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ST-LAZARE, Man. - A top CN executive telephoned a Manitoba rancher on Monday to apologize after one of the company's trains derailed and spilled oil on his land. "CN executive vice...

MONTREAL - Two Quebecers suffering from incurable degenerative diseases are arguing that laws governing medical assistance in dying are unconstitutional and that legislators exceeded their powers by s...

SYDNEY, N.S. - Longtime skip Russ Howard wasn't expecting to embark on a long television broadcasting career when he first entered the booth nearly two decades ago.  "In 2001, we lost t...

VANCOUVER - Rescuers intend to make another attempt to find a snowshoer who has been missing since an avalanche in the backcountry of Vancouver's North Shore. North Shore Rescue team leader ...

According to Lonely Planet, La Chorrera is famous throughout Panama for its chicheme - a sweet non-alcoholic drink made from milk, mashed corn, cinnamon and vanilla. "It's not really worth a stop...

Ottawa is taking extra steps to find out if Canadians are still OK with killing wildlife in what one scientist calls "one of the worst ways to die on earth." Health Canada's Pest Management Review Age...

OTTAWA - Canada will not sign on to an amendment to an international treaty that could bar three dozen countries from shipping any kind of garbage, even recyclables, to the developing world. The ...

NEW YORK - Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov, St. Louis Blues right-wing Vladimir Tarasenko and Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby are the NHL's three stars of the week. Kucher...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Refusing to back down amid a mounting battle over Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, the government of President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday that it will hold its own huge conce...

Georges St-Pierre, a two-division UFC champion who put mixed martial arts on the map in Canada, is retiring.  The UFC has scheduled a "special press conference" with St-Pierre for Thursday at Mon...