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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...

OTTAWA - At least one Canadian-based company is optimistic about its prospects in Saudi Arabia, a bullishness that comes as businesses fret about their future in the kingdom following a...

Meghan Duggan need only look around sports to get excited about what an NHL-run women's hockey league might look like. The NBA did it with the WNBA. Soccer leagues in Europe and the U.S. have done it....

Meghan Duggan need only look around sports to get excited about what an NHL-run women's hockey league might look like. The NBA did it with the WNBA. Soccer leagues in Europe and the U.S. have done it....

OTTAWA - Women who are victims of violence are being turned away from shelters across Canada due to a chronic lack of resources and funding, according to two new national studies, ...

OTTAWA - Federal environment minister Catherine McKenna is calling a Saskatchewan court decision in favour of the federal carbon tax a win for future generations. In a 3-2 decision today, the Sas...

PRINCE GEORGE - Lou Ferrigno is well known around the world for playing the character The Incredible Hulk. Ferrigno is in the city making an appearance at the annual Northern Fancon to meet his fans. ...