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TORONTO - With so many humanitarian crises in the world, it’s on everyone to educate themselves and continue pushing for democracy and human rights, Angelina Jolie told a Toronto conference focu...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept. 11 --- FREELAND VOWS TO GET CANADIANS HOME: Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is expressing sympathy and solidarity with those Canadians trappe...

LIMA, Peru - The International Olympic Committee is seeking more information about an alleged vote-buying scheme for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics that has landed one of its own members in legal trouble...

VANCOUVER - The federal government plans to spend more than $50 million to collect data on Canada’s coastlines to help determine how humans are impacting marine ecosystems. Fisheries and Oceans ...

PISQUID, P.E.I. - A P.E.I. man was arrested after allegedly driving a farm tractor while twice the legal alcohol limit. RCMP say a 60-year-old passenger in a car was injured on Saturday evening after ...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will offer a detailed look Wednesday at the size of the gap between the country’s top income earners and those toiling at the bottom - a chasm that appears to be narro...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Court of Appeals says two descendants of a former security chief at Paisley Park who Prince reportedly regarded as a brother are not entitled to share in the late rock ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - A guitar factory in Kalamazoo is teaming up with Rolling Stone in an effort to turn the historic site into a national music destination. Heritage Guitar owners announced their partn...

SAO PAULO - An art exhibition on gender diversity was cancelled in Brazil in response to a social media campaign by conservative groups that accused the show and the bank sponsoring it of promoting bl...

LAVAL, Que. - Every year since he was named general manager of the Montreal Canadiens in 2012, Marc Bergevin has been asked who will be the club’s first-line centre. He admits it’s a good ...