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Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Sept. 22 ____ CANADA AND CHINA TALK FREE TRADE: Canada and China have started exploratory talks on a free trade deal. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the...

HALIFAX - Statistics suggesting crime rates in Canada have been falling for decades may not tell the whole story when it comes to criminal wrongdoing, the chief of Halifax Regional Police says. Jean-M...

TULSA, Okla. - Less than a week after an unarmed black man was shot dead by a white police officer on a Tulsa street, prosecutors charged the officer with first-degree manslaughter, a decision that ma...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It was on the afternoon of Easter Sunday 2015 when Const. Joe Smyth went to Don Dunphy’s tree-shrouded home in tiny Mitchell’s Brook, N.L. Smyth, who arrived alone...

KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. - Two Ontario men are facing charges after allegedly stealing marijuana from a legal grow operation. Durham regional police say a resident of the Kawartha Lakes, Ont., region - wh...

WASHINGTON - The White House said Thursday it was looking into a cyber breach after what appeared to be a scan of first lady Michelle Obama’s passport was posted online. The fresh disclosures, w...

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton fielded oddball questions on power ties, pant suits and the Scott Baio vote on the online comedy program, “Between Two Ferns.” The interview with comedian Zack...

TORONTO - Thousands of football fans from across Canada and the U.S. will converge on Toronto for the 2016 Grey Cup, and it’s Sara Moore’s job to ensure they’re entertained. Moore, t...

Toronto FC midfielder Armando Cooper has been suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount for violent conduct in the 90th minute of Toronto’s 3-3 tie with the New York Red Bulls on Sunday...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is considering using this fall’s economic and fiscal update as a vehicle to inject some life into Canada’s stalled economy, including potentially fast-forwa...