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TORONTO - Canadian mortgage brokers say they’re seeing a flurry of borrowers trying to pre-empt new federal rules that take effect Monday that will reduce the purchasing power of some first-time...

PORTLAND, Maine - The European Union is backing off a Swedish proposal to ban imports of American lobster into 28 member countries. Officials with the EU say the European Commission has informed Swede...

WICHITA, Kan. - Three members of a Kansas militia group were charged Friday with plotting to bomb an apartment complex that’s home to Somali immigrants in the western Kansas meatpacking town of ...

WASHINGTON - The government ran a $587 billion budget deficit for the just-completed fiscal year, a 34 per cent spike over last year after significant improvement from the record deficits of President...

Ottawa was sleepy and mostly congenial all week long - at least until Friday - with most MPs back in their ridings after Thanksgiving and cabinet ministers off cutting ribbons in far-flung places. Pol...

Jim Prentice, the former federal cabinet minister and former Alberta premier, died Thursday in a plane crash outside Kelowna, B.C. Here are some key events in his political career. July 20, 1956: Born...

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada took a giant step closer to becoming home of the Raider Nation on Friday, after state lawmakers narrowly approved a hotel tax increase that would put $750 million in public ...

PHILADELPHIA - A crucial pretrial hearing set for next month in Bill Cosby’s criminal sex-assault case will determine whether jurors hear from 13 other accusers and see the damaging testimony he...

David Ousted crumpled to the turf when the Vancouver Whitecaps’ flickering playoff hopes were finally extinguished nearly two weeks ago. The veteran goalkeeper was crushed by that 2-1 home loss ...

OTTAWA - The legislature of the restive Belgian region of Wallonia voted Friday by a 46-14 margin to oppose the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and European Union. Her...