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MANCHESTER - Canada's top male tennis players have defeated Finland 3-0 at the Davis Cup. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., beat Eero Vasa 7-6 (2), 6-2 in the day's first singles match. Montrea...

EDMONTON - An Alberta First Nation has revived a lawsuit it launched 10 years ago in an effort to get the federal government to recognize its human right to clean, safe water. The Ermineskin Cree Nati...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says her party will introduce a bill in the House of Commons next week to protect people from online harassment. Rempel Garner says the Liberals have ha...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's opposition New Democrats have tabled legislation to declare domestic violence an epidemic in the province. Leader Claudia Chender says the bill would legislate a recommendation...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A state judge struck down North Dakota's ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. In ...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of...

FREDERICTON - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says claims by New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs that Ottawa wants to force the province to take in 4,600 asylum seekers are "largely fictitious." Mille...

LAS VEGAS - Victor Hedman has had some time to digest a seismic summer for the Tampa Bay Lightning. That doesn't make seeing his former teammate - a friend he sat beside on the plane and shared road m...

PRINCE GEORGE - A 43-year-old Prince George resident has been arrested following a string of break-and-enters. RCMP allege Allan Douglas Nigh was responsible for a series of break-and-enters to buildi...

QUBEC - Quebec wants to curb excessive tipping. Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for consumer protection, has tabled a bill to force merchants to calculate tips based on the price before tax...