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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials were mostly optimistic about the U.S. and global economies last month, though they noted the risk posed by China's viral outbreak and said they were ready to kee...

OTTAWA - Veterans ombudsman Craig Dalton is calling for nationwide consultations on a vision and plan for supporting former service members and their families. Dalton says a great deal has b...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Five former patients have alleged that a late University of Michigan physician sexually abused them during exams, with one accuser saying Dr. Robert E. Anderson's actions over sever...

MONTREAL - Former Quebec media star Eric Salvail was no longer employed at Radio-Canada during the time he is alleged to have sexually assaulted a man in a bathroom at the public broadcaster, his tria...

MONTREAL - Via Rail says it is temporarily laying off 1,000 employees due to blockades that continue to halt trains on CN tracks in Eastern Canada. The Crown corporation has suspended passenger servic...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says no one should construe the co-operation between Canada and China on the novel coronavirus outbreak as a sign that relations between t...

The global body that regulates shipping is moving to eliminate a highly polluting fuel in the Arctic. The International Maritime Organization has passed a draft regulation to ban heavy fuel oil i...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have signed free-agent wide receiver Dominique Rhymes to a one-year contract. Rhymes, 26, joins the Lions following three CFL seasons with Ottawa, where he ap...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Local artists are being invited to add a splash of colour to the city.A new project between the City of Lethbridge Public Art Program and the Heart of Our City committee will have art...

KANESATAKE, Que. - An Indigenous leader in Quebec retracted comments Wednesday about the possibility of ongoing rail blockades coming down - words that didn't go over well with members of his own comm...