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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard University's famed Hasty Pudding theatre troupe has named actor and director Elizabeth Banks as the group's 2020 Woman of the Year. The troupe's leaders made the announcemen...

TORONTO - Ontarians have placed more than 32,000 orders for iodide pills in the two days following a false alarm about an incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. Ontario Power Generation say...

WASHINGTON - Bernie Sanders, the gesticulating, septuagenarian senator with the fixation on Canada's universal health-care system, seems to have caught the attention of Democrats i...

CYPRESS COUNTY - Redcliff RCMP spent the night at a location south of Medicine Hat but are not yet able to give any information as to why they were there.RCMP are currently stationed at the south end ...

TORONTO - The unintended release of an Ontario-wide alert about an "incident" at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station on Sunday has sparked a provincial investigation ...

Environmental groups are applauding international shippers and shipping companies that have voluntarily promised to stay away from controversial Arctic routes. "We were really excited to get this...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Serena Williams ended a three-year title drought when she beat fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win the singles final at the ASB Classic. Williams hadn't wo...

MELBOURNE, Australia - Smoke haze and poor air quality caused by wildfires temporarily suspended practice sessions for the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, but qualifying began later in t...

WASHINGTON - The Capitals have signed Nicklas Backstrom for the long term, agreeing to a $46 million, five-year contract extension on Tuesday. The deal through the 2024-25 season carries a $9.2 millio...

BEIJING - A bus plunged into a sinkhole on a city street in northwestern China, killing at least six people and leaving four missing, authorities said. Some 1,000 emergency workers and 30 vehicles wer...