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• Nova Scotia premier denies reports that deal is done...
  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter is denying reports that an agreement has been reached with his province to develop the Lower ...
• Brazilian mining giant Vale plans to spend $10...
  TORONTO — Brazilian mining company Vale SA says it plans to spend more than $10 billion over the next few years to expand its Canadian ...
• So far, the West has been best
  Roberto Luongo was trying to be polite. Asked recently about why the Vancouver Canucks have such a stellar record against Eastern Conference ...
• Feds confirm Canadian troops will stay in...
  Ottawa — Canada will keep up to 950 soldiers and support staff in Afghanistan on a training mission after the current combat role ends in July, ...
• Regina’s Dianne Warren wins Governor-General’s...
  Montreal — Regina resident Dianne Warren has won a Governor General’s Literary Award for her debut novel “Cool Water,” about a small Saskatchewan ...
• Sitcom ‘Less Than Kind’ nets three comedy...
  Toronto — After a tough year involving the death of series star Maury Chaykin, the talent behind Winnipeg sitcom “Less Than Kind” had reason to ...
• Young guns were on the mark for Canada
  CLARENVILLE — Canada’s kids came to play Wednesday at the 4 Nations Cup. The majority of Canada’s scoring in an 8-1 win over Sweden came from the ...
• A matter of grey matter
  Halifax — When teenagers push parents away, are they actually trying to get closer? When they spend hours and hours on Facebook, could they be ...
• Giller finalists planning for big night
  Canada’s most lucrative literary honour, the $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize, will be awarded Tuesday night during a televised black-tie gala at ...
• French islands seek foster care homes in New...
  FREDERICTON, NB — The French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon are trying to work out a deal with New Brunswick to provide foster homes for ...
• Emera declines comment on whether deal near on...
  HALIFAX — Halifax-based energy company Emera Inc., is declining comment on whether a deal is imminent with Newfoundland’s Nalcor Energy on the ...
• Col. Russell Williams headed to Kingston Pen to...
  BELLEVILLE, Ont. — Col. Russell Williams is headed to Kingston Penitentiary to serve two concurrent life sentences for sadosexual crimes a judge ...
• Kathleen Winter makes short list for $50,000 Giller...
  TORONTO — Newfoundland writer Kathleen Winter has made the shortlist for the Scotiabank Gillier Prize for her novel “Annabel,” it was announced ...
• Federal government scales back EI premium hike,...
  TTAWA — The federal government is scaling back a planned hike to Employment Insurance premiums and limiting future increases.Finance Minister Jim ...
• Fisher-Price recalls 10 million tricycles, toys,...
  TORONTO — Fisher-Price is recalling more than 10 million tricycles, toys and high chairs over safety concerns in the U.S. and Canada.The U.S. ...
• Vancouver’s Ryan Reynolds digs deep for...
  Toronto—When Ryan Reynolds was sent the script for the claustrophobic thriller “Buried,” his first instinct was to say no.“Only because it ...
• Hunting death trial in a legal wrangle over...
  Grand Falls-Windsor — Lawyers at the trial of a U.S. woman who shot her husband on a hunting trip to Newfoundland are sparring over whether a ...
• Family weeps as video of hunting death scene shown...
  GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR — Family members of a man who was shot by his wife on a hunting trip in central Newfoundland bowed their heads and wept as a ...
• Lawyers to present pretrial motions Nov. 22 in...
  OTTAWA — Lawyers have agreed to present pretrial motions Nov. 22 in the child-pornography case involving Roman Catholic Bishop Raymond ...
• Actress always answers phone when director Mike...
  Toronto—As an acclaimed British actress, Lesley Manville is never short of employment options. But when director Mike Leigh calls, she doesn’t ...
• Guide says hunter could have mistook husband for a...
  GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR — A guide says a Pennsylvania woman who shot and killed her husband asked the two men if they were going to “flush” an animal ...
• Toronto hotel workers hold another walkout
  Dozens of flag-waving hotel workers staged another one-day walkout on Sunday outside a downtown hotel at the hub of the Toronto International ...
• Newfoundland soldier Cpl. Brian Pinksen dies from...
  Pinksen was treated and flown to a military hospital in Germany, where he died earlier today from his wounds. It’s the first Canadian death ...
• Draft TSB report into deadly Cougar chopper crash...
  A confidential draft of the report is circulating among experts chosen by the board for technical input.Board spokesman John Cottreau says each ...
• B.C., Fortis to go ahead with $900-million Waneta...
  Fortis Inc. of St. John’s, N.L., (TSX:FTS) will own 51 per cent of the hydro plant, known as the Waneta Expansion, which will supply BC ...
• Harper says Abitibi deal best feds could get, hints...
  TUKTOYAKTUK, N.W.T. — The prime minister says a $130-million settlement with AbitibiBowater over Newfoundland and Labrador’s expropriation of ...
• New book on Pickton trial explores role of killer,...
  There is no doubt in the mind of Canadian author Stevie Cameron that serial killer Robert William Pickton is the man responsible for more than ...
• Search near N.S. coast for missing plane believed to...
  Search and rescue officials say the twin-engine plane was about 14 kilometres off the coast when it disappeared from radar screens around ...
• Some ships diverted to Halifax; companies avoiding...
  Halifax Port Authority spokeswoman Michele Peveril said three ships with cargo containers that were destined for Montreal had come to the Halifax ...
• Police to release information today on investigation...
  Toronto - Ontario provincial police (OPP) said they will release information today surrounding the criminal investigation into "irregular ...