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OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from "imminent threats"...

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired centre Scott Laughton and defenceman Brandon Carlo ahead of Friday's NHL trade deadline. The Leafs sent a conditional 2027 first-round draft pick and forward prospect ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at 6...

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames' push for their first playoff appearance in three seasons will have to come without the benefit of reinforcements. With his team clinging to the second wild card spot in t...

OTTAWA - With just days to go until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves federal politics, his office says five new appointments have now filled all the vacancies in the 105-seat Senate. The Prime Min...

BROSSARD, Que. - Kent Hughes was ready for another yard sale. Then the Montreal Canadiens went on a run and changed his mind. The Canadiens general manager stood pat at the NHL trade deadline Friday, ...

VANCOUVER - A tightly contested playoff picture left the Vancouver Canucks quiet as the NHL's trade deadline passed on Friday. The cost of bringing in new faces was high, while other teams around the ...

For at least a couple of hours on Sunday morning, Halifax residents who get the time from the city's Old Town Clock may be thrown off. Craig Potter, an employee with Parks Canada, will be making the s...

NEW YORK (AP) - A former U.S. solicitor general brought in to help a federal judge decide whether to accept a Justice Department request to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Ada...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Picture this: A sliding athlete wins an Olympic medal in Lake Placid next winter, then is chauffeured down to New York for an award ceremony at Rockefeller Center a few days l...