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LONDON - The British issue of Vogue is devoting its September issue to activism, with a cover featuring two Black activists and produced by a predominantly Black team. Editor-in-chief Edward Enninful,...

OTTAWA - A workers-rights group is calling on the federal government to rethink the employment insurance program as an emergency benefit for workers is set to run out. The government estimates four mi...

BRANDON, Man. - The union representing employees at a pork processing plant in Manitoba is calling for Maple Leaf to cease production after three more workers tested positive for COVID-19. The United ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has announced he is stepping down as premier and Liberal party leader. The premier said today that after 17 years in provincial politics, it...

OTTAWA - Canada is emphasizing the need for economic and political reform in Lebanon over the long term as it looks at immediate ways to help the country following this week's deadly explosion in Beir...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Hamilton-area homeowner who gunned down a would-be car thief. The top court today granted the request to weigh in from Peter Khill. Khill, o...

OTTAWA - The Senate says harassment victims of disgraced former senator Don Meredith can now have lawyers when speaking to an independent evaluator hired to determine potential compensation for t...

LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis, Sterling K. Brown and LeBron James are among several honorees at the AAFCA TV Honors later this month. The African American Film Critics Association announced the recipients...

CONCORD, N.H. - Valerie Rochon is eager to read her email every Monday morning, even when it makes her cry. In addition to the endless Zoom meeting invitations, each week brings a new poem tucked into...

NANAIMO - The COVID-19 pandemic is being blamed for a spike in dog attacks on local mail carriers.Through Aug. 5, Canada Post carriers in Nanaimo had recorded 21 dog conflicts in 2020, almost double t...