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HALIFAX - A former Halifax transit worker is seeking more than $1.4 million after a human rights inquiry found his workplace was rife with racist bullying. “He suffered severe and devastati...

TORONTO - A world champion runner from the Six Nations of the Grand River is the star of today’s Google Doodle. Anyone searching on the popular site will be met with a graphic of Tom Longboat ru...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia issued its first driver’s licenses to 10 women on Monday as the kingdom prepared to lift the world’s only ban on women driving in three weeks, bu...

BERLIN - German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG said Monday that it plans to complete its purchase of U.S. seed and weed-killer maker Monsanto Co. this week after receiving all the required approvals ...

OTTAWA - After a stellar season that included two Olympic medals and a world championship title, Canadian figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond is taking a break. The 22-year-old from Marystown, N.L., announce...

TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal premier is making last-ditch efforts to warn voters away from electing a majority NDP or Progressive Conservative government, after admitting over the weekend that he...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s government used “ableist” reasoning when it closed a program that provided supported housing for people with intellectual disabilities, a natio...

TORONTO - If Emily Daigle had wanted to watch Ontario make history when it passed Canada’s first accessibility law in 2005, she would have had to do so from afar thanks to the lack of wheelchair...

HALIFAX - A 47-year-old man charged in an aggravated sex assault near the Halifax Commons has a long history of sexual violence and had earlier prompted a warning to the public about his ...

MONTREAL - In a bitter, resentful and defiant speech, Martine Ouellet announced Monday she will step down as head of the Bloc Quebecois in the wake of a crushing defeat in a leader...