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HALIFAX - A special constable facing criminal charges in an inmate's death testified she didn't notice anything unusual about the prisoner as she checked on him in his cell. Const. Cheryl Gardner told...

MONTREAL - After recording 17 organized crime-related killings in the greater Montreal area since Jan 1., Quebec and Montreal police announced Wednesday the creation of a permanent mixed squad de...

HALIFAX - A new museum exhibit was unveiled today honouring a Nova Scotia member of a famed Canada-U.S. army unit during the Second World War known as the Black Devils. Herb Peppard of Truro...

He's back in the CFL playoffs for the first time in five years, still playing at an all-star level, and has a head coach who's making him feel more than a decade younger. But even all that's...

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the government is adjusting its rules on oil production limits to give producers incentive to drill more conventional wells. Sonya Savage says, star...

NEW YORK - A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a new Trump administration rule that could open the way for more health care workers to refuse to participate in abortions or other procedures on mo...

OTTAWA - Rates of obesity and diabetes are higher among First Nations adults than in the general Canadian population, while almost half of all Indigenous families have difficulty putting eno...

OTTAWA - Almost two dozen Canadian environment groups are urging the federal Liberal government to make sure its next budget acknowledges that climate change is costing the country hundreds ...

PARIS - French actress Catherine Deneuve has had a mild stroke while filming her latest movie, the screen star's family said Wednesday. The 76-year-old Deneuve suffered a "very limited and therefore r...

TORONTO - A new survey suggests more Canadians are planning to mark Remembrance Day this year, perhaps in a salute to the few remaining veterans of the Second World War. The poll c...