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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The truck driver who slammed into the back of a van carrying actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and several other people, killing one of them, pleaded guilty Tuesday and could avoid jai...

Chelsea Carey and her Calgary-based team had several hurdles to clear last season en route to a national curling title. It took some time for Carey and her new teammates to adjust to the lineup change...

QUEBEC - Canada must create a loan guarantee program in order to ensure the country’s lumber producers continue to have access to the U.S. market, Quebec’s economy minister said Tuesday. D...

OTTAWA - A bid by the Senate finance committee to amend the Trudeau government’s signature income tax bill has been ruled out of order. Speaker George Furey has ruled that unelected senators don...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s auditor general conjured up the gory scene of hanging meat carcasses dripping blood next to ready-to-eat bologna and pepperoni, as she called for stronger measures ...

REGINA - Premier Brad Wall says he would like to make everyone in Saskatchewan an automatic organ donor unless they opt out. Wall said he wants to bring in a system of presumed consent for organ donat...

BEIRUT - Renewed airstrikes killed at least 20 civilians as they fled government advances in Syria’s besieged eastern part of Aleppo Tuesday, opposition groups reported as troops continued to ta...

NEW YORK - In chillingly detailed articles in a slick online magazine, Islamic State extremists exhorted English-language readers this fall to carry out attacks with knives and vehicles. Using those v...

VANCOUVER - For the first time police in Vancouver have linked a fatal overdose to the highly toxic drug carfentanil. Officials say a drug sample was seized from an East Vancouver home where a 39-year...

MONTREAL - A battle is brewing in Quebec as Junex attempts to become the province’s first oil producer in a century. Environmentalists say they’ll strongly oppose the company’s (TSXV...