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LONDON - Tragicomic royal drama "The Favourite" took best British film and a clutch of other trophies Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars but where the audienc...

VICTORIA - Money laundering in British Columbia has become a top issue for the federal and provincial governments with federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau vowing a "crack down" Friday, while the pro...

VANCOUVER - An annual celebration of everything hockey will have extra implications for many Canadian NHL teams this year. Six of the country's seven squads are still in the hunt for playoff spot...

The Prince Albert Titans fell 5-2 to the Saskatoon Westleys Saturday night at the Kinsmen Arena. The Titans were in the game in the third period down 3-2, but Westleys forward Derek Schlosser scored t...

NEW YORK - "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" was easily the top ticket-seller in theatres over the weekend, but the film's $35 million opening failed to stack up to its expected haul, according to s...

MILWAUKEE - Prosecutors on Sunday charged a 26-year-old man in the killing of a Milwaukee police officer. Jordan P. Fricke, of Milwaukee, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and other c...

OTTAWA - The federal government is working "day and night" to ensure concerns over proposed welfare legislation to benefit Indigenous children are taken seriously to enable the&nbs...

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge's "unusual" decision to modify the Criminal Code as he sentenced six-time murderer Alexandre Bissonnette to a life sentence with no possibility of parole ...

CANMORE, Alta. - Arctic temperatures in Alberta have forced organizers to cancel competition at the biathlon World Cup. The sprint races had initially been postponed to Sunday, but the Internatio...

TORINO, Italy - Canada's Kim Boutin won her first individual gold medal of the season Sunday, finishing atop the podium in the women's 1,000-metre race at the ISU short-track World...