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MACEDON, N.Y. - Singer Alicia Keys and music producer husband Swizz Beats are planning to create a performing arts centre in upstate New York. The couple's proposal to transform an industrial site in ...

OTTAWA - An environmentalist who monitors the Ottawa River says he's skeptical of the Quebec government's contention that a local hydro dam is to blame for the deaths of thousands of fish near the nat...

MORTON, Miss. - U.S. immigration officials raided seven Mississippi chicken processing plants Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in what marked the largest workplace sting in at least a de...

OTTAWA - Newly released government figures suggest a rising number of newcomers to Canada are ending up in shelters or are finding themselves homeless. Two new reports were re...

Miracle Treat Day was held at Dairy Queen locations across the country yesterday and the Meadow Lake restaurant joined the event for the first time.Owner and manager Siddharth Patel estimated they sol...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the call to help combat climate change by eating more plants and less meat is fully in line with Canada's new food guide recommendations. The Unite...

First Nations from across the province are gathering in Prince Albert this weekend as the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) hosts the 2019 Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Youth Softball Cham...

While July saw wage growth accelerate more than it has in a decade, the nation shed 24,200 jobs.The drop of 11,600 full-time positions and 12,600 part-time roles pushed Canada's unemployment rate to 5...

MONTREAL - Russia's Daniil Medvedev upset Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-1 in the first quarterfinal at the Rogers Cup on Friday. The eighth-seeded Medvedev needed just under 57 minutes to finish off the No. 2 ...

TORONTO - With 10 regular-season games remaining and a healthy roster, Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney is finally able to start settling on a preferred starting 11. Venezuelan winger Erickson Gallardo, w...