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Joined by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, a Yazidi woman who described praying for death while being raped by her Islamic State captors called on world leaders Monday to step up efforts to bring the...

WASHINGTON - THE ISSUE: In this angry election year, many American voters are deeply skeptical about free trade - or downright hostile to it. The backlash against trade threatens a pillar of U.S. poli...

VANCOUVER - Canada’s Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister says it’s important to explore ways that Vancouver and Seattle can work together more closely as one region. Navd...

ALBERTA – A task force appointed to advise the provincial government on where to spend Alberta’s new carbon levy will be in Lethbridge next month. Minister of Economic Development and Trad...

NEW YORK - Michelle Obama tapped some big voices to help deliver her push to get girls educated across the world. The U.S. first lady went to Broadway on Monday to host a concert for the spouses of gl...

TORONTO - Ralph Krueger was well aware of the odds against Team Europe entering the World Cup of Hockey, but his group never saw it as a hurdle. Instead, the team represented by seven different countr...

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is calling for sweeping changes to the controversial temporary foreign workers program, including a faster path for citizenship for those with long-term work perm...

TORONTO - Major League Soccer has backtracked on awarding Toronto FC a playoff berth. “Upon further analysis, @FCDallas are the first team to secure a playoff spot. @torontofc has not clinched y...

OTTAWA - The fall of 2016 is shaping up as a period of crucial decisions by the federal government on climate policy and energy infrastructure. Here are some key dates: Sept. 22 - The deadline for the...

Montreal businessman Mitch Garber called for Quebec’s francophone and anglophone communities to expand their horizons and put an end to the “two solitudes” that has divided them for ...