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MONTREAL - NASA says Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques' duties aboard the International Space Station recently included fixing a leaking space toilet. The space agency sa...

Nearly two weeks after the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S history, many federal workers still have not received their back pay or have only gotten a fraction of what they are owed as go...

Montreal has been chosen as one of four cities to host United Nations service offices under a proposal that would see the international body spread administrative operations around the globe. Ste...

SAN FRANCISCO - A gas explosion in a San Francisco neighbourhood shot flames high into the air Wednesday and was burning four buildings as utility crews scrambled to shut off the flow of gas. Construc...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pronounced himself eager to work with Congress on a plan to rebuild America's crumbling roads and bridges, but offered no specifics during his State of the Union sp...

CUCUTA, Colombia - For Anahis Alvarado, whose battle with kidney failure has become more desperate as Venezuela sinks deeper into crisis, the prospect of bringing in emergency medical and food supplie...

Seconds before they stepped onto the ice at the recent Canadian figure skating championships, Nikolaj Sorensen turned to Laurence Fournier Beaudry and said: "Welcome home, baby." After five seasons of...

TORONTO - Every time Matt Duchene enters an NHL arena, he leaves all the trade talk buzzing around him at the door. The 28-year-old Senators forward has been the subject of trade speculation as Ottawa...

WASHINGTON - A racist photo from a 1984 yearbook threatens to end Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's political career. The photo shows two people: one in blackface and one wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and r...

OTTAWA - Sept. 30 might become a new statutory holiday commemorating victims of residential schools. The House of Commons heritage committee approved a measure Tuesday to make the last day of Septembe...