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MONTREAL - A refugee who helped shelter whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong is calling on immigration officials to allow other members of her daughter's family to join her in Cana...

LOS ANGELES - Octavia Spencer has been a household name for almost a decade. She's won an Oscar and been nominated two more times since. And yet she has never headlined a film on her own or been first...

MONTREAL - Annette and Cecile Dionne admit they don't know much about the online world of pint-sized content creators dubbed "kidfluencers." But the sisters, who turn 85 on Tuesday, can tell you a thi...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Al-Jazeera is reporting that Qatar's prime minister will be heading to Saudi Arabia for two summits, marking the highest-level contact between the neighbouring nations si...

TORONTO - On the eve of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors, Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri took time to credit two key members of the organization sent packing last off-season. Wh...

OTTAWA - A security executive for the internet browser company Mozilla says he was shocked by the recordings of his family that were collected and retained by Amazon's popular Alexa voice-activated in...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be on Juno Beach to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day this year. His office says his trip will start on June 4 in Portsmouth, the British port ...

OTTAWA - The federal government has issued no permits for Canadian companies to ship trash overseas since regulations changed three years ago - raising questions about how waste is still ending u...

VANCOUVER - The president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union says all of his members are on the job, despite a lockout notice issued by the association representing 55 waterf...

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has ruled that SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is headed to trial on charges of fraud and corruption. The decision is the latest step in criminal proceedings that began ...