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HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says some anti-fracking protesters at a consultation session on the province's onshore gas exploration plans drowned out voices of those who wanted to learn m...

TORONTO - Toronto is moving to ditch its plan to charge a $10 fee for its World Cup fan festival, with city council set to vote on a proposal that would ensure the majority of tickets for the event ar...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservative Party has confirmed a final list of five candidates vying for its leadership, in a contest that has swollen the party's membership to more than 42,000. The party said ...

VANCOUVER - The trial of a former RCMP officer accused of a security offence in relation to his alleged work for the Chinese government was abruptly adjourned Wednesday as prosecutors closed their cas...

ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80. Scott, who was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite ...

OTTAWA - An Ontario Superior Court judge has found an Ottawa youth guilty of terrorism charges involving Islamic State-inspired plans to attack Jewish people - just hours after the young person invite...

OTTAWA - Federal Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski said Tuesday she couldn't promise the government will deliver a National Flood Insurance Program "in the near future." Speaking to repo...

TORONTO - Ontario has sold a recently purchased used private jet for the same $28.9 million price it paid, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday. Ford's office announced the purchase of the used 2016 Bomba...

OTTAWA - Federal officials have ramped up their monitoring of Tehran's threats against members of the Iranian diaspora in Canada, a senior public safety executive said Tuesday at a conference in Ottaw...

OTTAWA - Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon rejected a call from the Conservatives to leave three key House committees under the control of opposition parties as the Liberals move to take greater c...