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NIAMEY, Niger - Niger's security forces thwarted an attempted military coup at the West African country's presidential palace overnight just two days before the newly elected president is to be sworn ...

MONTREAL - Lawyers representing families of a Montreal-area long-term care home devastated during the pandemic's first wave say they've reached a $5.5-million settlement with the facility's owners. A ...

LONDON - Singer-songwriters Dua Lipa, Arlo Parks and Celeste lead the competition for the Brit Awards, with a trio of nominations apiece for the U.K. music prizes. The three British women were nominat...

OTTAWA - The 2021 flu season will go down in history as the epidemic that never was.By this time of the year, Canada has normally logged an average of more than 43,000 confirmed cases of influenza.But...

WASHINGTON - The first $2-trillion tranche of Joe Biden's sweeping infrastructure plan is fuelling Canadian concern about "Buy American" protectionism. The package, which the U.S. president is promoti...

TORONTO - About 100 million litres of fresh water flows west to the city of Winnipeg every day but the struggling Indigenous people who live on the shores of Shoal Lake say no benefits have ever flowe...

The two provinces hit hardest by COVID-19 are weighing stricter restrictions amid surging case counts, as health officials and politicians urge Canadians to stay home over the upcoming Easter holiday....

SEE VIDEO BELOWGetting vaccinated is the best way that we can protect ourselves and our loved ones from COVID-19. That's the message from the latest ad in Saskatchewan's Stick It To COVID campaign. Th...

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is recommending the province adopt legislation allowing authorities to quickly obtain cellphone data in missing persons cases. The recommendation is in a report released to...

Delta Air Lines, the last U.S. airline still blocking middle seats, will end that policy in May as air travel recovers and more people become vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision announced Wednes...