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WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday confirmed William Barr as attorney general, placing the veteran government official and lawyer atop the Justice Department as special counsel Robert Mueller investi...

TORONTO - Micheal Wright plans to bring some NBA-style finesse to the Special Olympics World Summer Games this spring. Wright is the only Canadian out of 12 Special Olympics athletes competing in a Un...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that his administration will keep pursuing an appeal of an independent regulatory commission's approval of Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its ...

OTTAWA - As he lays the groundwork for the Liberals' last budget before the fall election, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has been highlighting two themes for a national drug plan: th...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Ross Atkins doesn't want to put a timetable on the eventual major league debut of baseball's top prospect. The Blue Jays general manager said he's looking at V...

The sound of applause echoed through the main floor corridors of Victoria Hospital Thursday morning following the announcement that the Victoria Hospital Foundation had reached its $2.2 million goal f...

WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Acadia University is joining St. Francis Xavier University in appealing a 10-game suspension handed to its men's hockey coach in the aftermath of an ugly brawl. Kevin Dickie, executi...

HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed American defensive back Rico Murray. The 31-year-old started 18 games with Ottawa last season, registering 55 defensive tackles, three special teams tack...

Wondering what your city's climate will be like in a few decades? Look south - about 1,000 kilometres south, says an unusual new study published Tuesday. That's the average distance between 540 cities...

HALIFAX - New court documents reveal details of how one of the masterminds of a foiled plot to attack a Halifax mall on Valentine's Day plans to appeal her life sentence. Lindsay Souvannarath is ...