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PARK CITY, Utah - In its third major buy of the Sundance Film Festival, Amazon Studios has acquired the world rights for the inspirational comedy "Brittany Runs a Marathon " for $14 million. Deadline ...

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - A new documentary called "Gaza" is hitting the screens at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival this week, providing a colorful glimpse of life in the blockaded Hamas-ru...

PHILADELPHIA - A powerful union boss who has long held a tight grip on construction jobs in the Philadelphia region and wielded political power in the city and Statehouse has been indicted on embezzle...

OTTAWA - The federal government is creating a new mechanism to warn Canadians if malicious actors try to manipulate the outcome of this fall's election. It is establishing a "critical election inciden...

VANCOUVER - A dehydrated, severely underweight northern fur seal pup is being treated at a rescue centre in Vancouver after being scooped from the waters off the northeast coast of Vancouver Isla...

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A clarion call has gone out in Moose Jaw, Sask., to repair a more than century-old bell that sits atop the city hall clock tower and some day make it&n...

Halifax has become the second Canadian city to declare a climate emergency. Council voted Tuesday to pass a mostly symbolic acknowledgment that climate change is a serious and urgent threat....

TORONTO - Rising star Bianca Andreescu headlines Canada's roster for next week's Fed Cup World Group II first-round tie against the Netherlands. Tennis Canada says she'll be joined by Rebecca Mar...

OTTAWA - Unco-operative provincial governments have been making the effort to get more infrastructure dollars into Canada's cities a challenge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. Trudeau, whos...

HAVANA - Neighbourhood brigades and teams of government workers hacked at fallen trees and hauled chunks of concrete out of collapsed homes Monday as the Cuban capital attempted to recover from what o...