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Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 18 --- TRUDEAU LIBERALS MARK ONE YEAR IN POWER It was one year ago today that Canadians headed to the polls in a federal election that elevated the third-plac...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz rocket carrying two Russians and an American has blasted off for the International Space Station. The crew of Roscosmos Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko and NASA ast...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fellow Liberals were in a self-congratulatory mood Wednesday as both sides of the House of Commons marked the first anniversary of the 2015 election, whi...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has downgraded the country’s growth outlook yet again with fresh projections Wednesday that see an impending drop in housing activity tied to new government rules and...

WASHINGTON - “Bittersweet” was the word of the night, the one often used to describe President Barack Obama’s final State Dinner. “We saved the best for last,” he said Tu...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - From liberal California to conservative Missouri, there are few places Sen. Elizabeth Warren won’t go this election season. The Massachusetts Democrat is campaigning for Hilla...

NEW YORK - Revisiting a crime that shattered a bygone era’s sense of safety, prosecutors on Wednesday launched their second bid for a conviction in one of the nation’s most influential mis...

The Canadian Cancer Society released its 2016 cancer statistics Wednesday. Here are some highlights: - An estimated 202,400 new cases of cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers) will be diagnosed ...

TORONTO - Malignant tumours in the mouth and throat caused by the human papillomavirus have risen dramatically among men and could surpass the rate of HPV-induced cervical cancer in women, new statist...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish police on Wednesday fatally shot a suspected Islamic State group militant who was believed to be planning a suicide bomb attack in the capital. The man was killed in a raid on...