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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 ...

Enter North Macedonia. The small Balkan country of Macedonia officially changed its name Tuesday by adding a geographic designation that ends a decades-old dispute with neighbouring Greece and secures...

TORONTO - Jeremy Lin came prepared for the Raptors. The nine-year-veteran did his homework in advance of his Toronto debut Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards. It showed in the un...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - An expert on cellphone towers says the chances are "very small" that Richard Oland's cell phone was still in his Saint John office when it received a final text message on the day t...