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CALGARY - A Canadian Pacific freight train parked on a frigid night in the Rocky Mountains began to move on its own before a derailment that killed three workers and sent 99 grain ...

MONTREAL - The Crown has withdrawn a charge of obstructing a peace officer against an aspiring Bloc Quebecois candidate who confronted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a public eve...

HELSINKI - CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie concluded his trip to Europe on Thursday by adding four more international partners. The league announced it has secured partnership agreements with foo...

SAANICH, B.C. - Scientists say the carcass of a large, bluntnose sixgill shark that washed onto a Vancouver Island beach north of Victoria earlier this week is a great reminder that there are about 12...

VICTORIA - Despite significant efforts to combat overdose deaths in British Columbia, the provincial coroner says illicit drug overdose deaths increased to 1,489, just over the 2017 death total. ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs got their man and some salary cap certainty. Auston Matthews got rich. The Leafs signed their 21-year-old star centre Tuesday to a US$58.17, five-year contract extens...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will implement accountability reforms at the legislature following a call by three independent watchdogs for sweeping changes to restore pu...

OTTAWA - A national Inuit organization says it is disappointed in the Liberals' new legislation meant to protect Indigenous languages. The Liberals tabled the bill Tuesday, two years after promising a...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Newfoundland town is being tormented by the unbearable smell of seafood sauce left to ferment in large vats when a factory was abandoned more than a decade ago. The owner abandone...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American receiver Dom Williams and Canadian defensive back Dexter Janke on Thursday. Janke, a six-foot, 220-pound Edmonton native, spent three seasons with ...