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PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have added to their blueline corp, announcing the acquisition of defenceman Charlie Banquier from the Odessa Jackalopes of the North American Hockey Leag...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer is recommending that changes to the law be made to combat foreign interference in elections and the spread of misinformation. Stphane Perrault is calling for ...

OTTAWA - Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro, who teamed up for three Canadian pairs titles, have retired from competitive figure skating. The 29-year-old Moore-Towers, from St. Catharines, Ont....

OTTAWA - Canada's Governor General and Air Canada's CEO were connected to an explosion of complaints to the official languages commissioner in the past year. Commissioner Raymond Thberge released his ...

VICTORIA - A death-panel report is calling for a co-ordinated heat-alert system in British Columbia to prevent loss of life in hot-weather emergencies similar to the event last summer that resulted in...

MONTREAL - A Quebec Court of Appeal judge is allowing ex-construction boss Tony Accurso to remain free on bail while he appeals his fraud conviction to the Supreme Court of Canada. Accurso received a ...

A defrocked Oblate priest who has been convicted of dozens of horrendous sexual crimes against Inuit children is now out on parole. Eric Dejaeger had been sentenced to 19 years for crimes committed be...

HALIFAX - The inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia has revealed two new RCMP miscues that delayed a warning to the public that the killer was driving a replica police car. In both cases,...

MONTREAL - Canadian Olympian Marie-Philip Poulin has scored a front-office position with the Montreal Canadiens. The National Hockey League club announced Tuesday that Poulin, a four-time Olympic meda...

MOSCOW -- The Russian parliament has passed a set of laws allowing Moscow not to comply with the top European human rights court's rulings. The move on Tuesday formalized the broken ties between Russi...