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HALIFAX - Canada’s public safety minister promised to provide financial help to flood-ravaged parts of Cape Breton as quickly as possible Friday, following a tour of communities hit by a storm f...

KELOWNA, B.C. - The family of Jim Prentice expressed its “profound shock and heartbreak” Friday after a plane carrying the former Alberta premier and three other people crashed into a heav...

LETHBRIDGE — An employee of the City of Lethbridge has been charged in connection with a crash involving snow-clearing equipment last winter. A 72-year-old man died when his Pontiac Montana coll...

LAC LA RONGE, Sask. - Aboriginal leaders and the prime minister say a crisis is unfolding in northern Saskatchewan after three young girls took their own lives and there are fears more young people ar...

NEW YORK - Hershey says CEO John Bilbrey plans to retire from the chocolate company next year. The news comes less than two months after Oreo cookie maker Mondelez ended talks to buy Hershey, in a dea...

OTTAWA - The agency that screens air travellers and their luggage is now providing advice on its website about flying with medical marijuana. The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says while n...

HALIFAX - A U.S.-based group is exploring the coasts of Nova Scotia in hopes of finding a sanctuary where previously captive whales and dolphins could dive deeply in cold, North Atlantic waters. Lori ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses increased their stockpiles and their sales in August, a possible sign of stronger growth in the closing months of 2016. The Commerce Department says inventories rose a sea...

The federal government’s recent changes to mortgage lending rules have injected uncertainty into the real estate market, the president of the Canadian Real Estate Association said Friday. The me...

BERLIN - German prosecutors say they’ve rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appeal of a decision to drop an investigation of a television comedian who wrote a crude poem abou...