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MONTREAL — Charles de Gaulle may have made history when he shouted "Vive le Quebec libre" from the balcony of Montreal's city hall in 1967, but 50 years later the city doesn't seem keen on re-creating the iconic moment, a sovereigntist group said Wed

Jim Wilder was a young researcher on the frozen Beaufort Sea when he had his first polar bear encounter. "We were camped out on the sea ice in front of a maternal den waiting for (mama bear) to come out with her cubs," he recalls.

TORONTO — Investigators looking into what caused an apparent close call involving an Air Canada flight at San Francisco International Airport are expected to examine whether human error or controller procedures played a role in the incident, an aviat

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar soared to a level not seen in nearly a year Wednesday after the Bank of Canada announced it was hiking its key lending rate for the first time since 2010. The loonie was trading at an average price of 78.

TORONTO — Tarek Mnaimne has been considering dipping his toes into the Canadian real estate market, particularly in Toronto or Montreal, but the rate hike from the central bank is giving him pause.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, July 12 ——— BANK OF CANADA HIKES INTEREST RATE TO 0.75 PER CENT: The Bank of Canada has hiked its benchmark interest rate to 0.75 per cent from 0.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Timothy Liljegren to a three-year entry-level contract. The 18-year-old native of Kristianstad, Sweden was selected 17th overall by the Maple Leafs in last month's NHL draft.

HALIFAX — Hockey superstar Sidney Crosby has hinted he will mark is 30th birthday by once again parading the Stanley Cup around his hometown in Nova Scotia. Speaking to reporters at his annual youth hockey camp in Cole Harbour, N.S.

TORONTO — Brendan Richmond created a viral sensation with his hoser comedy song "Out For a Rip" in 2013, but he was surprised to recently find his popular catchphrase gracing the side of a Coca-Cola bottle. The Kingston, Ont.

TORONTO — The widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan has failed to show there's a real risk former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is hiding his money as a way to avoid paying people he might owe, new court filings show.