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OTTAWA - Lawyers for former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle want a judge to toss out a charge that he misled police - one of several criminal counts he faces in Ontario court. Boyle, 36, has ple...

Tyler Ardron captains a Canadian side with few surprises for the Rugby World Cup kicking off next month in Japan. Ardron, a powerful back-rower who plays his club rugby in New Zealand for the Chiefs, ...

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area woman says she's desperately waiting for news of her parents, who were trapped in the northern Bahamas when Hurricane Dorian battered the ...

OTTAWA - Two leading Canadian activists say voters need to think about climate change as if we are country at war against greenhouse-gas emissions. David Suzuki and Stephen Lewis plan a...

JERUSALEM - Hezbollah militants on Sunday fired a barrage of anti-tank missiles into Israel, prompting a reprisal of heavy Israeli artillery fire in a rare burst of fighting between the bitter enemies...

The British government has denied media reports that it is considering sending a child murderer to Canada to live under a new identity. Several British media reported last week that Jon...

NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr.'s trial on groping charges has been postponed until Oct. 10. Prosecutors said Tuesday they're still waiting for evidence in the Oscar-winning "Jerry Maguire" star's case. J...

CLEVELAND - Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles says she's struggling with the arrest of her brother who was charged in a shooting that left three dead. She said in a tweet Monday that her heart ...

VENICE, Italy - Julie Andrews is reflecting on her career at the Venice International Film Festival, where she received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award Monday evening. The 83-year-old s...

MADRID - Hundreds of searchers, helped by helicopters and drones, combed a mountainous area outside Madrid Tuesday, 10 days after the last known sighting of former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalli...