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WASHINGTON - The rival sides in bumpy congressional negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief package exchanged public broadsides rather than constructive concessions Thursday as they stumbled toward a s...

OTTAWA - A spokesman for the federal government says Canada is "profoundly concerned" about a Canadian citizen sentenced to death on drug charges in China. The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court a...

SALZBURG, Austria - Placido Domingo is back in Europe to receive a lifetime achievement award after a bout with the coronavirus, vowing in an interview with a top Italian daily newspaper to clear his ...

LONDON - A British coroner ruled Thursday that reality TV host Caroline Flack killed herself while facing an assault trial she feared would end her career and bring unbearable media scrutiny. Flack, t...

HALIFAX - Ottawa has announced the public will soon be able to visit Georges Island, the national historic site in the middle of Halifax harbour, on weekend boat tours. Halifax MP Andy ...

TORONTO - The crown prince of Saudi Arabia sent a hit squad to Canada in an effort to hunt down and kill a former top intelligence official who knows too much, a civil suit filed Thursday in cour...

New York's attorney general sued the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverte...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive Thursday for the coronavirus just ahead a planned meeting with President Donald Trump. The Republican governor's office said Thursday that he too...

NANOOSE - Several drivers suffered non-life threatening injuries as a result of morning crash on Hwy. 19.Emergency crews responded around 5:15 a.m. Thursday morning to the scene along the highway, nea...

CALGARY - A new paper suggests a federal program meant to buffer provinces against economic shocks is not up to the task - especially in the COVID-19 era. University of Calgary economis...