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MONTREAL - While pushing and shoving is often frowned upon in the schoolyard, some Quebec elementary schools are experimenting with the idea of letting their students play rough. At least two schools ...

CALGARY — A judge has dismissed the British Columbia government’s request to declare unconstitutional an Alberta law that could restrict the flow of refined oil products to B.C. The attorn...

KABUL - More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a U.N. report released Sunday, which blamed the spi...

WASHINGTON - Parliament will struggle to ratify the new North American trade deal if U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum exports aren’t lifted soon, Canada’s transport minister warned Sunda...

For the second straight night, balanced scoring, special teams, and a commitment to defence all helped the Grande Prairie Storm to a big win over a divisional rival. Six different players found the ba...

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland - Roni Remme laid down the fastest slalom run of the day to earn her first World Cup medal - a silver - and put Canada on the podium in women’s alpine combined racing ...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran launched a cruise missile from a submarine for the first time during an ongoing annual military drill in the Strait of Hormuz, local media reported Sunday. The semi-official Fars n...

DAMASCUS, Syria - A land mine left by the Islamic State group struck a van packed with workers in eastern Syria, killing more than 20 of them, Syria’s state news agency said on Sunday. The agenc...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland playwright says his failed two-year battle for a visa to perform in the United States speaks to the barriers facing independent artists telling diverse stories....

OTTAWA - Canada is a trailblazer when it comes to assisting women in humanitarian crises around the world, but far more needs to be done to improve outcomes for women and girls in conflict zones, says...