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OTTAWA - Joshua Boyle acknowledges hitting his wife Caitlan Coleman with a broom after they were freed from overseas captivity, but says he did it only because she asked to be spanked. Under cross-exa...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to call the next federal election Wednesday morning. He's to visit Rideau Hall at 10 a.m. local time to ask Gov. Gen. Julie Payette to dissolve Parliament. By...

CALGARY - Amnesty International says it's "deeply concerned" about the Alberta government's plans to fight back against oil and gas industry critics. Alex Neve, secretary general of the human rights g...

SHANGHAI - Marc Gasol remembers the day the coveted invitation to join Spain's storied national basketball program arrived in the mail. He was maybe 14 or 15 years old at the time. "(Me and ...

A woman who convinced her boyfriend to kill his teenage ex more than a decade ago showed a lack of commitment to rehabilitation when she purposely hid two romantic relationships while living in a half...

JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister is vowing to begin annexing West Bank settlements if he wins national elections next week. Tuesday's announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to b...

KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops say the Parkcrest Elementary School fire was not caused by criminal activity.In a news release, Kamloops RCMP says it has released care and control of the scene back to S...

WINNIPEG - A light drizzle fell across parts of southern Manitoba Tuesday as polls opened for a provincial election that will determine whether the Progressive Conservatives get a second man...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Sao Paulo police say they are indicting Brazilian model Najila Trindade and her former partner over her rape allegation against soccer star Neymar. Police said Tuesday they indicted t...

KAMLOOPS - After a big spiked the week before, theft-from-motor-vehicle complaints to Kamloops RCMP jumped again last week.The Mounties say there were 68 such reports from the week of Sept. 2-8.Neighb...