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RIO DI JANIERO, Brazil - Canadian swimmer Aurelie Rivard added another gold to the collection of Paralympic medals she’s carefully stashing out of sight in her suitcase. The 20-year-old from Sai...

MONTREAL - The jury has been selected at the fraud trial of a man who made headlines during the federal sponsorship scandal. Jacques Corriveau, 83, is a former longtime federal Liberal organizer and a...

TORONTO - Almost a year ago, Terance Brouse was struggling to hold on to a month of sobriety, free for the first time in years from a life fuelled by booze and drugs, when he stumbled upon an event ca...

OTTAWA - The head of the International Monetary Fund says she hopes Canada and the European Union finalize their still-unsigned free trade agreement. Christine Lagarde made the comments Tuesday in Ott...

VICTORIA - Drywall prices across Western Canada have shot through the roof after the federal government imposed preliminary anti-dumping tariffs of up to 276 per cent on gypsum board products imported...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Sept. 13 ____ AMBROSE CALLS FOR UNITY AS TORY RACE HEATS UP: The Conservative leadership race is picking up steam after heavyweight would-be contender Peter ...

LETHBRIDGE – Turning trauma into triumph was the goal in mind as Sheldon Kennedy spoke to a full house at the Yates Memorial Theatre Tuesday (Sept. 13) for the launch of a new Southern Alberta C...

HALIFAX - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose told MPs and senators they need to earn back the trust of Atlantic Canadians, who did not elect a single Conservative last year under the leadership ...

MONTREAL - The family of a Canadian-Iranian university professor jailed in Iran says the judge in the case has refused to accept her lawyer and has appointed one to his own liking. Homa Hoodfar’...

WINNIPEG - A teenager from western Manitoba is to be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge. The 17-year-old admitted on Monday to counselling the commission of an indictable...