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OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says dental benefits for Indigenous people should be improved if the new national dental insurance plan offers better or more accessible services. The Liberals ha...

WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is warning of the dangers of a global "race to the bottom" as government spending fuels the growth of the new green economy. Freeland issued the "polite...

BROOKS, AB - Brooks RCMP apprehended a man in Rolling Hills, Alta. following an alleged assault near the hamlet last week.RCMP say on April 5 they located the suspect hiding in the attic of a residenc...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada announced today that it will continue to hold its key interest rate steady at 4.5 per cent, as was widely anticipated by economists.The central bank says recent data is rei...

Once again, Tyson Philpot will play football minus a brother. The Montreal Alouettes receiver spent his rookie campaign without his twin brother, Jalen, a receiver with the Calgary Stampeders. The two...

NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets defenceman Neal Pionk was fined $5,000 on Wednesday for cross-checking Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Johansson. The incident occurred at 19:10 of the third period of Tuesday n...

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say a teenager has died from his injuries after he was stabbed while aboard a transit bus in the city. Police say it happened just before 9:30 Tuesday night. Inves...

Hayley Wickenheiser, Tessa Virtue and Clara Hughes are among dozens of former Canadian Olympians banned from entering Russia for signing a statement encouraging the removal of Russian athletes from ne...

MONTREAL - The weeklong power outages across Quebec after the April 5 ice storm are raising questions about the resilience of the province's electrical grid. Franois Bouffard, an electrical engineerin...

TORONTO - Costa Smyrniotis, who helped build Forge FC into a championship franchise, is joining the Canadian Premier League as executive vice-president, soccer. Smyrniotis, who served as director of f...