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Canadian speedskaters are relishing a bit of normalcy in an abnormal season. The 13 who travelled to Heerenveen, Netherlands, for their first international races in 10 months did so with scant trainin...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A mining company wants a judge to order an injunction against a group of Nunavut hunters blocking the mine's road and air strip in protest of its proposed expansion. Baffinland Iron...

NEW YORK - Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Tina Turner and Iron Maiden lead this year's nominees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a female-heavy list of 16 acts that includes for the first time The Go-Go's, Ma...

When Hugh Grant accepted his Golden Globe in 1995 for "Four Weddings and a Funeral," you could say he slayed the room - with the kind of boyishly befuddled, sweetly stammering speech he might have mad...

OTTAWA - A new report from the parliamentary budget officer says the government may be slightly underestimating how much revenue it could receive from taxing online services like Netflix. As it is, fo...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will provide nearly $15 billion for public-transit projects across the country - though most of the money won't arrive until later in...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices rose 0.3% in January, led by a surge in energy. Though the gain was the biggest monthly increase since July, inflation in the past year remains modest. The rise in co...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire, the kingdom's state television r...

The following school closure and bus cancellations have been announced for Wednesday, February 10, due to the extreme cold weather.- All buses in Chinook's Edge School Division are cancelled and all s...

CHICAGO - The Chicago Teachers Union has approved a deal with the nation's third-largest school district to get students back to class during the coronavirus pandemic, union officials announced early ...