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LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - A commemorative mass has begun in Lac-Mgantic, Que., to mark the 10th anniversary of the rail disaster that killed 47 people and destroyed parts of the community's downtown. Federa...

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Canada says the country's record-breaking wildfire season will continue to be abnormally intense throughout July and into August. The projections are based on anticipated hi...

MIAMI (AP) - Donald Trump's valet, Walt Nauta, made a brief court appearance Thursday as he entered a not guilty plea to charges that he helped the former president hide classified documents from fede...

FORT ST. JAMES - BC Wildfire Service crews are busy responding to a new fire located 24 kilometres south of Fort St. James.The 30-hectare lightning-caused Tsah Creek wildfire was detected Wednesday af...

OTTAWA - Northwest Territories has signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's health funding offer, which would see a $361-million boost to health funding to the territories over 10 years. The agree...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her. Cleotha A...

LONDON - Canada's Denis Shapovalov defeated Gregoire Barrere of France 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in second-round men's singles play Thursday at Wimbledon. Shapovalov, the No. 26 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont.,...

VANCOUVER - The organization that represents employers at roughly 30 strikebound ports in British Columbia says binding arbitration could end the six-day-old dispute. More than 7,000 members of the In...

BOKSBURG, South Africa (AP) - The death toll from a toxic gas leak that authorities blamed on an illegal gold processing operation in South Africa rose to 17, including three children, as police remov...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A missing 2-year-old girl was found dead in Detroit on Wednesday, authorities announced, three days after her disappearance sparked a massive search. Wynter Cole Smith's body was...