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VANCOUVER - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a New Democrat government would allow new parents to condense their employment-insurance benefits so they can take shorter parental leaves while still re...

FREDERICTON - The hearing to determine if Matthew Raymond is fit to stand trial on four counts of first-degree murder continues today in Fredericton. Raymond is accused of killing Fredericton pol...

PRINCE GEORGE-High marks once again for the University of Northern BC, placing second behind Mount Allison, in the Primarily Undergraduate category of Maclean's Magazine's annual ranking of Canadian U...

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - Toronto-area mayors welcomed Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's plan to give municipalities the authority to ban handguns, but they said the proposal does not go far enough to staun...

HALIFAX - A group of environmental activists is planning to try and shut down some of Canada's busiest bridges on Monday by having protesters lie down in traffic lanes. The group's targets includ...

TORONTO - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising a leaner foreign policy by taking away aid funding from countries he says don't need it or don't deserve it, and spending the money&n...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets will soon find out if dealing with some early adversity has harmed or helped them. Training camp started without restricted free-agent goal scorers Patrik Laine and Kyle C...

England has beaten Canada to the punch in enlisting Fikayo Tomori, Chelsea's Calgary-born centre back. England coach Gareth Southgate has called up the 21-year-old for Euro qualifying matches aga...

TORONTO - Three former students of a prestigious Toronto private school have pleaded guilty in a sex assault scandal that rocked the institution.  The teens, who attended St. Micha...

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer says he is personally against abortion, but promised a Conservative government under his leadership would not reopen the debate. His political rivals pushed the Conservative lea...