The federal government is expected to formally announce today that some Canadian troops will be heading to Haiti for a peacekeeping operation where they'll be working under Brazilian command.
Police in Edmonton have withdrawn an Amber Alert for a nine-month-old baby girl they believed had been abducted by her mother. They say the mother and child have been found and the baby is safe.
Cluster bomb victims are calling on Canada to ratify the international convention that would ban the weapon. But like the International Committee of the Red Cross and Norway, they are concerned about Canada's pending ratification bill.
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Leaked documents suggest Canada helped the United States and Britain spy on participants at the London G20 summit four years ago. Britain's Guardian newspaper says spies monitored the computers and intercepted the phone calls of foreign politicians and officials at two G20 meetings in London in 2009.
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A fast and curious driver caught going 221 kilometres an hour in his new sports car through Vancouver Island traffic has lost his vehicle for seven days and netted a hefty fine.
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Two speakers hired by the Senate to help motivate senators and staff in the midst of a raging scandal over the abuse of taxpayers' money have had their event cancelled pending further discussion.
More than 200 mourners, paramedics, police and Ornge representatives gathered at a memorial service on Tuesday for two pilots and two paramedics killed late last month in an air ambulance crash.
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While many Canadian businesses say they’re committed to their employees’ health, a new report from the Conference Board of Canada finds that many are not doing enough to help workers quit smoking.
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Montreal’s interim mayor Michael Applebaum has announced his resignation, a move that comes just one day after he was arrested on corruption and conspiracy charges.
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Toronto’s pothole-riddled Dufferin Street has been voted the worst road in Ontario for the second year in a row, the Canadian Automobile Association announced Tuesday.
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National outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co-Op is shedding its image of being a store just for the granola-eating, sandal-wearing, mountaineering-type.
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The Canadian government is planning to introduce new rules to make drilling and production companies more accountable in the event of offshore spills.
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Call it the Rathgeber clause: Liberals in the Senate say a Conservative bill that would force unions to disclose their expenses should match another Tory bill on disclosure of public sector salaries.
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