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OTTAWA - The federal government is launching a review of the Official Languages Act, saying it is time to modernize the decades-old law. The 1969 law enshrined Canadians' right to recei...

OTTAWA - A failed Conservative candidate from the 2015 federal election has been charged with stealing more than $5,000 from campaign coffers. The federal public prosecution service has charged&n...

AUSTIN, Texas - A big chunk of the 2020 Democratic field began making Texas an unlikely early-state stop Saturday and pushed back on big tech in front of young, social-media savvy crowds in a city whe...

OTTAWA - The international economic group that oversees a global anti-bribery convention says it's monitoring the allegations that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau interfered in a criminal prosecuti...

MONTREAL - Canada's two largest airlines say they are confident in the safety of the Boeing 737 aircraft after a fatal crash on Sunday involving an Ethiopian Airlines flight. The accident, w...

MILWAUKEE - Democrats selected Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention Monday, setting up the party's 2020 standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old indust...

Sunday's GamesSJHLWeyburn 2, Flin Flon 6Flin Flon wins 2-0Yorkton 1, Notre Dame 5Series tied at 1SMAAAHLBlazers 6, PA 4Blazers win series 3-2SFMAAAHLBattlefords 1, Swift Current 2 (OT)Swift Current wi...

KINSHASA, Congo - Heavily armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment centre in the heart of eastern Congo's deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police officer killed and health workers injur...

JERUSALEM - Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot has come to the rescue of a fellow Israeli celebrity in a spat with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gadot, who typically shies away from politics, is rallyin...

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees says one of its Canadian-born employees was among the victims of the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane. The UNHCR has identified the...