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HALIFAX - Not long ago, Prince Albert Raiders coach Marc Habscheid would lead his team out to a near empty building for a Western Hockey League game.  Sometimes his players were even ridiculed by...

NEW DELHI - At least 17 teenage students were killed in a fire that broke out Friday in a tutoring centre in the western Indian city of Surat, police said. Police officer Praveen Chaudhary said more t...

LONDON - The first day of school can be stressful but Princess Charlotte will have her older brother to lean on if necessary. Kensington Palace said Friday that 4-year-old Charlotte will join her brot...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A federal lawsuit filed Friday asks a judge to block an Alabama law that outlaws almost all abortions, the most far-reaching attempt by a conservative state to seek new restrictions...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Canadians are increasingly concerned about how to pay for the care of aging baby boomers - and fearful that seniors will have to pay out of their own pockets, according to a surve...

TORONTO - The CFL and its players have ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement. The league and the CFL Players' Association confirmed the deal with a joint press release on Wednesday...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A three-judge panel of Kenya's High Court has upheld sections of the country's penal code that criminalize same-sex relations. The judges' unanimous ruling on Friday disappointed Keny...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada has offered a sobering assessment of the Canadian Forces' four-year war on sexual misconduct, suggesting in a new report Wednesday that the military has made only minimal pr...

WINNIPEG - Thousands of Cher's fans grumbled with disappointment on Tuesday night after the pop diva unexpectedly cancelled her Winnipeg show while they were already inside the arena. Nearly an hour a...

LONDON - British Steel Ltd has been ordered into liquidation as it struggles with industry-wide troubles and Brexit, threatening 5,000 workers and another 20,000 jobs in the supply chain. The company ...