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VANCOUVER - Transit workers in Metro Vancouver have begun labour disruptions  following the breakdown of contract talks and the union is warning that commuters could feel the effects ve...

OTTAWA - A coalition of climate-change advocates is urging the new Parliament to prevent anxieties in the oilpatch from threatening progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Climate...

COLDBROOK, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia are investigating after a parent reported finding an edible cannabis product among their child's Halloween candy. RCMP say the parent from Coldbrook, N.S.,...

TORONTO - Clearer regulations around seatbelts are needed to reduce the risk of death or injury in accidents like a helicopter crash that killed four men nearly two years ago, the federal transpo...

OTTAWA - Courts in Quebec and British Columbia have ordered recounts in two ridings where the runners-up are hoping a review could snatch victory from the jaws of ever-so-narrow defeat. And there may ...

MONTREAL - The Desjardins Group data theft is much larger than first thought, affecting 4.2 million members - up from the 2.9 million first reported in June. The new number represents the en...

WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing output dropped for the third straight month in October as trade tensions and a slowing global economy took a toll on American factories. The Institute for Supply Manage...

Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller first noticed Olivia Smith last year when he travelled with the Canadian youth teams. Now the 15-year-old midfielder is going to get a closer look with his...

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean President Sebastin Piera said Wednesday that he is cancelling two major international summits so he can respond to protracted nationwide protests over economic inequality tha...

WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending rose 0.5% in September, boosted by government and private residential projects. The Commerce Department said Friday that government construction rose 1.5% durin...