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MONTREAL - Provincial police today dispatched a sonar-equipped boat to a reservoir to look for signs of a missing helicopter carrying a Quebec businessman and his teenage son who f...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A mother of two in Lethbridge kick-started her week on a high note.Katie Taylor was named the winner of the $20,000 Home Renovation Giveaway by the Building Industry & Land Develo...

Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medallist and four division champion who was regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters ever, has died after being hit by a car in Virginia. He was 55. Police...

NEW ORLEANS - Though Tropical Depression Barry failed to unleash catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, it still swamped parts of Louisiana with up to 17 inches (43 centimetres) of rain and transformed...

BEIJING - China's economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington. The wor...

NEW YORK - Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls. The judge said he needed more time to ...

MONTREAL - Airlines now have to reimburse passengers for flight bumping and damaged luggage as part of a package of new protections that take effect today.The regulations require prompt updates and cl...

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it is looking into an "administrative matter" at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg after it advised the Mounties of possible policy...

MONTREAL - The chief executive of Desjardins Group says it will offer permanent data protection to all its members - and not just those affected by a massive personal data breach report...

TORONTO - The past seven weeks for Simon Pagenaud have been part basking in the heady afterglow of his Indianapolis 500 win, and part itching for another victory. "At this poi...