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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing pressure from civil society groups to update Canadians before the October election on his government's review of a multibillion-dollar arms d...

TORONTO - American Sofia Kenin upset sixth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup. Kenin also stunned world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty in the first r...

MACEDON, N.Y. - Singer Alicia Keys and music producer husband Swizz Beats are planning to create a performing arts centre in upstate New York. The couple's proposal to transform an industrial site in ...

OTTAWA - An environmentalist who monitors the Ottawa River says he's skeptical of the Quebec government's contention that a local hydro dam is to blame for the deaths of thousands of fish near the nat...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - City Council has unanimously approved $65,000 to commission an indigenous public artwork display at the Main Library Branch. At Monday's meeting, council heard that in the spring of 2...

MORTON, Miss. - U.S. immigration officials raided seven Mississippi chicken processing plants Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in what marked the largest workplace sting in at least a de...

OTTAWA - Newly released government figures suggest a rising number of newcomers to Canada are ending up in shelters or are finding themselves homeless. Two new reports were re...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the call to help combat climate change by eating more plants and less meat is fully in line with Canada's new food guide recommendations. The Unite...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Only three Canadian cities are getting brand new "proof-of-concept" plasma collection facilities.In addition to Lethbridge, they will be set up in Kelowna, B.C. and Sudbury, Ontario. ...

MONTREAL - Russia's Daniil Medvedev upset Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-1 in the first quarterfinal at the Rogers Cup on Friday. The eighth-seeded Medvedev needed just under 57 minutes to finish off the No. 2 ...