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OTTAWA - The federal minister of families, children and social development says the government is looking for feedback on the creation of a national school food policy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau t...

Toronto Mayor John Tory is backing a plan to allow local restaurants and bars to serve alcohol earlier than usual during the FIFA World Cup. The mayor says he will ask city councillors next week to ap...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Gunmen opened fire in a bazaar in the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding civilians and security forces, state ...

MONTREAL - Former Parti Qubcois leader Andr Boisclair has been denied his first chance at parole after serving one-sixth of his sentence for sex crimes. Boisclair was sentenced in July to two years in...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Mitch McConnell was reelected as Republican leader Wednesday, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the Senate GOP campaign chief criticized over his party's mid...

REGINA - It's a scenario McLeod Bethel-Thompson has lived before. The Toronto quarterback had a front-row seat five years ago when an upstart Argonauts squad registered a huge Grey Cup upset. Veteran ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Liberal Party members have voted to change the party's name to BC United. Leader Kevin Falcon says 80 per cent of the voters who cast a ballot were in favour of the name ch...

PRINCE GEORGE - Human remains have been discovered on Connaught Hill. RCMP say they were discovered by a member of the public last month. Police say they are those of Donna Charlie, the victim of a 19...

REGINA - Mike O'Shea isn't letting his contract status enter his thought process as his Winnipeg Blue Bombers prepare to earn a third straight Grey Cup championship. O'Shea, the CFL's longest-tenured ...

NANAIMO - A test of Canada's emergency alert system will take place Wednesday.Phones will buzz and alerts will air on television and radio on Wednesday, Nov 16 at 1:55 p.m. to test the national Alert ...