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OTTAWA – Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers will begin working with a special mediator this morning in the face of a union threat of job action. Speaking in Saguenay, Quebec la...

VANCOUVER - If the Vancouver Whitecaps hope to pump some air into their deflating playoff hopes they badly need a win Saturday night in a place where they have rarely won. The Whitecaps (8-12-6) face ...

SANT’ANGELO, Italy - Rustic yet refined, the two-story villa at the foothills of the Apennines is a family treasure, embracing five centuries of the Celli family’s noble history, memories ...

CALGARY: Former prime minister Stephen Harper has announced he’s stepping down as a Calgary M-P — ending a nearly 18-year career in Parliament. In a statement and video posted to his socia...

DARAYA, Syria - Escorted by armed troops, dozens of insurgents and their families left this war-wrecked suburb of the Syrian capital on Friday as part of a forced evacuation deal struck with the gover...

BERLIN - A poll in Germany suggests that a large majority favours at least a partial ban on the face-covering veils used by some Muslim women. Security officials from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The killing this week of a 10-year-old Albuquerque girl who was drugged, raped and dismembered is just the latest horrific child slaying case for New Mexico, which has the nation&#...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy expanded at a sluggish 1.1 per cent pace this spring as businesses sharply reduced their stockpiles of goods and spent less on new buildings and equipment. Yet most analy...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Lotte Group’s vice chairman has been found dead as authorities widen a probe into corruption at South Korea’s fifth-largest business group, officials at the com...

KABUL - After a deadly attack this week, the American University of Afghanistan says it has started repair work at its sprawling campus on the edge of Kabul. A statement posted Friday on its website s...