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NEW YORK (AP) - A New York judge sentenced the combative California lawyer Michael Avenatti to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike by threatening to use his...

MONTREAL - Members of the Montreal-area First Nations territory of Kahnawake are occupying a disputed parcel of land beside their community in order to stop a proposed housing project. The encampment,...

Toronto researchers have developed a tool they say can help doctors determine who is most likely to suffer concussion symptoms that persist months after injury. The experts hope their calculator can h...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday said the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on Aug. 31, saying "speed is safety" as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year ...

PRINCE GEORGE - A trio of Prince George Cougars will be putting their skills to the test when they head to Hockey Canada's Under-18 Team Summer Development Camp. Defenceman Keaton Dowhaniuk and forwar...

OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the latest variant of interest in the COVID-19 pandemic has popped up in Canada in small numbers. Tam says the Lambda variant first identified...

WINNIPEG - Three human rights complaints have been filed against the federal government alleging systemic discrimination and a failure to provide proper services to First Nations adults with disabilit...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says extending a pandemic measure designed to avoid layoffs at companies will cost the federal treasury almost $600 million over three years. Most of the extr...

OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul has begun to unveil her "shadow cabinet" nine months into her tenure. Paul revealed seven names Wednesday evening, with plans to roll out the rest this week. Neither...

HALIFAX - Four days after Nova Scotia's premier revealed he was convicted of drunk driving as a young man, Iain Rankin faced more questions today about his record and whether members of his caucus had...