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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Much has been made about how John Singleton brought the issues gripping black youth in South Central Los Angeles to mainstream audiences with his 1991 classic "Boyz N the Hood." Bu...

CALGARY - Laval football player Mathieu Betts and University of British Columbia volleyball player Kierra Van Ryk have been named Canadian university sport athletes of the year. Betts, a defensive end...

OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former envoy to Ottawa has pulled back the veil on how the previous Conservative government of Stephen Harper froze him out over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Bruce H...

The bankruptcy of a Calgary energy company that plans to walk away from thousands of gas wells may be a sign lenders are changing how they look at the industry in light of a recent Supreme C...

Toronto FC defender Drew Moor is unlikely to play this weekend in Orlando, according to coach Greg Vanney. The 35-year-old Moor, the quarterback of TFC's defence, has missed the last three games - the...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives want the RCMP to look into whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the law by accepting family vacations on the Aga Khan's private Caribbean islan...

AMERICAN FORK, Utah - A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse of a child. Sterling Van Wagenen...

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican rock band Cafe Tacvba said its instruments and other equipment were stolen and two crew members briefly detained in a highway robbery early Thursday. In a statement, the band...

OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee recommended Tuesday that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay over incendiary letters about Indigenous Peoples she posted to her website....

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and others from its main service and from Instagram, saying they violated the company's ban against hate and violence. The company said ...