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OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is promising a new agency to negotiate prescription drug prices for Canadians and try to drive down costs - a move billed as an "important step" ...

WINNIPEG - A newborn who was seen in a social media video being taken away from her mother by authorities in a Winnipeg hospital is to be returned to her family. A court has given custody to...

VICTORIA - Researchers say a tsunami alert in British Columbia that rang out in the dead of night 14 months ago serves as a preparation blueprint for coastal communities that face the&n...

Mike Trout is on the verge of becoming baseball's first half-billion dollar man. Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the record...

OTTAWA - An independent Canadian senator has proposed a bill that would allow the government to take the frozen assets of dictators and their cronies to help refugees forced to flee their tyranny. Sen...

MONTREAL - An elusive Tunisian billionaire who disappeared from Canada as he was set to be deported to his homeland in 2016 resurfaced last week and is under arrest in France. Belh...

HALIFAX - Researchers studying the carcasses of Sable Island's fabled wild horses have discovered many had unusual levels of parasites and sand, suggesting they are tougher than most horses, even as m...

HALIFAX - Millennials are more inclined to be perfectionists than previous generations, according to a new study that found a rise in perfectionism from 1990 to 2015. The study publishe...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The World Video Game Hall of Fame fielded thousands of nominations for the Class of 2019 from more than 100 countries, hall officials said Thursday after narrowing the field to 12. "...

COEBURN, Va. - Former coal miner John Robinson's bills for black lung treatments run $4,000 a month, but the federal fund he depends on to help cover them is being drained of money because of inaction...