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RIO DE JANEIRO - The Paralympic Games already has its first political protest, right at the beginning with the opening ceremony. A Belarusian sports ministry employee who marched in with a Russian fla...

GIJANG, Korea, Republic Of - Claire Eccles of White Rock, B.C., came within two outs of a no-hitter as Canada defeated Venezuela 8-1 at the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup on Thursday before the Canad...

OTTAWA - Montreal-based global engineering giant SNC-Lavalin continues to dig out from a series of corporate governance scandals, this time involving improper donations to federal political parties ov...

TORONTO - More than 1,000 children in Toronto are either getting to school late or not going at all due to an “unanticipated” bus driver shortage. Two Toronto school boards said they are s...

WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign the U.S. job market remains healthy despite a downshift in hiring last month. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department s...

NEW YORK - Having flopped with the New York Jets, Tim Tebow will try to revive his career as an outfielder with the Mets. Four years removed from his last regular-season snap as an NFL quarterback, th...

VANCOUVER – Health Canada has amended regulations allowing doctors to prescribe heroin to people who are severely addicted to opioids. The government says the country is facing an opioid overdos...

DETROIT - Mazda is recalling 2.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the rear hatches can fall on people and injure them. The recall covers certain 2010 through 2013 Mazda 3 compact cars, as well ...

HALIFAX - You don’t need to be obese to stand up for the rights of obese people, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled in a case over “discriminatory” airline seating policies. The a...

MONTREAL - The current federal review process of energy projects needs to be shut down and overhauled immediately, say more than 50 environmental and activist groups in a letter sent to the prime mini...