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OTTAWA - Canada’s finance minister began the job Wednesday of selling his government’s new vehicle for building the country’s infrastructure - and, the Liberals hope, the economy - a...

TORONTO - Bell Media says it’s pleased the Federal Court of Appeal will hear an appeal of the CRTC’s ban on broadcasting Canadian commercials during the Super Bowl instead of the big-budge...

Michael Findlay said he could have selected players virtually from anywhere for Canada’s men’s soccer friendly Nov. 11 against South Korea, because the game falls on a designated FIFA date...

Matt Nichols and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers could give themselves some playoff clarity Friday night. Winnipeg (10-7) concludes its regular season visiting the Ottawa Redblacks (8-8-1). The Bombers have...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Lisa Raitt has joined the race to replace former prime minister Stephen Harper as party leader. “I know where that Liberal path leads us, ’cause I grew up at the e...

VANCOUVER - Home sales plunged 38.8 per cent last month compared with October 2015, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says. The board said 2,233 properties were sold in October of this year, ...

WASHINGTON - Shares of drugmaker Cempra Inc. plunged Wednesday after federal regulators raised concerns about potential liver toxicity risks with its closely-watched experimental antibiotic. Wall Stre...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama staunchly defended Hillary Clinton’s use of private email as an “honest mistake,” suggesting Wednesday that voters should discount innuendo-filled...

WASHINGTON - With six days before Americans choose a new president, the Federal Reserve sent a dual message Wednesday: It isn’t yet time to raise interest rates. But it’s getting very clos...

TORONTO - A former senior staffer for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne offered a federal MP - who is now Ontario’s energy minister - an inducement to run for the provincial Liberals, knowingly vio...