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OTTAWA - Leslyn Lewis, who finished in a strong third place in the Conservative leadership race after entering as an unknown, will run for the party in the next election. Lewis spoke with new Con...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it won't recommend Quebecers download the federal COVID-19 contact tracing smartphone application - at least for now. Eric Caire, minister responsi...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa will be there to help First Nations schools protect against COVID-19 following calls for more dedicated funding. The Nishnawbe Aski Nation...

OTTAWA - A senior Bank of Canada official says that many Canadians believe that official inflation measures don't reflect the rising costs they face. Deputy governor Lawrence Schembri said Tuesday the...

Plenty of questions persist, but veteran Woodbine trainer Roger Attfield's plan remains to run Shirl's Speight in the Kentucky Derby next month. The Derby is slated for Sept. ...

VICTORIA - Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says 175 people fatally overdosed in British Columbia last month -- up 136 per cent from the same month last year. Lapointe says access to harm-reduction service...

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials announced Tuesday that the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is scheduled for next week, carrying American and Israeli delegations to Abu ...

OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada survey suggests that while the vast majority of Canadians would get a COVID-19 vaccine if and when it becomes available, more than one in 10 likely would not. The surv...

TORONTO - Offensive lineman Dakoda Shepley opted out of his CFL contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Tuesday to pursue NFL opportunities. The six-foot-four, 310-pound native of Wind...

RICHMOND, Va. - Jerry Falwell Jr. said Tuesday that he has resigned as head of evangelical Liberty University because of ongoing controversies about his wife's sexual involvement with a younger busine...