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CLEVELAND - Aaron Sanchez is being sent to the minor leagues as the Toronto Blue Jays skip a start to limit his innings. Toronto optioned the 24-year-old right-hander to Class A Dunedin on Sunday, and...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Star swimmer Penny Oleksiak will carry the Canadian flag into Maracana Stadium for tonight’s Olympic closing ceremony. The 16-year-old from Toronto won four medals in Rio, inclu...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Star swimmer Penny Oleksiak’s list of highlights from the Rio Olympics is a long one. She won Canada’s first gold medal at the Games, made a stunning four trips to the pod...

TORONTO - Part of a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed in Toronto early Sunday, but police and railway officials said the incident posed no threat to public safety. CP Rail said the incident occu...

SOUTHERN ALBERTA – Alberta Health Services needs your help to run chronic disease support workshops in the Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Brooks areas. Better Choices, Better Health is a series of...

TORONTO - Thousands of aboriginals who argue the federal government robbed them of their cultural identities finally get their day in court this week but will have to wait months for Canada to make it...

TORONTO - Environmentalists are urging the Ontario government against renewing one of Nestle’s water-taking permits in a southwestern Ontario town, saying “water should be for life, not fo...

LAMPMAN, Sask. - A Saskatchewan reeve says the future of a councillor who posted an online comment about the shooting death of an aboriginal man will be a topic at an upcoming meeting. A screen-grab o...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association has waged many civil rights battles since its founding nearly 55 years ago. Here are some notable campaigns: Sons of Freedom: The associati...

VANCOUVER - Arriving to the lockup for the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision on medically assisted suicide, members of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association found themselves relegate...