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OTTAWA - Hunter Tootoo, the Nunavut MP who began his time on Parliament Hill with a seat at the Liberal cabinet table and ended up sitting as an Independent, says he won't be running for re-...

MONTREAL - Long-awaited federal legislation to speed up and simplify the process of getting a pardon for simple cannabis possession is now in force. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti ma...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is now involved in the investigation of a police chase through parts of central Alberta on Wednesday.Blackfalds RCMP say they were responding to a sh...

TORONTO - Saskatchewan running back William Powell, Hamilton defensive back Jumal Rolle and B.C. receiver Ryan Lankford are CFL top performers for Week 7. Powell ran for three touchdown...

BERLIN - The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet and causing massive ice los...

Three of Canada's biggest oilsands producers are going directly to voters to ask them to tell politicians they support the oil and gas sector ahead of this fall's federal election.In full-page ads in ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. factory activity expanded at a slower rate in July for the fourth consecutive month as the Trump administration squares off with other countries on trade. The Institute for Supply Ma...

CHICAGO - An attorney for R. Kelly is asking a federal judge to reconsider his decision to keep the singer behind bars while he awaits trial in a child pornography case in Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Tim...

VANCOUVER - Goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau sees himself as part of a bright future for the Vancouver Whitecaps. The  25-year-old from Candiac, Que., cemented the vision on Tuesday, signing a...

NEW ORLEANS - Disgraced NFL star Darren Sharper's attempt to get out of a 2016 plea deal and 18-year prison sentence in a sexual assault case has been rejected by a federal judge. Attorneys for Sharpe...