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There has been another small addition to the total number of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan. On Wednesday the province reported two new cases, with one in the Saskatoon region and the other in the Sou...

TORONTO - An online petition calling for a Toronto-area street to be renamed has garnered more than 3,000 signatures. Dundas Street, which runs through Toronto and several other southern Ontario citie...

Halifax moved to the forefront of the national debate over "defunding" police forces this week when council decided to scuttle the purchase of an armoured rescue vehicle - a move&n...

MONTREAL - The lawyer for a Quebec geologist who has been jailed in Dubai after allegedly uncovering fraud in a gold company says all the criminal cases against her client have been dropped. Radh...

HALIFAX - A law professor says she hopes the creation of a research lab aimed at promoting restorative justice will help institutions start tackling racial discrimination and other ...

NEW YORK - The nation's largest mall owner is backing out of a $3.6 billion deal to buy a major rival as the coronavirus pandemic shakes the retail industry. Simon Property Group announced it would bu...

NEW YORK - The New York Philharmonic cancelled its fall season because of the coronavirus pandemic and has moved up the start of Geffen Hall's reconstruction to take advantage of the orchestra's absen...

TORONTO - Alexis Lafreniere of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Rimouski Oceanic has been named the Canadian Hockey League player of the year for the 2019-20 season. Lafreniere had 35 goals and...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will keep buying bonds to maintain low borrowing rates and support a U.S. economy mired in a deep recession with high unemployment. And it said ...

WASHINGTON - Personal information of police officers in departments nationwide is being leaked online amid tense interactions at demonstrations across the U.S. over the police custody death of George ...