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James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, ‘The Lion King’ and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93.

A lawyer for Briane Harris said a decision on an appeal of the curler’s provisional suspension will likely be released in October by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Insurers have handled double the amount of claims this summer compared to last year, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada.  Approximately 228,000 insurance claims have been filed following this summer’s four major catastrophes: flooding in Toronto and southern Ontario,…The post Insurers handling record amounts of claims this summer appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

The Quebec-based Couche-Tard argued its proposal offers clear strategic and financial benefits and it believes the two companies can reach a mutually agreeable transaction.

A five-year-old child and a 63-year-old man are in hospital after being hit by a car in Montreal’s east end.

The keynote speaker at the the Okanagan Basin Water Board AGM came all the way from Nevada.With fires, drought, record temperatures and historic floods still fresh in their minds OBWB members gathered at the Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna to discuss this year’s theme of “Building a …

Jacob Therrien scored in a shootout to lift the North Bay Battalion to a 3-2 victory over the Owen Sound Attack in Ontario Hockey League exhibition play Sunday. Lirim Amidovski and Andrew LeBlanc scored third-period goals to bring North Bay back from a 2-0 deficit before Therrien scored the only goal of the shootout, which, […]

Vancouver police say a trio of Good Samaritans helped thwart a knife-wielding robber Saturday, by yelling at the suspect and calling 911.

An attempted break-in to a Metro Vancouver business was caught on camera this weekend, leaving the owner with a terrifying sense of déjà vu.

A driver was seriously injured in a single-vehicle collision in Delta early Sunday morning, according to local police.