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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is formally lifting the nation's refugee cap to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in lifting former President Donald Trump's limit...

OTTAWA - Targeting the Canadian chapter of the Proud Boys with anti-terror legislation has led to the group's apparent demise, but a leading expert says it might have little effect on the broader far-...

OTTAWA - Federal politicians say they are open to changing the way witnesses are treated at parliamentary committees after some sexual violence survivors and advocates say they felt angered and, in so...

MONTREAL - A commission investigating Quebec's youth protection system released its final report today, calling on the government to create a charter of children's rights. The commission's 552-page re...

CALGARY - Stress levels of the host team rose Monday at the women's world curling championship in Calgary. Canada's Kerri Einarson was dangerously close to missing the playoffs with a fourth straight ...

YELLOWKNIFE - All schools in Yellowknife have been closed after eight cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at an elementary school over the weekend. The chief public health officer for the Northwest Terri...

CALGARY - The Western Hockey League announced today that Prince George Cougars goaltender Taylor Gauthier has been named WHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending May 2, 2021.Gauthier, a 20-year-...

Bobby Unser, who began racing jalopies in New Mexico and went on to become a beloved three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and part of the only pair of brothers to capture "The Greatest Spectacle ...

WASHINGTON - In a potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military, the nation's top general says he is dropping his opposition to a proposal to take decisions...

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city's police chief - moves that the mayor said ...