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LOS ANGELES - Actor Jackie Chan, film editor Anne V. Coates, casting director Lynn Stalmaster and documentarian Frederick Wiseman are getting honorary Academy Awards. The film academy announced Thursd...

TORONTO - Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives won a provincial byelection Thursday in northeast Toronto, but it may have come at a cost. City councillor Raymond Cho won the Scarborough-Rouge Riv...

SHANGHAI - A quick look at some of the key developments Thursday from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ongoing visit to China. ___ Speaking to an elite business crowd in Shanghai, the prime minis...

NEW YORK - Civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis may be 76, but he’s not too old to crowd surf. The Georgia Democrat wrapped up an interview on Wednesday’s “Late Show with Ste...

TORONTO - Mike Babcock had just three days to prepare his team for its first game at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Team Canada’s head coach won’t be so pressed for time ahead of the World Cup o...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The elite boarding school St. George’s became a kind of “private hell” for dozens of students in the 1970s and ’80s who were manipulated and sexually abused ...

MONTREAL - It appears luck is still on Lady’s side. Montreal officials said Thursday a royal python by the name of “Lady” was still on the loose after escaping from a residence a wee...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland singer-songwriter is calling out critics of pop star Selena Gomez, saying she was right to cancel two concerts in Atlantic Canada for health reasons. Jerry Stam...

BERLIN - A German village is enjoying its peace after an unruly guest took off: Ronny the stork, who spent the summer pecking at windows and cars as he attacked his own reflection. Ronny’s persi...

TORONTO - Benoit Huot hesitates at the mention of retirement. As the veteran Canadian swimmer heads into his fifth Paralympics, he isn’t thinking too much about how many Games he may have left, ...