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OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling for spending cuts and waste reduction in the coming federal budget to unleash the economy and create jobs. The Tories say reckle...

KINGSTON, Ont. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue defeated Saskatchewan's Matt Dunstone 7-6 in Sunday's semifinal at the Tim Hortons Brier. Gushue had hammer in the 10th end and drew ...

Having co-founded and launched the Toronto Wolfpack, Eric Perez always knew one rugby league team wasn't enough in North America. "There's so much more potential for it to grow over here," he said. "I...

OTTAWA - If the novel coronavirus spreads to the North, Inuit communities in Canada and elsewhere in the Arctic are at a much higher risk of exposure because of a chronic lack of basic infrastruc...

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Ottawa speedskater Ivanie Blondin captured the overall World Cup women's mass start title Sunday in the final day of competition on the circuit. Blondin finished fifth in the...

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern):   5:37 p.m. The Ontario Ministry of Health says two more people have tested positive for the novel co...

SAN FRANCISCO - Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice-President Mike Pence announced Fri...

LACHUTE, Que. - A Quebec teen who was the victim of a brutal slaying last week was remembered by family and friends on Friday as a helpful, compassionate and energetic force. Hundreds of people t...

TORONTO - Denying drug-addicted prisoners access to clean syringes deprives them of essential health care, which is a violation of their constitutional rights, an Ontario court hea...

MONTREAL - Henri Richard, the speedy centre who won a record 11 Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens, died Friday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 84. The Canadiens c...