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WASHINGTON - Growth in the U.S. economy's vast services sector slowed sharply in September to its lowest point in three years, suggesting that the Trump administration's trade conflicts and rising unc...

TORONTO - On the eve of their promotion showdown with Featherstone Rovers, the Toronto Wolfpack have got the green light to join the Super League if they win Saturday's Million Pound Game. T...

UPPER KINGSCLEAR, N.B. - What Andrew Scheer bills as innovative policy ideas are in fact deeply rooted in basic conservative fundamentals. Before Thursday, at least nine of the Conservatives' mai...

MONTREAL - A re-elected Liberal government would expand Canadians' eligibility for medically assisted dying with legislation to bring the law into line with a recent court ruling, Liberal Leader Justi...

HALIFAX - The last Sable Island horse in captivity - a stocky, chestnut-coloured male with no name - has died. The 30-year-old animal, which was in declining health, was ...

NEW YORK - A man wielding a long metal object rampaged through New York City early Saturday attacking sleeping homeless people, killing four and leaving a fifth in critical condition. New York Police ...

PARIS - A civilian employee raged through Paris police headquarters with a knife Thursday, stabbing four police colleagues to death before he was shot and killed, French authorities said. The man, a t...

NEW YORK - Twitter and YouTube have removed a video from President Donald Trump that featured an edited Nickelback music video clip that took aim at former Vice-President Joe Biden. Both a Twitter pos...

KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ugandan pop star and opposition figure whose trademark red beret has been banned by the government is urging supporters to defy the order that he calls a "sham." The beret worn b...

BEIJING - Bianca Andreescu's next test figures to be one of her biggest challenges of the year. The Canadian tennis star set up a quarterfinal showdown with Japan's Naomi Osaka on Friday by winni...