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OTTAWA - Outrage over a sympathizer of Syria's President Bashar Assad's having been approved as that country's honorary consul in Montreal emerged on the federal campaign trail Tuesday as the governme...

MONTREAL - Matt Shiltz will replace the suspended Vernon Adams Jr. as starting quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes in the team's next game. Shiltz gets the call on Saturday in B.C., against the Lio...

OTTAWA - The slumping Ottawa Redblacks plan to use two quarterbacks for their next game. Head coach Rick Campbell says Dominique Davis and Jonathon Jennings both will see time on Saturday when Ottawa ...

Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur underwent heart surgery on Thursday, the NHL club has confirmed. The 68-year-old native of Thurso, Que., played in 1,126 career NHL games from 1971 to 1991, regis...

OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Sept. 11. Liberal...

CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people. A statement of claim says Ryan Watson entered Edouard Maurice's prope...

Two of the three Canadian Hockey League players picked in the top-10 selections in this year's NHL draft are going back to their junior teams. The Buffalo Sabres sent centre Dylan Cozens back to the W...

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says, if elected, he would offer rent subsidies of up to $5,000 each to provide immediate help for families struggling to pay for ho...

A team of scientists spent weeks combing through the garbage of dozens of households to come up with what the researchers say is the most accurate measure yet of how much food is wasted in Canadian ki...

SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man accused of the murder of two people, including his ex-wife, had reached his breaking point the day of the killings but didn't intend to kill anyone, his law...