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TORONTO - Georgia Simmerling didn’t wait long to start training for her next Olympic mission after reaching the podium at the Rio Games last summer. She was back in the gym for pushups, pullups ...

MILAN - Survivors say as many as 240 people have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, the U.N. refugee agency reported Thursday, bringing this year’s toll to more than 4,220 migrants dead or missin...

CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - An escaped python coiled itself around two young boys, strangling them and biting them repeatedly, a pathologist told the trial of the snake’s owner Thursday. “Most of ...

WASHINGTON - The National Republican Senatorial Committee said Thursday it is making a last-minute investment in the Wisconsin Senate race, which is tightening up unexpectedly in the final days of the...

CLEVELAND - Like many die-hard Cubs fans, Bill Murray has finally been rewarded for his allegiance to Chicago’s lovable losers with the team’s first World Series title since 1908. The Chic...

CALGARY – The Petroleum Services Association of Canada says oil and gas drilling will stage a modest rebound in 2017, but remain well below levels reached before the current commodity price slum...

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton may not be accumulating the type of early-vote advantage her campaign wanted, but she continues to maintain an apparent edge over Donald Trump, with more than one-quarter ...

WASHINGTON - The productivity of American workers rose in the July-September quarter at the fastest pace in two years, while labour costs slowed. Productivity increased at a 3.1 per cent rate in the t...

CINCINNATI - With the nation focused on the closing days of the long, heated race for the presidency, two trials related to the country’s continued racial divisions have just begun. Juries in Ci...

MONTREAL - The federal government plans to raise the cap on foreign ownership of Canadian airlines in a bid to drive down fares and offer travellers more choice. Transport Minister Marc Garneau promis...