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OTTAWA - The federal government has postponed a long-awaited update to Canada's corporate-misconduct provisions, including changes that could help SNC-Lavalin avoid being barred from lucrative federal...

JACKSON, Miss. - In the Washington political scene of bombast and big egos, Republican Thad Cochran of Mississippi wielded power with a quiet, gentlemanly demeanour. He played piano in his Capitol Hil...

VANCOUVER - A newborn calf in a southern resident killer whale pod has been spotted in the waters around Tofino, British Columbia. Department of Fisheries and Oceans marine mammal co-ordinator Pa...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says it is "unfortunate" that a disagreement with the Philippines about Canadian garbage became an international diplomatic incident but she hopes it's ...

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire, which hasn't executed anyone in 80 years and has only one inmate on death row, on Thursday became the latest state to abolish the death penalty when the state Senate vot...

JACKSON, Miss. - In 1890, as white politicians across the South cracked down on the black population with Jim Crow laws, Mississippi inserted into its constitution an unusually high bar for getting el...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government launched a wide-ranging independent commission Thursday to look into youth protection in the province, prompted by the death last month of a seven-...

CFL Pre-seasonCalgary 37 Saskatchewan 1Winnipeg 20 Edmonton 3MLBAmerican LeagueN.Y. Yankees 4 Boston 1Minnesota 5 Tampa Bay 3Texas 6 Kansas City 2Chicago White Sox 6 Cleveland 1Houston 3 Oakland 2Seat...

VILNIUS, Lithuania - In Lithuania, the rat race of life apparently starts early. Twenty-five babies have taken to the red carpet in Lithuania in a crawling race as their parents, grandparents and onlo...

Canadian John Urschel is loving life after the NFL. It's been nearly two years since the six-foot-three, 300-pound offensive guard retired after just three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. Ursc...