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DALLAS - H. Ross Perot (pur-OH'), the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died. Family spokesman James Fuller says Perot died early Tuesday. He was 89. Perot rose fr...

OTTAWA - Organizers of a trade conference in Hong Kong say former Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien has been taken to hospital there. Tung Chee-hwa, a former leader of the semi-independent Chi...

Toronto FC has signed 22-year old Venezuelan winger Erickson Gallardo. The announcement came on the first day of the secondary MLS transfer window. Gallardo has won one cap for Venezuela, making his n...

YELLOWKNIFE - Tradition and technology are clashing on the tundra where Indigenous groups are debating the use of drones to hunt caribou. The issue arose during public consultations on new wildli...

More than one year after rescuers swam from home to home in a low-income neighbourhood devastated by flooding in Grand Forks, B.C., some residents say they were rattled to learn the property buyo...

WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams will face fellow American Alison Riske in the quarterfinals at the All England Club as she chases an eighth Wimbledon title and a 24th major overall. Riske upset t...

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out for a second day at Britain's ambassador to the United States on Tuesday, describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool," after a leak of emails critica...

WASHINGTON - Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor and activist, said Tuesday he's joining the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, reversing course after deciding earlier this year that he...

After a lengthy discussion, Vernon city council voted to approve installing a fence along Marshall Fields that would separate the playing fields from the off-leash dog area. The galvanized chain link ...

A petition garnering over 1,400 signatures was not enough to sway Vernon city council's decision to approve third reading for a rezoning application along 20th Street. During a public hearing on Monda...