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STEWIACKE, N.S. - The RCMP says it is staying “neutral” as AltaGas Ltd. and Mi’kmaq protesters are at odds over aboriginal presence on a tiny island near the energy company’s p...

VANCOUVER - Members of an expert panel tasked with examining the University of British Columbia’s approach to sex assaults say more hard work lies ahead, after the institution published a critic...

WASHINGTON - The No. 3 Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, disclosed Monday that he was diagnosed with pneumonia but that it has now cleared up. Schumer was diagnosed several weeks ago. His di...

WASHINGTON - Investors, at least, suddenly seem more confident about what the Federal Reserve will announce when it meets next week: Nothing. Stocks soared Monday after an influential Fed policymaker ...

KINGSTON, Ont. - A southwestern Ontario man is facing a fraud charge for allegedly advertising Tragically Hip tickets online and not delivering the product. Police say a Kingston, Ont., man responded ...

OTTAWA - The federal NDP is trying to find a path through political weeds to the fall sitting of Parliament, with plans to focus on issues including climate change and health-accord negotiations. The ...

MONTREAL - Ottawa has an obligation to uphold treaty rights in relation to the $9-billion Site C dam project in British Columbia, two First Nations groups from the province argued Monday. The communit...

Lethbridge, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club announced Monday that they have acquired 1997-born defenseman Brennan Menell from the Vancouver Giants in exchange for 1997-born defenseman Daria...

RIO DE JANEIRO - A small, unmanned hot-air balloon has crashed into the roof of one of the areas in Rio’s Olympic Park, causing minor fire and water damage but with no reported injuries. Rio org...

OTTAWA - Contract negotiations between the country’s biggest civil service union and the federal government are at a “make-it-or-break-it” stage, the Public Service Alliance of Canad...