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Here are the five things we think you should know:Safety upgrades on transit, for driversBC Transit announced a $6.5 million project aimed at increasing driver security. Full Driver Doors will be adde...

HALIFAX - Two federal cabinet ministers will be in Halifax today to survey recovery efforts from the damaging hit by post-tropical storm Dorian over the weekend. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale w...

LONDON - Margaret Atwood is often asked if her new novel "The Testaments," a follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale," is set in a dystopian world. She says: "Let us hope so." Atwood says several U.S. state...

TORONTO - More than 42,000 children were reported missing across Canada last year. By the numbers: 27: Abducted by strangers 31,000: Runaways 58%: Female 73%: Runaways 62%: Cases resolved in 24 hours ...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran defended Sunday its decision to use advanced centrifuges prohibited by its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers as a visiting top official of the United Nations atomic wa...

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas - The streets are filled with smashed cars, snapped power cables, shattered trees and deep silence. At the airport and dock, hundreds of people clamour for seats on airplanes an...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, held its first LGBT pride parade Sunday without incidents but amid heavy security to prevent violence from extremist groups, as opponents of the event he...

HONG KONG - Thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong urged President Donald Trump to "liberate" the semiautonomous Chinese territory during a peaceful march to the U.S. Consulate on Sunday, but violenc...

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Sept. 10 --- NEW WEB TOOL AIMS TO HELP FIND MISSING KIDS Thousands of children are reported missing across the country each year but only a handful of A...

BEIJING - China's trade with the United States is falling as the two sides prepare for negotiations with no signs of progress toward ending a tariff war that threatens global economic growth. Imports ...