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HALIFAX - A proposal to build a 24,000-seat stadium for a potential Halifax CFL franchise has been updated by the business group fronting the idea after it was nearly quashed by municipal politic...

TORONTO - Auston Matthews issued an apology after a charge of disorderly conduct and disruptive behaviour against the Toronto Maple Leafs centre was dismissed in his hometown of Sc...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump released the rough transcript Friday of a congratulatory phone call he had with the incoming president of Ukraine, holding it out as evidence he did nothing wrong. ...

WASHINGTON - For all the talk about Ukraine in the House impeachment inquiry, there's a character standing just off-stage with a dominant role in this tale of international intrigue: Russia. As has so...

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's most important political parties agreed Friday to call for a new constitution to replace one imposed by a military dictatorship almost 40 years ago, a move that follows a mon...

HALIFAX - It was almost three years ago that Lionel Desmond - a deeply disturbed Afghan war veteran diagnosed with PTSD - bought a rifle and headed to his modest home in rural Nova Scotia. As night fe...

OTTAWA - Whether or not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffles her to a new cabinet post on Wednesday, Chrystia Freeland's imprint on Canada's foreign policy will remain visible for some time to come,...

LONDON - British police are unveiling new tactics to protect politicians amid the country's fraught, even hostile political atmosphere, issuing safety recommendations for candidates running in the cou...

OTTAWA - The ripples from Venezuela's collapse are shifting Canada's Western Hemisphere neighbourhood, creating major long-term costs for the new Liberal minority government. South America's bord...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's state oil giant Saudi Aramco is going to sell a 1.5% stake in its company on Riyadh's stock exchange. That's according to documents released on Sunday by the comp...