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OTTAWA - The federal Green party says it accidentally kept donations that were meant to support the leadership campaign of Glen Murray. The party says contributions meant for the former Winnipeg mayor...

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of maintaining a "secret arms depot" in a residential neighbourhood of Beirut, warning it...

WASHINGTON - A lawyer for former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn told a judge Tuesday that she recently updated President Donald Trump on the case and asked him not to iss...

Fredericton city council is considering ending the custom of opening public meetings with a poem after the city's poet laureate read lyrical verses about abortion during a meeting Monday night.  ...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is reviving its effort to create a new statutory holiday to commemorate the victims and survivors of Indigenous residential schools. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault...

Maelle Ricker's relationships with her coaches were pivotal in getting her to the top of the snowboard podium at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The first Canadian woman to win an Olympic gold medal at...

NANAIMO - Downtown restaurants are keeping their extended patio space. Nanaimo councillors on Monday, Sept. 28 voted to extend a program which built patios in parking spaces to provide increased seati...

OTTAWA - A fundraising letter sent by new Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole to party members contains passages identical to sections of his rival Peter MacKay's campaign website. The missive to members...

LEHI, Utah - The Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers group has recorded eight pumpkins from the state this year that weighed more than 1,000 pounds (455 kilograms), setting a state record. The first-place pump...

NANAIMO - Stealing from one of Nanaimo's largest stores allegedly wasn't enough for a man caught on camera. Police said the man spat on a Walmart loss prevention officer when confronted with stolen go...