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OTTAWA - Patty Hajdu remembers encountering an angry - and racist - person at the doorstep. "I hit a door where someone said, 'Oh, you're a Liberal?'" Hajdu, the federal employment minister seeki...

SHANGHAI - A FIBA record for three-point shots. And a thoroughly dominant victory that will help Canada's chances of earning a ticket to Tokyo. In a FIBA World Cup that hasn't gone Canada's way, ...

SHANGHAI - Nick Nurse is calling on Canada's best basketball players to commit to playing for their country. And showing up next summer isn't commitment enough. Just six weeks into his stint as C...

LONDON - Harry Kane scored a hat trick and set up Raheem Sterling's goal as England beat Bulgaria 4-0 in European Championship qualifying on Saturday. England has won all three games in Group A headin...

OTTAWA - The federal government's effort to rein in the cost of reimbursing veterans for their medical marijuana appears to have failed as new figures show Ottawa shelled out a record $75 million in t...

OTTAWA - Former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle says he was concerned for his wife Caitlan Coleman's safety the winter night she fled their Ottawa apartment in stocking feet, accusing Boyle of assa...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Massachusetts' attorney general is calling on political leaders in the United States and Canada to take stronger measures to protect the endangered North Atlantic right wh...

VANCOUVER - The Competition Bureau's examination of possible anti-competitive practices by digital giants like Facebook and Google could offer a reprieve to the traditional media they "decimated," but...

HALIFAX - The centre of hurricane Dorian was still hundreds of kilometres from the Maritimes when its outer bands started lashing southern New Brunswick and mainland Nova Scotia with strong ...

OTTAWA - China uses arbitrary detentions as a tool to achieve its international and domestic political goals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. He called that a pressure tactic that is...