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Five things to know about the Boeing 737-800 aircraft involved in a crash in Tehran on Wednesday. Airline workhorse: Introduced in the 1990s, the 737-800 is a mainstay of many airlines around the worl...

MONTREAL - Speedskater Kim Boutin has pulled out of this weekend's ISU Four Continents Short Track Championships as a precautionary measure due to a knee injury. Danae Blais was added to the Cana...

PASADENA, Calif. - The Oscars are going without a host again this year. ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke said the Feb. 9 telecast will focus on what worked last year: "huge entertainment value,...

Wednesday's crash of a Ukrainian International Airlines passenger jet was one of the deadliest ever for Canadians, claiming at least 63 lives. A look at some of the worst civil aviation disasters invo...

NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein's lawyers asked the judge in his New York City rape case to step aside Wednesday, a day after he threatened to jail the disgraced movie mogul for texting in the courtroom. ...

TORONTO - Canadian Ryan Raposo has a chip on his shoulder going into Thursday's MLS SuperDraft. Growing up, the Hamilton native was labelled "too small, too skinny and couldn't get around the fie...

OTTAWA - A senator from Alberta is inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold a cabinet meeting in the province. Doug Black says he has written a letter to Trudeau urging him to bring his cab...

MIAMI - Award-winning producer Silvio Horta, who was acclaimed for creating the hit series "Ugly Betty" with actress Salma Hayek, has died. He was 45. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner said Wedne...

TUCSON, Ariz. - A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as "Fast and Furious" was sentenced Wednesday to life...

MONTREAL - Canadian canoe star Laurence Vincent Lapointe must wait longer to find out if she will compete in this summer's Olympic Games. The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has told the ath...