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Montrealers can breathe a sigh of relief to learn their air is less polluted than previously thought - due in part to a pizza oven that was skewing air quality readings. An environmental report releas...

SUSSEX, Wis. - A water tower emblazoned with the word “sex” greeted drivers as they passed through a town in southeast Wisconsin, thanks to an ill-timed painting break. The gaffe turned up...

AMHERST, N.S. - Ten Nova Scotia schoolchildren received minor injuries when their school bus collided with an SUV en route to a field trip Thursday. Amherst police said the SUV driver, an 87-year-old ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s supporters on Friday cast his decision to abandon the world’s climate change pact as a “refreshing” stance for the U.S. that would save jo...

OTTAWA - Despite its trade spat with Boeing, the federal government says it isn’t talking to other companies about replacing some of its aging CF-18 jet fighters. Steve MacKinnon, the parliament...

TORONTO - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is beefing up its ability to detect patterns that may indicate mortgage fraud after being directed to do so by the federal government, the agency’s pr...

BORDEAUX, France - Michelle Plouffe and Jamie Scott scored 14 points apiece to top Canada’s women’s basketball team in a 74-65 loss to world No. 3 France on Thursday. Katherine Plouffe add...

VICTORIA - British Columbia needs to build more French-only schools and increase access to French language education to support the province’s Francophone community and prevent children from los...

AUGUSTA, Maine - President Donald Trump’s mysterious tweeted typo covfefe is coming soon to a license plate near you. The Maine Department of Motor Vehicles confirms someone claimed COVFEFE for ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is staying mum after a former staffer says the Liberals turned their back on her when she was assaulted by another party staffer - her partner. In an inter...