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LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in a Showtime series under development about America's first ladies. Davis also is an executive producer on the project, which Showtime said ...

MONTREAL - A pilot project that analyzed wastewater in five major urban centres suggests Canadians' drug use varies from city to city. For example, the analysis by Statistics ...

Medicine Hat, AB- Medicine Hat Police Services are investigating a possible animal cruelty case after remains of one male cat, two newborn kittens, and partial remains of a third kitten were found in ...

It seems CFL players Derek Dennis and Richie Leone have long memories. Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris was suspended for two games Monday following a positive drug test. That prompted bo...

PITTSBURGH - Federal prosecutors want a man accused of killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue to face a death sentence. The U.S. attorney's office in Pittsburgh filed a notice of intent Monday to...

OTTAWA - Canadians will be asked this fall to choose between moving forward with the Liberals or getting ahead with the Conservatives. But while they both seem to be urging vo...

NEW YORK - Second-seeded Ash Barty overcame a slow start and a shaky serve to survive a first-round scare on a packed opening day of the U.S. Open. Barty, the French Open champion, amassed 36 unforced...

MIAMI - It's two hours before kickoff, and in the Fox TV truck, a large screen shows logos of the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Miami Dolphins and this season's Super Bowl. Talk about fantasy football. Th...

AURORA, Ont. - Brooke Henderson was off to a rough start at the CP Women's Open, struggling to read the swirling winds at Magna Golf Club. She had started the day in a three-way tie for third, just th...

SURREY, B.C. - At the end of a tranquil cul-de-sac in a pleasant neighbourhood, a tall stucco house overlooks a well-kept lawn and lush flowerbeds. The home is in the Metro Vancouver city of Surr...