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LONDON - Paul McCartney is writing his first stage musical, an adaptation of the classic movie "It's a Wonderful Life." The ex-Beatle is collaborating with "Billy Elliot" playwright Lee Hall and West ...

WASHINGTON - Taxpayer-funded family planning clinics must stop referring women for abortions immediately, the Trump administration said Monday, declaring it will begin enforcing a new regulation haile...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The nation's former major suppliers of lead paint have agreed to pay California's largest cities and counties $305 million to settle a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit, attorneys said W...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's something you only see in the movies. A toy store opens up early for one special child to go in and select whatever toys they want. But it wasn't a movie segment on Wednesday (Ju...

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has asked officials in Cambodia for more information about 11 containers of Canadian garbage the southeast Asian country's environment ministry says ended up there ill...

REGINA - Some evacuees who were put up in Regina when they were forced to flee a wildfire in northwestern Ontario are heading home. Last week, Saskatchewan agreed to welcome about one-quarter of ...

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing terr...

OTTAWA - An organization that advocates for greater government accountability says Canada's ethics watchdog should never have approved a flight taken by Liberal cabinet minister Dominic LeBl...

OTTAWA - Elections Canada says two third-party groups have started spending money on political advertising in period leading up to the federal election. Canada Growth Council, a pro-energy, pro-f...

MONTREAL - At least eight people have died in three crashes involving de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver planes in less than a week in Canada, but civil aviation experts say the aircraft remains the safes...