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SANTIAGO, Chile - Lyza Yakhno went from standing on the Olympic podium for Ukraine to standing poolside for Canada at the Pan American Games. She'd just retired from artistic swimming after Ukraine's ...

OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin has retired from the Canadian Armed Forces, The Canadian Press has learned. A source close to Fortin, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because they were...

VANCOUVER - Shares in First Quantum Minerals Ltd. continued to slide Tuesday as uncertainty clouds the fate of its Cobre Panama mine. Over the weekend, Panama's government promised to hold a referendu...

PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia is experiencing severe drought levels and unprecedented conditions around the province. So, what does that mean for our region? The lower water levels have the local f...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has confirmed Jacob Lew as ambassador to Israel, filling the key diplomatic post as the country is fighting a war with Hamas. Lew, a treasury secretary under President Bar...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - King Charles III has expressed "greatest sorrow and the deepest regret" for the "abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence" committed against Kenyans as they sought independen...

The Canadian men's rugby team leaves Wednesday for Spain and the four-team La Vila International Rugby Cup. For centre Ben LeSage, it's the latest stop on an eventful journey that has seen him injured...

HAMILTON - James Butler has given the Hamilton Tiger-Cats something they haven't had since 2010 but he certainly had to work for it the last half of the regular season. Butler finished third overall i...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will meet provincial and territorial finance ministers later this week to discuss the possibility of Alberta's withdrawal from the Canada Pension P...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say forward Kirby Dach is expected to be ready for the start of the next NHL season after undergoing knee surgery. General manager Kent Hughes says the surgery was pe...