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VANCOUVER - Critics are denouncing Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's plan for revitalizing the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, with former councillor Jean Swanson saying his proposal to pause supportive hous...

VANCOUVER - Critics are denouncing Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's plan for revitalizing the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, with former councillor Jean Swanson saying his proposal to pause supportive hous...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has refused a request by the NHL's Utah Hockey Club to trademark the name Utah Yetis. The USPTO issued a refusal Jan. 9, citing the "likeliho...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Liam Coen as the eighth head coach in franchise history Friday, capping a covert operation that included owner ...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Canadian forward Jayden Nelson ahead of the Major League Soccer season. The 'Caps announced the move Friday, saying the 22-year-old athlete from Bramp...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department on Friday froze new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to...

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA - The union representing front-line Mounties says it has not seen an internal RCMP memo calling for short-term staff transfers to Manitoba and Saskatchewan, but says those p...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom will be out 4-6 weeks with a sprained MCL in his knee, the team announced Friday. Markstrom was injured in the second period of the Dev...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election Wednesday, seeking an even larger majority than his current government holds and using the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Don...

OTTAWA - The federal industry minister is calling for a review of Ottawa's "business relationship" with Amazon after the company said it will close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec. The closure w...