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BEDFORD, N.S. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he never spoke publicly about being a dual Canadian-United States citizen because no one ever asked him. Even when his colleagues were attac...

DOHA, Qatar - Canada's Damian Warner is back on the podium for a third time at the world track and field championships after a dramatic finishing day of the decathlon. The native of London, Ont.,...

The City of Vernon has been denied a review of a ruling ordering the reinstatement of a fire captain who engaged in sexual activity while on duty at the firehall.B.C.'s Labour Relations Board rejected...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A major Western utility said Thursday it plans to speed up its move away from coal-fired power and get more juice from the sun and wind. Citing financial incentives, Portland, Oregon-...

SALEM, N.H. - Police in New Hampshire say it appears someone used a power tool to vandalize a stone at group of rock configurations called America's Stonehenge. The vandalism was reported to the Salem...

OTTAWA - Carbon offsets such as the ones the Liberals are buying for their campaign planes are the standard way to compensate for greenhouse-gas emissions from air travel, though even people who sell ...

HAMILTON - Dane Evans has the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on quite a roll. The second-year quarterback is 6-2 since replacing starter Jeremiah Masoli (season-ending knee injury). Hamilton (11-3...

OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Sept. 11. Liberal...

NEW YORK - U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other U.S., U.K. and Australian officials are pressing Facebook to give authorities a way to read encrypted messages sent by users, re-igniting tensio...

VANCOUVER - A turtle that is much more comfortable in tropical waters washed up in Port Alberni on central Vancouver Island with what experts say was a dangerously low body temperature. Vancouver...