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TORONTO — Celebrated Canadian theatre actor Richard McMillan has died at the age of 65. McMillan died on Sunday in Toronto after a long struggle with thyroid cancer. Born on March 20, 1951, the actor from the town of Beaverton, Ont.

LA LOCHE, Sask. — Six Saskatchewan cabinet ministers are visiting a remote northern community where staff and students at the high school said they feel like they've been abandoned since a deadly shooting a year ago.

TORONTO — Figs, the sexy sister to prunes, seem to be popping up in dozens of new products, including jams, chutneys, chocolates, cereal bars, balsamic vinegars and packaged goat cheese.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's Liberal government is slicing 287 management jobs from its civil service as part of a wider effort to contain a deficit currently projected to be close to $1.6 billion.

TORONTO — Two powerhouses of Canada's indigenous music scene have lifted the curtain on a new collaboration. Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tanya Tagaq paired for the track "You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind)," which has debuted online.

OTTAWA — Democracy Watch says Lobbying Commissioner Karen Shepherd is investigating a complaint about a political fundraiser hosted by Apotex chairman Barry Sherman in August 2015 that featured Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Liberal candidate Mich

OTTAWA — SodaStream is recalling thousands of its bottles in Canada and the U.S. because of a danger they may rupture when a user is in the process of carbonating water.

A southern Ontario city is considering cracking down on residents who party on their roofs. City staff in London, Ont.

HAMILTON — A man and a woman accused of using a high-quality printer stolen from a Hamilton college to make counterfeit cash and produce fake documents appeared to be "trying to perfect their craft" when they were arrested, police said Wednesday.

DOHUK, Iraq — Canada's promise to resettle hundreds of Yazidis by the end of the year is being welcomed in Iraq, where Yazidi women and girls have endured horrific abuse and persecution at the hands of ISIL.