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HALIFAX - Four months after a lone gunman killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia, the residents of the tiny village where the shooting started have decided to dismantle a large...

New York City delayed the start of its school year by several days to give teachers more time to prepare for having students back in classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio anno...

Positive COVID-19 tests at two Calgary-area schools have derailed the start of the year for some, while in northern Alberta an entire school division has chosen to delay return to classes. Meadow...

WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending edged up a tiny 0.1% in July, breaking a string of losses due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Commerce Department reported that the sligh...

As children go back to school this fall, reports of suspected child abuse may increase, as well as concerns raised about depression and isolation.These are among the concerns raised in a new report pu...

OTTAWA - An Ottawa-based consulting firm with a history of reviewing allegations of workplace harassment on Parliament Hill is being tasked to do so again at Rideau Hall. The Privy Council Office says...

DAKAR, Senegal - American R&B singer Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing Monday that construction will begin next year on the $6 billion project des...

LONDON - Ed Sheeran and his wife, Cherry, have announced the birth of their daughter, Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran. The singer-songwriter said in an Instagram post that the couple's "beautiful and ...

ROME - Venice is reclaiming its place as a top cultural destination with the opening of the Venice Film Festival - the first major in-person cinema showcase of the coronavirus era after Cannes cancell...

PORTLAND, Ore. - A plan by the governor of Oregon to use sheriff's deputies from surrounding counties to help patrol Portland following the deadly shooting of a right-wing Trump supporter was sharply ...