become a conservation area, a nature group announced Monday. The Nature Conservancy of Canada announced...

EDMONTON - Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley is demanding answers after it was revealed a sex assault victim was shackled and jailed during her case and was even forced to ride in a prison van ...

TORONTO - Three Toronto police officers sexually assaulted a parking enforcement officer two and a half years ago when they had non-consensual sex with the woman at a downtown hotel after a night of p...

SALFIT, Palestinian Territory - Fuad Maraita’s alarm goes off at 3:30 a.m. His hometown of Salfit, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, still lies in darkness. He drinks a cup of strong Arabic cof...

BENTIU, South Sudan - More than 1 million disabled people are vulnerable to the increasing violence of South Sudan’s brutal civil war. Mary Nyakwas lost her leg to a crocodile while fleeing the ...

GATINEAU, Que. - Canadian soldiers have finished their flood-relief mission in Quebec, the federal and provincial governments announced Monday. “I handed over a letter that told the federal gove...

LONDON - Britain suffered its third major extremist attack in three months on Saturday night when three men using a van and knives killed seven people in a busy area of London. This is how the attack ...

LONDON - For eight agonizing minutes, the orders came from all directions, frantic and contradictory. Crowds scattered, sometimes directly into the path of the men trying to kill them. Police cars scr...