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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says the team’s decision not to stay at Donald Trump-branded hotels in New York and Chicago was made before the presidential election. The billionaire technolog...

TOKYO - Japan’s leader will likely seek reassurances that President-elect Donald Trump remains committed to the U.S.-Japan security alliance when the two meet in New York on Thursday. Prime Mini...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is being urged to bring in legislation to better protect journalists and their confidential sources. That was the message from three journalists who’ve had those ...

TORONTO - On Tuesday night, a previously-taped David Blaine ABC special showed Toronto-born rapper Drake and Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry reacting in horrified awe to a magic trick. O...

OTTAWA - A two-year-long, Canada-wide search has resulted in the gray jay - also known as the whiskey jack - being chosen as Canada’s national bird by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. The ...

OTTAWA - The top 10 vote-getters in the Royal Canadian Geographic Society’s online survey seeking nominations for Canada’s national bird. Common loon - 13,995 votes Snowy owl - 8,948 Gray ...

Vancouver has voted to implement a one per cent tax on empty homes in a bid to alleviate the city’s crunched rental housing market. The tax, which is the first of its kind in Canada, will apply ...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan city that had to shut down its water supply intakes for almost two months after crude oil leaked into a river was awarded second place in a water taste test. Prin...

VICTORIA - The deaths of three girls and the anguish of a mother who needed help for her schizophrenic daughter are described by British Columbia’s new children’s watchdog as life changing...

CALGARY - Canada’s bobsleigh team has gone from thin to fat in the space of a year. There wasn’t enough brakemen meeting domestic standards a year ago to start the World Cup season with mo...