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OTTAWA - The commissioner of the National Hockey League hit back Wednesday at the notion of banning any kind of head contact in hockey, telling a parliamentary panel that such a rule would be impossib...

Major television networks are hitting far more lows than highs in tapping into Asian American talent, according to a study released Wednesday by the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition. The advocac...

NEW YORK - When Cheslie Kryst won the Miss USA crown, it marked more than a personal triumph: It meant that for the first time, three black women are the reigning Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss Amer...

MONTREAL - CBC president Catherine Tait says the public broadcaster must continue looking for new commercial revenue streams in order to protect it from the whims of politicians. Tait t...

OTTAWA - Women in federally regulated workplaces may soon find free menstrual products under a government proposal made public Friday. The government proposes to put menstrual products, such as t...

Two major Canadian tourist attractions are sending beluga whales outside the country as a new federal law looms that would ban exports on marine mammals, The Canadian Press has learned. Fisheries and ...

OTTAWA - Export Development Canada is declaring itself a leading defender of human rights, but workers groups and advocates say the Crown agency's long-awaited new policy falls well sho...

DOHA, Qatar - Caster Semenya raised a fist to the crowd when her name was called, then easily won what could be the last 800-meter race for the Olympic champion. She responded to her defeat in a landm...

OTTAWA - Canada's director of public prosecutions is firing a new volley at SNC-Lavalin that could hobble the company's ongoing legal fight for a special settlement agreement over ...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says domestic dithering about climate action could put France's support for the Canada-Europe free-trade agreement at risk. McKenna is on...