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TORONTO - The Pattison Canadian International has been included on Woodbine's 2021 thoroughbred stakes schedule. The turf race was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is scheduled to ...

There's a lot of education involved to try and understand the speculative trading that has taken the American economy by surprise this week, especially if stock markets aren't your thing.Riley Sittler...

BERLIN - The head of Germany's financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganized in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment systems provider Wirecard, the fina...

BEIJING - The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Lai Xiaomin of ...

LOS ANGELES - Cicely Tyson was a Black actor who knocked down doors so other women of colour could walk through them. With dignified grace, Tyson strategically selected powerful roles with an intent t...

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada's women's team pursuit speedskating squad has captured gold at a World Cup for the second week in a row, while the Canadian men's squad earned silver. Ottawa's Ivanie ...

OTTAWA - American pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson says its vaccine is very good at preventing people from being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19. The vaccine is the first to use just a sin...

Montreal police are releasing little information today after an officer on Thursday was allegedly disarmed and injured following a traffic stop. Police had initially said on Thursday that one of their...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) - At St. Brigid Catholic Church, the Rev. Kenneth Keke preaches that the gospel of Jesus Christ is not only about eternity, but about "having a human face, loving one another." Keke'...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes declined slightly for the fourth straight month, but it was still a record high for December. The National Association of...