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VANCOUVER - The family of a man who died in custody last week after Vancouver police used a beanbag shotgun is calling for a public inquest and systemic changes in how the department treats people on ...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut says it has confirmed the first case of avian influenza in the territory. The case was discovered by the Canadian Wildlife Service in a live thick-billed murre on Coats Isla...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - An abortion rights group on Thursday asked the Michigan Supreme Court to approve a November ballot question on whether a right to abortion should be enshrined in the state consti...

TORONTO - Blue Jays interim manager John Schneider has a simple recipe he hopes Toronto can stick to as it winds down Major League Baseball's regular season. Schneider counted off the ingredients in h...

HERNING, DENMARK - Sarah Potomak had a goal and an assist to lead Canada to a 3-0 win over Sweden in a women's world hockey championship quarterfinal Thursday. Jocelyne Larocque and Erin Ambrose also ...

TORONTO - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says he has received assurances from the Montreal Alouettes majority ownership that nothing has changed with the CFL club. Minority owner Gary Stern created a hug...

EDMONTON - Alberta celebrated its inaugural birthday party holiday with Culture Minister Ron Orr bashing the prime minster and "Laurentian elites" while asserting the province has received the short e...

Chances are you have bought many items during your trips to the local dollar store. But could the items in your basket contain high amounts of toxic chemicals?According to a new report from an environ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police of...

The Battlefords North Stars will return to action Thursday, for the second of the team's back-to-backs with the Bonnyville Pontiacs to open the pre-season.Coming off a 7-1 win over the Pontiacs in the...