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OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty has walked back his remarks about when and how he learned about an Iranian airstrike that may have hit Canadian assets in Kuwait earlier this month. In prepare...

VANCOUVER - Emergency officials say residents stranded by an early morning mudslide in Coquitlam, B.C., on Thursday have been safely extracted by helicopter, but a meteorologist warns such slides rema...

TORONTO - Longtime Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez will be inducted into the club's new Hall of Excellence during an Aug. 29 unveiling ceremony at Rogers Centre. Martinez, who retired earl...

OTTAWA - A former Supreme Court justice, a medical pioneer, two broadcasters and a champion for sex workers were among those invested into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Thurs...

CHICAGO (AP) - Nick Kurtz and Drake Baldwin made a smooth transition to the major leagues last season. Kurtz was rewarded with the AL Rookie of the Year award, and Baldwin took home the NL honour. Her...

TIGNES - Canadian freestyle skier Elena Gaskell finished second in women's slopestyle at a World Cup event on Thursday. The Vernon, B.C., product rebounded after a tough Olympic outing last month, whe...

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says it will get rid of dozens of drop boxes used for tax filing and payments across the country after this tax season. The agency says there are 45 of these boxes s...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada agreed on Thursday to hear a challenge of a Liberal government ban on firearms models and variants it considers fit for the battlefield, not for hunting and sport ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is buying 30,000 made-in-Canada assault rifles for the Canadian Army from Colt Canada in a $307 million procurement deal. That sum covers just the first three years of ...

A spate of injuries to some of the country's top men's soccer players has Canada's head coach rejigging his preparation for this summer's World Cup. Jesse Marsch expected to bring the core of the nati...