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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mike Davis, an author, activist and self-defined “Marxist environmentalist” whose greatest fears drove him to anticipate riots, fires and disease in such bestsellers as “City of Quartz” and “The Ecology of Fear,” has died at age 76.

A major Ottawa pediatric hospital said Wednesday it's contending with an "unprecedented surge in demand" as it reports a spike in cases of a common respiratory virus that is striking earlier than usual in the year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Cahill, a scholar of ancient languages and belief systems with a knack for popular storytelling who engaged history readers with such bestsellers as “How the Irish Saved Civilization” and “Desire of the Everlasting Hills,” has

TORONTO — Icelandic-Canadian filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson will be honoured with the Directors Guild of Canada's Lifetime Achievement Award.

TORONTO — Karl Wolf says much of his success is owed to his breakout hit "Africa," which is why he's decided to revisit the track with a new remix to mark its 15th anniversary.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A proposed legislative change in Newfoundland and Labrador would give residents using food banks a homegrown source of protein.

BRANSON, Mo. (RNS) — A night at the Dolly Parton Stampede is a microcosm of life in these polarized United States.

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Teamsters union boss who was once one of the most powerful labor leaders in Chicago was sentenced Wednesday to 19 months in federal prison for extorting $325,000 from the head of a film studio in the city.

Clorox has recalled several Pine-Sol cleaning products over concerns about bacterial contamination. The recall applies to Pine-Sol's multi-surface cleaner in the scents "lavender clean," "lemon fresh" and "mandarin sunrise.

TORONTO — Canadians are losing their religion at an unprecedented rate, with more than a third of the country reporting no religious affiliation in the latest census, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday.