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PLYMOUTH, Mass. - Actor Donnie Wahlberg recently left a $2,020 tip at a Massachusetts restaurant, continuing his habit of leaving generous gratuities to brighten the days of wait staff. The "Band of B...

WASHINGTON - Jay Clayton, a former Wall Street lawyer who has headed the Securities and Exchange Commission as the financial markets' top regulator during the Trump administration, is leaving the posi...

MONTREAL - Atikamekw leaders in Quebec are calling on the provincial and federal governments to adopt a series of measures to ensure Indigenous people have equitable access to health and social servic...

OTTAWA - The Liberals are preparing to cede some ground on the WE Charity affair, which has been mired in filibusters and duelling committee motions for nearly two months. Government House leader Pabl...

TORONTO - Dan Near and his team at Adidas saw the numbers and were brainstorming about how to proceed. The NHL had just released a survey on fans' favourite all-time jersey designs, and 22 of the top-...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not examine the rejection of a class-action suit against the founder of Just for Laughs. A group of women known as "Les Courageuses" has pursued legal action ...

GENEVA - The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including at least one cluster of infections, an internal email obtained by The A...

FREDERICTON - Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Matthew Raymond, the Fredericton man accused of murder in the shooting deaths of four people in the city two years ago.Crown prosecutors an...

OTTAWA - The Chinese government is firing back at Canada's ambassador to the United Nations for calling on the UN to investigate whether China's persecution of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in its Xinjiang pr...

For the second time this month, there's promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavir...