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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Former NHLer Terry Ryan laughed through tears Wednesday, recalling how playing ball hockey with fishermen now lost off Newfoundland made him feel like the superstar he might h...

BEIRUT - An airstrike near the site of a suspected gas attack in Syria killed at least 10 civilians Wednesday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed t...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- CANADIANS FINDINGS IT HARD TO SAVE: SURVEY A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their financ...

LAS VEGAS - UFC star Miesha Tate says she’s inspired by the tough little girl who broke her arm while hiking near Las Vegas after the mixed martial arts fighter carried the child back down the m...

TORONTO - A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their financial obligations if their paycheque was delayed for a week. The survey released Wednesday by...

TORONTO - Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area hit a record last month as fewer homeowners put their properties up for sale, the city’s real estate board said Wednesday. The Toronto Real Estat...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada struck a note of caution Wednesday as it held its key interest rate target steady at 0.5 per cent and raised concerns after the export sector disappointed earlier this year...

PHILADELPHIA - Republican Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to boost defence spending and deploy more active troops, fighter planes, Navy ships and submarines as he works to convince skeptics in both parti...

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended her government’s handling of the flood of migrants that crossed into Germany last year, but conceded that more still needs to be done and ...

Some 28 million children around the globe have been driven from their homes by violent conflict, with nearly as many abandoning their homes in search of a better life, according to a UNICEF report rel...