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OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations that Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido did not disclose that the Law Society of B.C. took control of his law fir...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons health committee is calling on the federal government to investigate the problem of coerced or forced sterilization of women in Canada. The committee has s...

OTTAWA - A spokeswoman for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says an event designed to be a constituency open house was mistakenly identified as a campaign event in an email. Melanie Richer says the party reco...

TORONTO - Caroline Wozniacki's father used to tell her not to whine whenever she had to face an opponent with a hard serve during her junior career. It could be worse, the then pre-teen...

GILLAM, Man. - RCMP in Manitoba have found several items linked to two suspects wanted for killings in British Columbia. Mounties would not disclose what the items are but said they were discovered on...

MONTREAL - When you've played alongside Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry and Francesco Totti, anything else may feel like a step down. But that's not how Bojan Krkic sees his move to Major League Soccer. T...

TOKYO - Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as markets calmed after China's decision to stabilize its currency. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 0.8% to 20,421.93. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 ...

TORONTO - Kelly Olynyk will miss about a week of the Canadian men's basketball camp with a bruised knee. The Miami Heat centre slipped and fell hard on the knee in Wednes...

OTTAWA - Canada's new rebate program to help make electric cars cheaper appears to be showing early signs of stimulating sales but mostly in the two provinces that require a minimum number of electric...

NEW YORK - A New York City judge rejected actor Cuba Gooding Jr.'s request to have his groping case thrown out. Judge Phyllis Chu said in a written ruling this week that conflicting accounts of the ac...