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WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Friday repeated its pledge to "act as appropriate" to sustain the current economic expansion, now the longest in U.S. history, while noting that most Fed officials ...

OTTAWA - The Liberals have quietly ended a much-touted "triage" program that aimed to redirect asylum seekers away from crowded shelters in Montreal and Toronto. The federal govern...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the...

NEW YORK - Jay-Z's business entities sued a New York City licensing firm, claiming it cheated the companies as part of a "colossal accounting scandal." The lawsuit accuses Iconix Brand Group Inc. of l...

MONCTON, N.B. - The group trying to bring a CFL team to Halifax has lowered ticket prices for a regular-season game between the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts next month in Moncton, N.B...

OTTAWA - The federal government is committing nearly $2.8 million to a project aimed at reducing workplace harassment and promoting accountable work environments. The funding will go to a project...

BANGKOK - A South Korean actress has been charged in Thailand with catching endangered giant clams while participating in a reality TV show and could face up to four years in prison if found guilty, a...

OTTAWA - The Chinese government is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of being naive in assuming that President Donald Trump did him any favours by raising the case of two imprisoned Canadians wit...

GATINEAU, Que. - A military funeral will be held Saturday for a Canadian soldier killed in a parachute-training exercise in Bulgaria. Bombardier Patrick Labrie, a six-year veteran of the Canadian Forc...

TORONTO - Playing fullback in rugby league requires a wide skill set. For Toronto Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott, a fullback is usually the fittest player on the field because of the metres he has to ...