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Hurricane Earl wobbles westward but continues its march towards the Maritimes

HALIFAX - Fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia secured their boats as best they could Thursday as hurricane Earl continued its march towards Atlantic Canada. Despite a slight shuffle to the west, ...

Man at centre of judge's sex scandal ordered to return photos, emails

WINNIPEG - Two days after shocking Manitoba's legal world with claims that he was pressured to have kinky sex with a lawyer-turned-judge, Alexander Chapman was hit with a court order forcing him to re...

Ex-justice minister Bellemare files lawsuit against former boss: Jean Charest

QUEBEC - Ex-Quebec justice minister Marc Bellemare has launched a $900,000 countersuit against his former boss: Premier Jean Charest. Bellemare is also calling for Charest's lawsuit to be rejected ...

Rain and snow aren't a problem, but posties won't put up with nasty hawk

CALGARY - Rain, snow, sleet and hail may not stop the mail from getting through, but dive-bombing birds sure will. Canada Post has suspended mail service in part of the southwest Calgary community ...

First Nations deliver ultimatum to Ottawa over B.C. mine poised to destroy lake

OTTAWA - First Nations in British Columbia are warning the federal government that they will stop at nothing to prevent a mining company from destroying a fishing lake to process copper and gold. "...

Canada's shadow war ends when troops leave Kandahar in 2011, overseas commander

OTTAWA - The shadow war fought in Afghanistan by Canada's ultra-secret, special forces will also end next year when the army ceases combat operations in Kandahar, says the general in charge of the cou...

Video of feeding the bears goes viral, minister worries it sets a bad example

VANCOUVER - The grinning man with greying hair quickly darts backwards as a British Columbia black bear playfully paws at a green pail the man is hoisting before slopping out food for two of the hungr...

Harper swing through SW Ontario foreshadows themes of next election

LONDON, Ont. - Stephen Harper was drenched with rain and later showered with affection during a campaign-style swing through southwestern Ontario in which he sprinkled money, buttered up the troops, b...

Free Parks Canada passes for Grade 8 students 'no federalist plot,' Harper says

KITCHENER, Ont. - Accusations that free student passes for Canada's national parks are part of a federalist plot aimed at separatists were dismissed as "bizarre" Thursday by Prime Minister Stephen Har...

Chris Hadfield to become first Canadian to command International Space Station

LONGUEUIL, Que. - There will be a lot of guitar-strumming at the International Space Station once veteran Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and two fellow travellers arrive there in late 2012 for a si...

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