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OTTAWA - The RCMP will be part of an international policing effort to keep the Olympics in Paris safe this summer. In January, France's Interior Ministry asked for help from 46 different countries, in...

NEW YORK (AP) - The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist wil...

TORONTO - Ontario's regulated internet gaming market has been live now for two years, and it is attracting increasing activity from the province's online gamblers, a new study suggests, with blackjack...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a new $1.5-billion housing fund Thursday that he billed as helping non-profit organizations acquire more rental units across Canada and ensure they rema...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A doctor who performs abortions became the first Democratic candidate in Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District on Thursday, entering the race for the seat opened up by the surpri...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster underwent a minor, elective knee surgery Thursday morning for a tennis injury he sustained two years ago, the governor's office said in a statem...

OTTAWA - Attacks on aid workers are not something that just happens in war, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, slamming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's defence of a deadly airstr...

OTTAWA - Charlie Angus felt so much love Thursday, he joked that it felt like his funeral. The outspoken, often combative New Democrat MP triggered the outpouring when he declared he would not be seek...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal appeals court upheld a lower court judge's ruling putting a temporary halt on New Jersey's primary ballot design, widely seen as helping those with party establishment su...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's chief human resources agency issued a new rule on Thursday making it harder to fire thousands of federal employees, hoping to head off former President Donald Trump'...