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Canadian rides horse to Brazil
A Canadian cowboy can truly call himself a long rider as he has reached his destination country in an epic horseback journey to Brazil from Calgary. Filipe...
Rob Ford the musical
In creating an upcoming stage musical about scandal-plagued Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, playwright Brett McCaig couldn't help but think of a certain literary...
Sex workers protest legislation
Sex workers are staging rallies across Canada today against the Harper government's prostitution bill, saying its crackdown on johns and pimps would put...
Bloc leader to push independence
The new head of the Bloc Quebecois says he plans to recapture the hearts of Quebec voters by putting a greater emphasis on independence. Mario Beaulieu, the...
Sexuality a 'non-issue' for Wynne
Kathleen Wynne's sexual orientation wasn't on voters' minds during the election campaign that saw her crowned Ontario's first openly gay...
Child porn and online bullying
Her story has become widely known and her case linked to efforts to combat the pernicious effects of cyberbullying. The young woman's name is a touchstone...
Man charged with paragliding
Winnipeg police have charged a 34-year-old man with paragliding without a licence in the city limits. A police helicopter spotted the man on Thursday. Const....
Unusual bear at Calgary Zoo
For a new bear at the Calgary Zoo, sometimes black really is white. The zoo's newest bruin in the Canadian Wilds habitat is a rescued black bear that is...
New exec at Energy Board
The National Energy Board is getting a new boss. Peter Watson has been appointed to a seven-year term as the federal energy watchdog's chairman and CEO,...
Lawyer disbarred over fees
The Law Society of Alberta has disbarred a lawyer accused of misconduct in his handling of settlements awarded to survivors of residential school abuse. David...
Lessons from Ontario election
If there's an overarching lesson from the Ontario election being drawn around Parliament Hill, it's to keep the party tent flaps open to all comers....
Mall collapse report needed
A request by a discredited former engineer for a judicial inquiry to black out parts of a report into the deadly collapse of a northern Ontario mall to ensure...
Charges laid on teen hacker
The Mounties have charged a young offender in Quebec after the user names, passwords and credit-card information from some of Bell Canada's small-business...
Mayor found guilty of fraud
The mayor of London, Ont., has been found guilty on charges of fraud, forgery and breach of trust that date back to his time as a Liberal MP. The judge in the...
Warrant for internet info
The Supreme Court of Canada says police need a search warrant to get information from Internet service providers about their subscribers' identities when...
A Wynne win in Ontario
Voters in Ontario looked past a slew of Liberal scandals, opting for what observers described Thursday as Premier Kathleen Wynne's straightforward,...
Liberals cruise to majority
Kathleen Wynne powered Ontario's Liberals past a legacy of scandal Thursday, staving off aggressive assaults from the Progressive Conservatives and New...
Russian ambassador retires
Georgiy Mamedov's diplomatic career was forged in some of the fiercest political fires of the Cold War. As he prepares to depart Canada as the so-called...
Ontario's $90M election
Voters across Ontario are heading to the polls to decide whether or not the battered minority Liberals deserve a fourth mandate, and with pre-election polls...
1 in 5 kids are overweight
Statistic Canada says new data from its 2013 Canadian Community Health Survey show that one in five youths aged 12 to 17 reported height and weight that...