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OTTAWA - New Democrats have dropped their opposition to holding a national referendum on electoral reform in a bid to pressure the governing Liberals into agreeing to a proportional voting system. The...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Nov. 16. -- CANADA, MEXICO DISCUSSED NAFTA AFTER U.S. ELECTION: Canada and Mexico reached out to each other while preparing similar public messages last we...

MADISON, Wis. - Melvin Laird, a former Wisconsin congressman and U.S. defence secretary during years when President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam, d...

International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel said he had a “good discussion” Wednesday with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players Association Executive Director Don Feh...

VANCOUVER - The death toll from illicit drugs will likely continue rising because of stronger opioids, an onerous federal law, and accidental overdoses among people who unwittingly take a killer pain ...

The engineer of a commuter train that slammed into a station going double the 10 mph speed limit, killing a woman, suffered from undiagnosed sleep apnea, his lawyer said Wednesday, and a U.S. official...

TORONTO - TD Bank (TSX:TD) has quietly increased its fixed mortgage rates ahead of a similar move by Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) to take effect Thursday, the latest sign that Canada’s big bank...

VANCOUVER - A rift in Canada’s literary community has deepened after dozens of prominent authors called for an independent investigation into the University of British Columbia’s firing of...

KENTVILLE, N.S. - His face streaked with tears, the middle-aged man put his head in his hands and breathed heavily. Testifying about an alleged sexual encounter with Brent Hawkes as a teen more than 4...

MARRAKECH, Morocco - Greenpeace Canada says Ottawa will set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent below 2005 levels by 2050, A spokesperson for the environmental organization to...