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BEIRUT - A British Columbia man detained in Syria since late last year has been released, Lebanese authorities said Friday.  Kristian Lee Baxter, who has been descri...

MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $45,000 to a man whose former brother-in-law deprived him of their Montreal Canadiens season tickets over a family dispute, ruling that he...

WINNIPEG - Linebacker Adam Bighill figures the Blue Bombers are catching a bit of a break since veteran Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell remains sidelined recovering from a shoulder inj...

MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $45,000 to a man whose former brother-in-law deprived him of their Montreal Canadiens season tickets over a family dispute, ruling that he...

Toronto Wolfpack forward Ashton Sims has announced plans to retire at the end of the season. The 34-year-old Australian, a pony-tailed man-mountain at six foot four and 245 pounds, has made his living...

WINNIPEG - A man convicted of killing a Winnipeg bus driver in what a judge described as a brutal and explosive stabbing will not be eligible for parole for 12 years. Irvine Jubal Fraser, 58, was at t...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it is making changes that will better protect Canadians from excessive drug prices and make patented medicines more affordable. Health Canada is&nbs...

MONTREAL - The Quebec town of Oka wants the federal government to impose a moratorium on the proposed transfer of privately owned lands to the neighbouring Mohawk community of Kanesatake. In a se...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Unemployment numbers for July have been released, and the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region's rate took a small leap from June.The jobless rate in the region was 6.4 percent las...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the opening FedEx Cup playoff event with what he calls a mild oblique strain. Woods opened with a 75 on Thursday in The Northern Trust. He says his o...