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Long-term U.S. mortgage rates have sunk to a record low, giving many homeowners an opening to refinance their loans to free up money to spend or save. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage hit ...

OTTAWA - The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has cleared another legal hurdle. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear five challenges from environment and Indigen...

ASUNCION, Paraguay - Former soccer star Ronaldinho and his brother were taken in handcuffs to a courthouse in Paraguay on Saturday following their arrest for allegedly entering the country with falsif...

DETROIT - Prosecutors on Thursday charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, alleging he plotted with others to embezzle more than $1 million to splurge on private villas...

OTTAWA - There are 235 Canadians on the passenger manifest for a cruise ship that is being held off the coast of California for coronavirus testing. Global Affairs Canada says there are no confirmed c...

NEW YORK - Fear dominated financial markets again on Thursday, and stocks fell sharply on worries about the fast-spreading virus outbreak. It's the latest shudder in Wall Street's most volatile week i...

WHEN CITY COUNCILLORS DISAGREE with each other in public, it's usually pretty benign. They have different opinions during debates at their meetings, for example, but there are seldom open quarrels.Awa...

Two major coffee chains have stopped serving beverages in reusable cups brought by customers amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Starbucks and The Second Cup Ltd. say they are temporarily halting the...

MONTREAL - Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory has confirmed a second case of the new coronavirus in Quebec while the province's Health Department announced another presumptive case. A...

BEIRUT - An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were sheltering early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including children while...