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RIO DE JANEIRO - Catharine Pendrel hardly looked like a medal contender early in the women’s mountain bike event at the Rio Olympics. Few cyclists would after suffering through a crash and deali...

BOBCAYGEON, Ont. - It wasn’t long after the Tragically Hip started to play their hit single “Bobcaygeon” on Saturday night in Kingston, Ont., that a roar went up a couple of hundred ...

MANCHESTER, England - The established order is fighting back in these early days of the English Premier League season - and there are some familiar names atop the scoring charts, too. Manchester City ...

BOSTON - Kanye West’s pop-up clothing store has opened in downtown Boston. The “Pablo” store is one of 21 that opened worldwide for three days only. Visitors camped out overnight and...

NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. - A 10-year-old girl who was bitten by a camel at a safari park in Virginia will get a $155,000 settlement. Citing court documents, local media outlets report that Madison Holland&...

RICHMOND, B.C. - The British Columbia government is maintaining a freeze on its carbon tax and refusing to budge on a timeline to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a new climate plan that environment...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - In the aftermath of a wildfire, somebody has to figure out exactly what burned. It’s painstaking and important work that helps evacuated residents know if they lost ever...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada’s Catharine Pendrel of Kamloops, B.C., has won an Olympic bronze medal in mountain biking. The 35-year-old edged teammate Emily Batty for the podium spot. Batty, from Bro...

CALGARY - Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum expects a report next month on a revamp to the temporary foreign worker program. McCallum says the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Res...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said Saturday that a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea is a criminal and “human scum,” in its first official respons...