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GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - After 10 kilometres of open-water swimming in the sea, world championship organizers needed a photo finish to determine the winner of the Olympic qualifier on Tuesday. Fl...

WASHINGTON - John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Flori...

CALGARY - Caleb Smidt took on and beat three former champions to win $100,000 on Showdown Sunday at the Calgary Stampede rodeo. Smidt, from Bellville, Texas, won the tie-down roping title with a time ...

EDMONTON, AB - The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health has declared a provincial outbreak of syphilis, after 1,536 cases were reported in 2018; an increase of nearly tenfold since 2014. There h...

WASHINGTON - Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is recommending that the agency cut back on inspections at the country's nuclear reactors, a cost-cutting move promoted by the nuclear power industry b...

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The company responsible for a fuel spill that contaminated the fishing territory of a First Nation on British Columbia's central coast has been fined $2.9 milli...

CLARESHOLM -- RCMP are looking for information on the whereabouts of a missing woman. 29-year-old Christine Newman was last seen in Claresholm on July 8, 2019 and has not been seen since. There is gen...

LETHBRIDGE -- Producers are being asked to share their views on proposed changes to seed royalty structures for cereal crops.Farm groups from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have launched an online...

TORONTO - Nick Nurse is going to prepare Canada's men's basketball team for a long haul. A group of 29 players - including 17 NBAers - were invited to Canada's training camp on Tuesday ahead of t...

Some familiar faces will be missing as Canada looks to defend its Pan American Games titles in men's and women's rugby sevens. Injuries and the desire to rest some veterans and to test ...