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TORONTO - Utilityman Brandon Drury and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $2.05 million, one-year contract on Thursday, a raise of $850,000. The 27-year-old hit .218 with 15 homers and 41 RBIs over 447...

NIAMEY, Niger - Islamic militants carried out another large assault on Niger's military Thursday, leaving at least 25 soldiers dead along with dozens of jihadists only a month after the worst attack o...

RALEIGH, N.C. - A movement is growing in North Carolina to prevent the act of so-called "opossum dropping." The practice involves suspending an opossum in a transparent box on New Year's Eve and slowl...

HOUSTON, B.C. - About a dozen supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary clan chiefs arrived to help set up a new camp on the side of a snowy logging road that's at the centre of a disputed pipeline ro...

VANCOUVER - A man who has maintained his innocence since he was convicted of killing a toddler nearly 37 years ago in British Columbia has been granted bail while his appeal continues. Phillip Tallio ...

Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. Prime Minister...

OTTAWA - Canadian and foreign intelligence indicates dozens of Canadians were killed by a potentially errant Iranian missile that downed their jetliner near Tehran this week, sparking a quest for answ...

WINNIPEG - In his 38 years as a conservation officer, Gerry Rosset has never seen anything like the wildfires he helped battle during his five-week stint in Australia. Rosset and Andrew Prok...

People who live in southwestern Saskatchewan will soon get an opportunity to voice their concerns over policing in the area. The RCMP is in the middle of reviewing how it delivers service to the area ...

LONDON - Britain passed a long-elusive milestone on the road to Brexit on Thursday when the House of Commons approved a bill authorizing the country's departure from the European Union at the end of t...