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QUEBEC - Following weeks of tension over a land dispute, a Mohawk grand chief and the mayor of Oka, Que., shook hands Friday and agreed to put their differences behind them. Since July, Kanesatake Gra...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military on Sunday said that Lebanese militants fired a barrage of anti-tank missiles at an Israeli army base, scoring a number of direct hits on Israeli targets. Israel respon...

OTTAWA - Canada's multibillion-dollar effort to buy new fighter jets has taken another surprise turn with European aerospace giant Airbus announcing it has withdrawn from the high-stakes competition. ...

VENICE, Italy - Roman Polanski is not at the Venice International Film Festival, but his new film, "An Officer and a Spy" is. Yet, after much hand-wringing over its inclusion among the films in compet...

OTTAWA - An Ottawa court has agreed to delay until November the case of a public servant accused of leaking cabinet secrets about a $700-million shipbuilding project, amid concerns about fairness and ...

WARSAW, Poland - A couple and their seven-year-old child were hospitalized Friday after lightning hit a tree they were passing while trekking in the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland, where a thunder...

NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic would be a little closer to Roger Federer's record for men's Grand Slam singles titles if he'd done better against Stan Wawrinka. They meet Sunday for the first time since Wa...

VENICE, Italy - Kristen Stewart only knew Jean Seberg as an image. The picture of the waif with the pixie haircut and the New York Herald Tribune shirt embodied the effortless chic associated with the...

According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, it's estimated that 10 people die by suicide every day, and another two hundred make the attempt daily across the country.Those staggering statisti...

B.C. residents have more time to give input on what should be done with plastics.A strong response to the CleanBC engagement about what the province could do to ban, reduce and recycle more plastics h...