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MONTREAL - McGill University is dropping the Redmen name for its men's varsity sports teams, effective immediately, the university announced Friday. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It is being touted as the "Team Canada of cancer research." Exactly 39 years after Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in St. John's harbour to begin his Marathon of Hope, the ...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - An Inuit family whose son was shot by RCMP is suing the force over its alleged failure to staff Arctic detachments with officers who can speak with and understand the communiti...

From a dog fight between two sitting MLAs in northern Alberta to a conservative grudge match near Calgary, hear are 10 constituencies to watch in Tuesday's Alberta election: Chestermere-Strathmore Thi...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - As part of LNN's ongoing coverage of the provincial election, we have asked each candidate in both Lethbridge-East and Lethbridge-West ridings the same questions about the drug crisis...

Baltimore's acting leader has ordered an audit of a non-profit's management of a city youth fund with $12 million set aside from property tax revenue after the organization was tied to embattled Mayor...

QUITO, Ecuador - Did Western media and government hypocrisy bring about Julian Assange's arrest, or was it his bad manners? The dramatic end to Julian Assange's asylum has sparked curiosity about his ...

LONDON - British lawmakers are heaping pressure on the government to make sure that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces Swedish justice if prosecutors there reopen a rape investigation against him....

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were not loading as of early Sunday morning. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors site outa...

VANCOUVER - It was a day Heather Hobbs recalls vividly: the staff at AIDS Vancouver Island had pulled another overdose victim from the washroom, his body was blue from a lack of oxygen. The ...