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The return of elite domestic curling competition after a nearly 12-month absence saw a significant drop in Canadian viewership compared to last year, according to Numeris data. Ratings for the opening...

WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden's choice to lead U.S. diplomacy at the United Nations on Tuesday. The vote for Linda Thomas-Greenfield reflected a divide between the Biden ad...

NEW YORK - Bobby Shmurda, a once up-and-coming rapper thanks to a hit music video that popularized the "Shmoney dance," was paroled on Tuesday after spending more than four years behind bars for a dru...

MONTREAL - Ten Canadian short-track speed skaters will compete for the first time this season at the world championship next month. The races in Dordrecht, the Netherlands March 5-7 will mark Canada's...

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscored the U.S. economy's ongoing weakness Tuesday in remarks that suggested that the Fed sees no need to alter its ultra-low interest rate polici...

QUALICUM BEACH - Construction for a roundabout has begun to replace a busy intersection on Hwy. 19A and Memorial Ave.The Town of Qualicum Beach anticipated the project would be concluded in August or ...

OTTAWA - The national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians will conduct a review of the RCMP's federal policing mandate. The committee of MPs and senators expects to complete the re...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. consumer confidence rose again in February as an accelerating COVID-19 vaccine push provides hope for Americans who have lived through a year of unprecedented restrictions. T...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says it could cost the federal government up to $15 billion to compensate First Nations' families and children impacted by the child welfare system, as well as...

LONDON - Prince Philip is "comfortable" in a London hospital where he is being treated for an infection, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday. The palace said Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizab...