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OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly has announced a fifth package of economic sanctions against Iran as the country continues its crackdown on human-rights protesters. Joly said in a stateme...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says she doesn't believe there's a need for the "heavy hand" of a mask mandate. Dr. Bonnie Henry says while influenza cases are up, 90 per cent ...

TORONTO - Kyle Lowry says coming "home" to Toronto will always be tough. The former Raptors guard talked about the emotional roller-coaster of returning to city he called home for nine years ahead of ...

OTTAWA - The federal minister of families, children and social development says the government is looking for feedback on the creation of a national school food policy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau t...

The Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre (BDFRC) is getting ready to launch its Empty Stocking Fund for the holiday season. Through the program, families in need will receive Christmas hamper...

Toronto Mayor John Tory is backing a plan to allow local restaurants and bars to serve alcohol earlier than usual during the FIFA World Cup. The mayor says he will ask city councillors next week to ap...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Gunmen opened fire in a bazaar in the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding civilians and security forces, state ...

MONTREAL - Former Parti Qubcois leader Andr Boisclair has been denied his first chance at parole after serving one-sixth of his sentence for sex crimes. Boisclair was sentenced in July to two years in...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Mitch McConnell was reelected as Republican leader Wednesday, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the Senate GOP campaign chief criticized over his party's mid...

REGINA - It's a scenario McLeod Bethel-Thompson has lived before. The Toronto quarterback had a front-row seat five years ago when an upstart Argonauts squad registered a huge Grey Cup upset. Veteran ...