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TORONTO — Duane Forde is interested in the CFL commissioner's job. The veteran TSN football commentator said Tuesday during a conference call that he'd be open to discussing the position after the CFL draft Sunday.

DORCHESTER, N.B. — The death of a man who was repeatedly pepper sprayed at a New Brunswick prison was preventable, Canada's correctional investigator has found in a damning review that concludes unnecessary force was used.

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the number of home sales slid last month by nearly 26 per cent year-over-year while prices continued to climb. Residential property sales in Metro Vancouver totalled 3,553 last month, a 25.

OTTAWA — Canada's first Olympic mixed doubles curling trials will be held in Portage la Prairie, Man., in early January. The 18-team competition to determine Canada's representatives at the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held Jan.

MONTREAL — Quebec's public security minister asked flood-stricken communities to be patient on Tuesday as forecasts called for more rain this week.

TORONTO — Kerry Lee Powell's celebrated book "Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush" is among a short list of nominees for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.

EDMONTON — The discovery of a new species of bird-like dinosaur is raising questions about the creature's evolution and why it had feathers when it couldn't actually fly.

WHITEHORSE — More than 100 aftershocks had shivered across the Alaska Panhandle, southern Yukon and parts of northwestern British Columbia by early Tuesday following two powerful earthquakes a day earlier, but seismologists say while people need to b

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TORONTO — Canada's largest movie theatre chain touted the success of its diversification into esports and other businesses as it reported an increase in profits despite a decline in theatre attendance and box office sales. Cineplex Inc.