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OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a Winnipeg man who hoped to challenge an order to spend more time in jail for leaving his mother on a floor for weeks until she di...

OTTAWA - Canada's parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa will have to pay up to $2.9 billion in compensation to First Nations children and families torn apart by an underfunded child welfare system ...

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says three federal measures to help low-income earners, families and seniors weather the economic shock from COVID-19 will cost over $8 billion. The reports thi...

WASHINGTON - More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week - doubling a record high set just one week earlier - a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the c...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Two ill-fated cruise ships waited just off Fort Lauderdale's shores on Thursday to learn when they'll be allowed to dock at Port Everglades after Carnival Cruise Line reached a...

NEW YORK - The coronavirus pandemic has touched every part of New York City, but new data shows it is hitting especially hard in neighbourhoods that tend to be poorer and might be more likely to have ...

NEW YORK - Shut-in television viewers tuned in to the game show "Let's Make a Deal" in record numbers last week. TV programs across the dial recorded superlatives last week with a captive audience of ...

LOS ANGELES - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" star Rachel Bloom has had her first child in what she says was a harrowing experience amid the coronavirus outbreak that has struck a close friend. The 32-year-old ...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):   6:10 a.m. A survey by a Canadian not-for-profit says that over 300,000 restaurant jobs have been lost in Ontario&n...

OTTAWA - Canada Revenue Agency employees know a giant spotlight will be pointed at them come Monday. That's when they begin the monumental task of delivering on historic federal benefits meant to miti...