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DETROIT - A top United Auto Workers official said the union and General Motors are far apart on major issues, increasing the likelihood of a strike as early as Sunday night. The union, in letters to m...

OTTAWA - The latest developments as federal party leaders take part in the first debate of the campaign (all times Eastern):   10 p.m. The first leaders debate of the federal election campaign ha...

TORONTO - El Tormenta wins Woodbine Mile. El Tormenta was neck-and-neck with early favourite Got Stormy before winning the third jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO - Veteran outfielder Brett Gardner knocked in five runs with two homers and a double to help Canadian lefty James Paxton win his ninth start in a row as the New York Yankees blew out...

PARADISE, N.L. - It's a hockey fan's paradise this weekend as the Toronto Maple Leafs hold their annual training camp in Paradise, N.L. Fans lined up around the block in the early mornings of Fri...

OTTAWA - A familiar U.S. face finally showed up front and centre Saturday on the federal campaign trail: Donald Trump. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promised to go toe-to-toe with the m...

OTTAWA - A list of candidates forced to step down, or resigned since the start of the campaign on Sept. 11, which doesn't include, for instance, the Liberal decision to oust candidate Hassan Guil...

PHOENIX - Sixteen days of chasing countless leads about husband and wife fugitives who escaped a prison transport van taking them to face allegations of killing a man ended when a tip led authorities ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge in San Francisco denied bail to former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo in a hearing Thursday that ended with an emotional outburst by his wife, who had to be dragged o...

CHICAGO - A posthumous study of Stan Mikita's brain shows the hockey Hall of Famer suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy at the time of his death a year ago. Dr. Ann McKee, the director of th...