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HALIFAX - Experts say the deaths of the seven Barho children in a ferocious Halifax house fire last week could lead to new fire safety measures and changes to the country's building code. Ph...

CHICAGO - R&B singer R. Kelly's attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Monday as the singer faces multiple charges of sexual abuse in Chicago. Kelly, one of the bestselling mus...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's NDP leader has quit, after the party decided over the weekend to hold a leadership convention to replace her. Jennifer McKenzie issued a statement saying her resignation ...

OTTAWA - Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says Canadians should be outraged that Liberal politicians made any attempt to influence the outcome of a criminal case. Scheer is introducing a mo...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens made a minor deal ahead of Monday's NHL trade deadline, acquiring Jordan Weal from the Arizona Coyotes for fellow centre Michael Chaput. The 26-year-old Weal has four...

AGRIMEX, the Battlefords Home, Trade, and Farm Show will be April 4th, 5th and 6th at the North Battleford Exhibition Grounds. All NEW EXHIBITORS will receive 25% OFF the regular booth prices! Call 30...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Canada's Milos Raonic lost 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in a first-round upset at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday. The seventh-seeded ...

BARRIE, Ont. - Authorities say a major highway in southern Ontario has been closed in both directions to deal with a collision involving dozens of vehicles. Ontario Provincial Police say a stretc...

LOS ANGELES - Members of the team behind "Green Book" were amazed and thrilled it was crowned best picture at the Academy Awards despite the controversy that has dogged the segregation-era road-trip d...

OTTAWA - One of the country's biggest civil service unions says the upcoming federal budget must include money to launch the replacement of the disastrous Phoenix pay system. The Professional Institut...