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LIMA, Peru - Here are five Canadian athletes/teams to watch on Saturday, the first full day of competition at the Pan American Games:   CANADIAN WOMEN'S RUGBY SEVENS TEAM After opening with ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says Guatemala is signing an agreement to restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. The so-called "safe third country" agreement would require ...

LAS VEGAS - A migration of mild-mannered grasshoppers sweeping through the Las Vegas area is being attributed to wet weather several months ago. Nevada state entomologist Jeff Knight told reporters on...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced another raised cap on oil production.The number has risen almost every month this year from 3.56-million barrels per day in January to now 3.76...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact are hoping new winger Lassi Lappalainen can help them snap a season-long four-game losing streak. The speedy Finnish midfielder - Montreal's only signing ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators have approved T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint, despite fears of higher prices and job cuts, in a deal that would leave just three major cellphone compani...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pressed the World Trade Organization on Friday to stop letting China and other economies receive lenient treatment under global trade rules by calling themselves "d...

GAP, France - Two riders, including a teammate of defending Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas, have been kicked out of the race after they got into an altercation that both teams said was minor a...

HALIFAX - The federal justice minister says it is up to the Nova Scotia government to initiate a public inquiry into the case of a Halifax man who was wrongfully convicte...

Some of North America's top conservation scientists have written to the federal government urging it to speed up land protection in Canada. The 32 scientists from 23 universities and other o...