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A 2021 contract as the Vancouver Whitecaps' official esports gamer is on the line Friday when Alex (Exraa) Gonzalez takes on Erfan (Skill Shack) Hosseini. Both are familiar with the job. Gonzalez is t...

TORONTO - Raptors president Masai Ujiri says he hopes his team will play the next NBA season at Scotiabank Arena, despite rising COVID-19 cases both in Toronto and in the United States. Speaking Thurs...

ATLANTA - After his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger plans to get tested and to quarantine just as the state is preparing for a hand tally of the...

MONTREAL - The Crown is telling Eric Salvail's sexual assault trial that the former Quebec television star's version of events cannot be trusted. Prosecutor Amelie Rivard described Salvail's testimony...

OTTAWA - Artificial intelligence must be regulated to protect Canadians' privacy and human rights, a federal watchdog says.In issuing new recommendations for regulating AI Thursday, Canada's privacy c...

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay is boasting about a reduction in the number of outstanding requests for assistance from veterans with disabilities, even though advocates say COVID...

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is scheduled to present an economic update this afternoon that will reflect the damage of COVID-19 to the province's finances.  Last month, Girard told a legis...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will delve into the question of minimum prison sentences for fentanyl trafficking. The high court has agreed to jointly hear the appeals of two men who received st...

CAIRO - At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the U.N. migration agency said, in the latest in a series of at least eight shipwrecks i...

SYLVAN LAKE, Alta. - Alberta intends to hold its provincial men's and women's curling championships jointly in January. Curlers won't "bubble" at the Jan. 25-31 events at Sylvan Lake's NexSource Centr...