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WINNIPEG - Los Angeles has its famous “Hollywood” sign but Winnipeg can now boast of having its own smaller version - only this one adorns the side of a former landfill and reads “Ga...

ROVANIEMI, Finland - Rudolph and friends no longer need to rely on the famous reindeer’s red nose to avoid getting lost. Now they have wireless technology. To keep track of their animals in Lapl...

SALMON ARM , B.C. - A little thrush that’s a long way from home is enchanting bird watchers in British Columbia’s southern Interior. Experienced birders Roger Beardmore and Nan Prittie say...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A former board member and four states that have had their licenses terminated by the Miss America Organization are suing the group and its top leaders, claiming “an illegal...

Democrats will hold at least a dozen presidential primary debates starting in June 2019 and running through April 2020, with party Chairman Tom Perez promising rules that will give everyone in a poten...

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the U.S. decision to pull its troops out of Syria, saying Thursday that “Donald is right.” Speaking at Thursday’s annual marathon n...

VANCOUVER - Some of the world’s best young hockey talents will go head-to-head in Victoria and Vancouver next week. The 2019 world junior hockey championship kicks off on Tuesday, featuring doze...

TORONTO - The Canadian Football League will stage a regular-season game in Atlantic Canada in 2019, continuing the drive to put a franchise in Halifax within a few years. The 2019 schedule, unveiled o...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Four men convicted in the 2016 slaying of Olympic track star Tyson Gay’s teenage daughter have been sentenced by a Kentucky judge. News outlets report 40-year-old Chazarae Taylo...

KINSHASA, Congo - Congo’s electoral commission on Thursday delayed the country’s long-awaited presidential election until Dec. 30, citing a recent fire that destroyed 80 per cent of the vo...