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OTTAWA - Canada's top court has issued a stern warning about allowing evidence of past sexual history in sex-assault trials, telling judges to be strict with jurors on how such details can be use...

WIMBLEDON, England - Felix Auger-Aliassime will face Vasek Pospisil in an all-Canadian first-round match at Wimbledon. In Friday's draw, the No. 19-seeded Auger-Aliassime of Montreal was placed agains...

Research into free-roaming plains bison in Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park says the herd could go extinct from overhunting in fields outside the protected area. The study, published in...

ATLANTA - A federal lawsuit filed Friday in Atlanta is the latest effort by abortion providers and advocacy groups to challenge a wave of restrictive abortion laws passed in conservative-controlled st...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court won't revive Alabama's attempt to ban the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions after the measure was blocked by lower courts. The justices on Frida...

PARIS - Thousands of schools were closed, outdoor events cancelled and volunteers were visiting the elderly at home as France and other nations battle a record-setting heat wave baking much of Europe....

FRANKFURT - Stocks have risen on expectation of more help from central banks, but an international forum of central bankers warned Sunday that monetary authorities like the global economic recovery ca...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have shown they can rally, completing last-minute comebacks to snatch points from opponents multiple times this season. Now the squad needs to prove it can win...

Five stories in the news for Friday, June 28 --- CHINESE SPY CASE TANGLED IN SECRECY SPATS The case of a Canadian man accused of trying to spy for China is once again tied up in mysteri...

VANCOUVER - A rare encounter with several juvenile bluntnose sixgill sharks in waters off Vancouver implies the population may be larger than previously thought, says a marine biologist. Chr...