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VANCOUVER - Experts say fewer people with poor eyesight are learning to read braille in North America, partly because audio books and voice technology are supplanting the written word. ...

OTTAWA - The federal procurement minister is defending the government's plan to loosen procurement rules for the F-35 stealth fighter in the face of questions and concerns from companies that make com...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government says no options have been ruled out to clamp down on guns "designed to hunt people" as it weighs new measures against assault-style rifles and handguns. The sharply wor...

VANCOUVER - Life expectancy rates in Canada have stopped increasing for the first time in four decades, says a Statistics Canada report that blames opioid-related overdoses for deaths i...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors beat defending champion Golden State in Game 1 despite an off night for superstar Kawhi Leonard. The Warriors threw the kitchen sink of defence at Leonard, who shot just ...

EDMONTON - Research from the University of Alberta is fledging out the idea that birds may travel in flocks but have personalities of their own. "In some ways, it's analogous to the human term 'p...

VANCOUVER - A tentative agreement has been reached in a labour dispute that threatened to shut down all ports in British Columbia and have a ripple effect across the Canadian economy. T...

Canada cut its Gold Cup roster to 23 Thursday, with uncapped Noble Okello and Kamal Miller joining veterans Atiba Hutchinson, Jonathan Osorio, Russell Teibert, Samuel Piette and Milan Borjan. Coa...

STATESVILLE, N.C. - The reality television star who has said he would go to jail before removing a huge American flag from his recreational vehicle store in North Carolina told cheering employees on T...

KAMLOOPS - Three fires that popped up in the Savona area after a storm rolled through on Thursday are almost completely extinguished. B.C. Wildfire Information Officer Taylor MacDonald says lightning ...