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Environmental groups are applauding international shippers and shipping companies that have voluntarily promised to stay away from controversial Arctic routes. "We were really excited to get this...

EDMONTON - The increasing frequency of wildfires in Canada's boreal forest may be permanently changing one of the largest intact ecosystems left on Earth, research suggests. "We feel pretty confi...

MILAN - The Italian National Fashion Chamber is promoting a diversity agenda among Milan's major fashion houses, a year after several top Italian brands faced criticism for designs and remarks seen as...

TORONTO - An emergency alert issued by the Ontario government says an incident has been reported at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. The alert says there has been no abnormal release of radio...

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II attended church at her Sandringham estate Sunday ahead of a crisis meeting to work out a future for Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, after their shocking decision to walk...

It has been a whirlwind football season for Jim Burrow. The former CFL defensive back retired from coaching last year so he and his wife, Robin, could watch their son, Louisiana State&n...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is planning to move its information holdings to the digital cloud - a shift the national number-crunching agency acknowledges will prompt questions ...

TORONTO - Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot was won by a ticket holder in the Prairies. And the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the ...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is scheduled to attend a vigil in Edmonton today to pay his respects and mourn the loss of the victims of the Ukrainian jetliner crash in Iran. The prime minister wil...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - World leaders travelled Sunday to Oman to meet the country's new sultan, named just a day earlier after the death of the nation's longtime ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said. B...