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OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government is prepared to impose a price on carbon on any province that can’t come up with their own, or a cap and trade system. ...

VANCOUVER - A two day marijuana exhibition in Vancouver is giving people an idea of just how large and varied Canada’s cannabis industry has become - and where it could grow next. More than 100 ...

NEW ORLEANS - Real estate heir Robert Durst has been assigned to an Indiana prison which has a medical unit, rather than the California prison requested because he faces a murder trial in Los Angeles,...

TORONTO - A spokeswoman for Unifor says there has been some progress in the union’s negotiations with General Motors. The union’s contract with the Detroit Three automakers - GM, Ford and ...

HALIFAX - About three months ago, Kenny Cooley nervously signed his name on a sign-up sheet to tryout for boys tackle football. His anxiety about tryouts were not that of a typical teenager. Cooley is...

OTTAWA - A date for a federal byelection in Alberta has been set following the death of Conservative M-P Jim Hillyer. The vote in the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner riding will be held on Monday, Oct. 2...

MOSCOW - Early results on Sunday showed Russia’s ruling United Russia party winning in the parliamentary election amid reports of election violations and visible voter apathy in the country̵...

NEW YORK - Justin Trudeau will use his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly this week to present his brand of economics as an antidote to the angry nationalist politics flaring up on di...

TORONTO - Henrik Lundqvist was a surprise scratch from Sweden’s tournament opener against the Russians at the World Cup of Hockey on Sunday. Lundqvist is sick, according to a Team Sweden spokesm...

HALIFAX - Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., won his Davis Cup debut in straight sets on Sunday, topping Chile’s Christian Garin 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the third day of play between the two count...