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Among the pithy quips attributed to Gloria Steinem over the years is this reply to why she wasn't interested in getting married: "I can't mate in captivity." She did eventually marry, to her own surpr...

LONDON - As much of Britain's economy emerged from the coronavirus lockdown, its theatres stayed dark, with performers and staff unwillingly idled. So they made a song and dance about it. Scores of ac...

LOS ANGELES - California investigators have arrested and charged a man in connection with the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies earlier this month as they sat in their squad car, a...

MONTREAL - The executive director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal says racism against Indigenous people is so common at local hospitals that her organization escorts clients to medical visit...

OTTAWA - Health Canada has given the green light to a rapid test for COVID-19. The department posted news of the approval of the Abbott Diagnostics ID Now test this afternoon, a day after the governme...

Orange Shirt Day is taking place today across Canada.The national movement began in 2013 and has spread across the nation with millions of people showing their support by participating in a variety of...

TORONTO - A one-eyed colt is giving thoroughbred racing in Canada a boost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mighty Heart captured the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday to move to within a victory...

CALGARY - Hundreds of Canadian employees of Royal Dutch Shell could be affected by its plan revealed Wednesday to cut between 7,000 and 9,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2022. The company h...

CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld the conviction of a man who killed a Calgary Stampeders football player outside a Calgary nightclub in 2016. Three Court of Appeal justices unanimously dismiss...

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the Canadian government says a lawsuit filed by 15 youth across the country should be dismissed because their claims about the harms of climate change are too broad. Joseph Ch...