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VANCOUVER - Home sales in the Vancouver area tumbled 26 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, as observers say a new tax on foreign buyers accelerated a cooling trend in the market....

TORONTO - The family of a Toronto-area resident who had been detained in Egypt without charge says the man has returned to Canada. Khaled Al-Qazzaz - a permanent resident of Canada and a University of...

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories increased in July by the largest amount in nine months, propelled by a big jump in demand for commercial aircraft. The key category that tracks business investmen...

TORONTO - The case of a man accused of killing his mother and two of his brothers in a bloody crossbow attack has been put over to Sept. 23. Brett Ryan, 35, is charged with three counts of first-degre...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Brock Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting a young woman on campus, was handed a package by guards as he exited a California jail on Frida...

Michael B. Jordan scored with a breakthrough role in a football series and took a swing at movie stardom in a boxing flick. The “Creed” star has transitioned to basketball for his latest -...

Dwyane Wade has lashed out against Chicago’s gun laws, calling them weak and saying he’s urged officials in his hometown to enact changes to make the city safer. The Chicago Bulls star, wh...

MONTREAL - Bombardier has received the final instalment of Quebec’s US$1-billion investment in the company’s CSeries commercial jet program. The Montreal-based company announced on June 23...

OTTAWA - Canadian exports picked up in July, raising hopes for a bounce back in the economy after it contracted in the second quarter. Statistics Canada said Friday the country’s trade deficit n...

OTTAWA – Stephan Harper is officially out of politics and the deadline to enter the Conservative leadership race is nearly half a year away. However, the list of potential candidates is still gr...