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TORONTO - Jacob Hoggard, the frontman for the Canadian rock band Hedley, is scheduled to stand trial on three sex-related charges next year. The trial is set to begin in a downtown Toronto c...

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the United Nations is an unelected, unaccountable body that has no business criticizing Canada's energy megaprojects. Sonya Savage, in a statement, says that ...

CORUNNA, Mich. - A Michigan judge on Wednesday ordered mental competency and forensic evaluations for a man charged in the slaying and mutilation of a man he met through the dating app Grindr. The jud...

Canadian volleyball player Alexa Gray feels extra motivation in an upcoming Olympic qualification tournament. Her sister Jordan plays for the U.S. women's rugby sevens team bound for the 2020 Tok...

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police on Wednesday arrested pop star turned opposition leader Bobi Wine after preventing him from holding a meeting with his supporters. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyag...

LAGOS, Nigeria - Cardi B's announcement that she wants to seek Nigerian citizenship has set off a Twitter feud between her West African fans in friendly rivals Nigeria and Ghana. The Grammy-winning ra...

WASHINGTON - Canadian attitudes towards President Donald Trump and his controversial approach to international relations appeared to soften slightly in the weeks after U.S. tariffs on steel and alumin...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Doctors told a Florida woman she had a better chance of winning the lottery than of giving birth to two sets of twins in the same year. But Alexzandria Wolliston said she won t...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have released linebacker Derrick Moncrief so he can pursue an NFL opportunity. Moncrief spent the past three CFL seasons with the Roughriders. In 2019, he recorded 69 defe...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are opening a new Rider Store in Midtown Plaza this spring. In a media release Wednesday, the team described the upcoming location as a "bright and innovative space," with...