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Quebec's director of criminal and penal prosecutions is dropping more than half of the criminal charges against former Liberal deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau. Five charges...

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer's promise to stop any efforts to revisit abortion laws could disappoint voters who had found comfort in having a political leader who shared their anti-abortion views, prominent...

It was 114 years ago today that the province of Alberta was created and welcomed into confederation. In a release, Premier Jason Kenney says since September 1st, 1905, Albertans have built a province ...

QUEBEC - Following weeks of tension over a land dispute, a Mohawk grand chief and the mayor of Oka, Que., shook hands Friday and agreed to put their differences behind them. Since July, Kanesatake Gra...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military on Sunday said that Lebanese militants fired a barrage of anti-tank missiles at an Israeli army base, scoring a number of direct hits on Israeli targets. Israel respon...

Residents of Grande Cache may notice a much stronger than normal smell associated to their natural gas service. AltaGas says the smell is due to the level of odorant in the natural gas increasing abov...

OTTAWA - Canada's multibillion-dollar effort to buy new fighter jets has taken another surprise turn with European aerospace giant Airbus announcing it has withdrawn from the high-stakes competition. ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Canadian Blood Services (CBS) will be making a series of changes that it says will "reduce blood donor screening and rest time for repeat donors, resulting in a shorter donation time ...

VENICE, Italy - Roman Polanski is not at the Venice International Film Festival, but his new film, "An Officer and a Spy" is. Yet, after much hand-wringing over its inclusion among the films in compet...

OTTAWA - An Ottawa court has agreed to delay until November the case of a public servant accused of leaking cabinet secrets about a $700-million shipbuilding project, amid concerns about fairness and ...