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Mexico has assigned elite federal agents to hunt for Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding, CBC News has learned. Their involvement in the search for the former Olympian — one of the FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives — signals a continued thaw in relations between Mexican authorities and their U.S. counterparts, who previously …

Camryn Rogers became the first Canadian to successfully defend a World Athletics Championships title on Monday, and now Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland is the only women’s hammer throw athlete with a better mark than the Richmond, B.C., athlete. Rogers topped her national record with a 80.51-metre effort and picked up …

The handgun at the centre of an RCMP investigation on Prince Edward Island has been the subject of a flurry of lawsuits and counter-lawsuits involving its manufacturer — and was recently acquired in large numbers by the Canadian Armed Forces. The pistol, a SIG Sauer P320, allegedly misfired while in …

Vancouver-based Teck Resources says it will remain Canadian, even as it plans to merge with British multinational Anglo American in a $70-billion deal that would create a new company called Anglo Teck. “Without a doubt, you know, this is absolutely going to be a Canadian company,” Teck CEO Jonathan Price told The Canadian Press Tuesday. “We …

In July, Maxen, a Haitian man living in Hamilton drove to the Canada-U.S. border in Quebec where he’d arranged to pick up his two sisters coming from Miami, but the reunion didn’t happen as planned.  The sisters, who fled Haiti last year due to violence, had hoped to settle in …

Prime Minister Mark Carney recently walked a gauntlet of parked military gear while visiting Canadian and allied troops in Latvia. All of it was spit and polish, some draped in camouflage and looking showroom ready, if not somewhat menacing. It was an impressive, seemingly substantive, display of combat power. If …

Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta’s controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale was yanked from some shelves due to the province’s sweeping new rules. In a social media post on Sunday, Atwood said …

People trying to quit smoking should not reach for e-cigarettes or vapes as their first choice to butt out, a new Canadian guideline says. Instead, clinicians should stay updated on whether their patients smoke or not, and offer them options to quit that have been proven effective, including medications, nicotine …

In just 12 magical days in Montreal earlier this month, Victoria Mboko went from a promising young player on the rise to a champion at the WTA 1000 level — in her home country, no less. The 18-year-old who went from No. 85 to No. 23 is a rising star …

Canada forward Jonathan David scored in his Serie A debut to set Juventus on the way to a 2-0 win over Parma in their season opener on Sunday. David joined Juventus in July on a free transfer after his five-year contract at Lille expired. Juventus ended the match with 10 …