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The families of eight people killed by an Ontario nurse, as well as one of her surviving victims, lamented a fundamental lack of respect for human life in the province's long-term care system Monday as they addressed a public inquiry probing the circumstances around the woman's crimes. 6

A 41-year old Canadian man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States through the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation in northern New York.

MPs took some time in the House of Commons on Monday to reflect on the pair of tornadoes that hit Ottawa and Gatineau on Friday, destroying 51 homes and leaving thousands without power. 38

Some Canadians are hoping the federal government will follow the lead of U.S. lawmakers who want to require a minimum amount of legroom on airplanes. 1

Students in British Columbia's public schools could have another option for language studies, if a new campaign is successful.

New Brunswick's Progressive Conservatives won a narrow victory in Monday's election, with 22 seats to the Liberals' 21. 15

The New York Review of Books is acknowledging its "failures in the presentation and editing" of a much-maligned essay by disgraced former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi.

Police say the photo was "too cute not to share." York regional police tweeted a photo Monday of an officer holding a young pig found wandering along a major highway north of Toronto late last Friday morning.

A court document has provided more details in a bizarre naked kidnapping case that happened last year south of Edmonton. The family thought it was Armageddon and that police were monsters, according to the document.

The brother of a Calgary woman who was raped and murdered in 2015 says he'll never forgive her killer.

A Toronto man who stood to inherit a multimillion-dollar aviation company was found guilty of first-degree murder in his father's death Monday, a ruling that marked his third such conviction. 5