In early 2007, then-prime minister Stephen Harper announced $200 million in reconstruction aid for Afghanistan that included funding for governance and development, policing and road construction. It ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have settled in as rulers of Afghanistan, two years after they seized power as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the country following two decades of war. The ...

EDMONTON - The Canada Border Services Agency says officers discovered two live tarantulas hidden inside plastic containers at the Edmonton International Airport earlier this year. In May, officers saw ...

NEW YORK (AP) — On and off the big screen, it’s Barbie’s world and Ken is just living in it. As reflected in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster movie that tackles the legacy Mattel’s famous doll, Barbie has ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Film, television, fashion: You name it and Kim Kimble has done it in her 30-plus years as a hair stylist in Hollywood — but even through the good times, she never gave up her backup ...

I have received so many emails about this, I wanted to address how some of you may be feeling about the shame of past money decisions now that the interest rates are on the rise.

In his preteen years, Robbie Robertson looked forward to spending his summer vacations with his cousins at the Six Nations Reserve located just outside Brantford, Ont. One of the big reasons? His ...

Telus Corp. announced Friday it is cutting 6,000 jobs as it seeks to adapt to a “rapidly transforming industry,” saying issues such as regulation and competition have prompted the need to reduce its ...

Imagine having the prodigious talent to hold the entire plot and characters of a novel inside your mind, all of it making a breeze around your head “like oversized butterflies whose wings were cut ...

These books transport you from seances in Victorian times to Cuba in the 1920s and to stories set in both of the world wars ...

Chinese state media report 11 people have died and 27 are missing amid flooding in the mountains surrounding the capital Beijing. Days of heavy rains have prompted authorities to close train stations ...

OTTAWA - Canada is speaking out against a coup d’état in Niger, but hasn’t joined other nations in threatening to sanction or cut aid to the West African country. Last Wednesday, a faction of Niger’s ...