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CHICAGO - The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head as his parents struggled over a gun inside a Chicago home were each ordered held on Thursday in lieu of $10,000 bond. Travis McCoy, 2...

LONDON - The Bank of England on Thursday opted against cutting interest rates amid signs of improvement in the British economy in the run-up to Britain's imminent departure from the European Union. Th...

OTTAWA - Newly released briefing notes for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau describe the dire state of federal computer systems, which deliver billions in benefits and are on the precipice...

Canada is already taking the right steps to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, so there is no need to change things now that the World Health Organization has declared a global emergenc...

TORONTO - An Ontario Indigenous community has overwhelmingly rejected a proposed nuclear-waste bunker in their area. Members of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation voted 85 per cent against the deep geologic r...

OTTAWA - A national ban on many single-use plastics is on track for next year after a government report concluded Thursday that there is more than enough evidence proving plastic pollution is har...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers dried their eyes and took the Staples Center court for the first time since Kobe Bryant's death with a resolve that would have made him proud. Damian Lillard playe...

EDMONTON - There was definitely an old-school, playoff atmosphere on display in Edmonton on Wednesday night. Sean Monahan scored the shootout winner as the Calgary Flames snapped a two-game skid with ...

WINNIPEG - Bruce Cassidy saw a puck hit the mask of Tuukka Rask and was worried for his goalie that had just come back from a concussion, but the Boston Bruins coach didn't have to worry for...

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers fought through for a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday. Caleb Jones and Josh Archibald also scored for the Oilers (...