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• European Union seal product ban clobbers traditional...
  Canada’s bid to challenge a European Union ban on seal products is receiving support from an unlikely corner of the globe. Stephen Scott is a ...
• Federal Tory money machine raises more than twice...
  OTTAWA — Stephen Harper’s Conservatives may be down in the polls but they’re continuing to rake in money hand over fist. Financial reports filed ...
• ’70s rocker survives dark times; back on tour
  —TORONTOFor a long time, Les McKeown rebelled against his stint as a plaid-clad pin-up for the Bay City Rollers.McKeown joined the sugary ...
• CRTC says Rogers can buy The Score, but not happy...
  Gatineau, Que. — Rogers has been given the go-ahead to buy sports channel The Score Television Network Ltd., but has to improve benefits to the ...
• Feds need to work harder to crack down on EI...
  OTTAWA — The auditor general says Ottawa is overpaying employment insurance by at least $300 million a year, and fails to get millions of it ...
• Tories to introduce latest budget bill, including...
  OTTAWA — The Conservatives are set to introduce legislation today to implement their 2013 budget.The bill will include changes to the temporary ...
• Multiple fatalities after serious crash near U.S....
  SURREY, B.C. — Five people are dead following what B.C. Mounties say is possibly the worst car crash witnessed in over 20 years. Police say the ...
• Controversial works use kids to depict world tragedies
  For Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica, it was the German bombing of a Spanish town. For Ottawa art photographer Jonathan Hobin’s Twins, it was 9-11. ...
• Get the skills to buy a home
  First-time home buyers shopping for a mortgage have all the technology at their fingertips to make informed decisions, and financial experts say ...
• Immigration minister to look at deportation issue in...
  OTTAWA — The federal immigration minister says he’s reviewing what can be done when Canada wants to deport someone who has no home country.Jason ...
• Nasty politics in The Big Land: spending accusations...
  HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Peter Penashue stares at a map of Labrador in his byelection campaign office and traces a line through Happy ...
• Justin Trudeau says Conservatives using tax dollars...
  HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says the use of tax dollars to attack him in a mail-out campaign shows how far the ...
• East Coast seal hunt continues amid legal wrangling...
  HALIFAX — A ruling Thursday from a European court is expected to reignite an international debate over Canada’s annual East Coast seal hunt, ...
• Criminal Code not 'holy book,' suspect in alleged...
  A man charged in an alleged al-Qaida-directed plot to attack a Via Rail passenger train was remanded in custody Wednesday after telling the court ...
• Bakala makes 35 saves as Bentley defeats Clarenville...
  RED DEER, Alta. — Dan Bakala made 35 saves Saturday as the Bentley Generals shut out the Clarenville Caribous 3-0 to win the Allan Cup.Scott ...
• Family, friends and fans gather for MacNeil’s funeral
  Relatives, friends and fans of Rita MacNeil gathered at a funeral service Monday for the singer-songwriter in her Nova Scotia hometown of Big ...
• UPDATE: More details expected today in first known...
  More details may be revealed today about two men charged in what police are calling the first known al-Qaida directed plot in Canada. A bail ...
• Health care for the homeless
  It’s about 9:30 on an icy-cold January morning, and Dr. Stephen Hwang is greeting his first patient of the day at Seaton House, a 434-bed shelter ...
• Leveraging for the future
  Borrowing money to play the stock markets has been a longtime practice for experienced investors, but for Canadians who hope to reap big ...
• Report on Crockwell standoff finds communication...
  Mounties heard glass smash and people shout “Go Leo, go Leo” but commanders clung to the belief that Leo Crockwell was still barricaded in his ...
• Number of EI recipients unchanged in February: StatsCan
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits was virtually unchanged at 528,900 in ...
• Cape Breton singer Rita MacNeil dies at age 68
  TORONTO — Rita MacNeil, a singer-songwriter from small-town Canada whose powerful voice explored genres from country, to folk, to gospel, died ...
• Health Canada to stop sales of small magnets, set...
  OTTAWA — Health Canada is planning to follow the lead of the United States and ban the sale of small, powerful magnets which can cause serious ...
• What will the new flu do?
  Three sick people. That’s all it took to make scientists who study influenza edge-of-seat nervous this week over a rapidly evolving public health ...
• Federal Liberals anoint Justin Trudeau with 80 per...
  OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau has been elected to lead the federal Liberal party in a resounding first-ballot win.Trudeau, eldest son of former prime ...
• Communication flaws led to ship-rig collision: report
  The Transportation Safety Board says communication and teamwork failed when a supply vessel hit a drill rig off Newfoundland.There were no ...
• Outsourcing company embroiled in RBC controversy...
  TORONTO — The multinational company at the centre of the Royal Bank of Canada’s controversial decision to outsource dozens of Toronto jobs is ...
• Communication, teamwork flaws led to ship-rig...
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Transportation Safety Board says communication and teamwork failed when a supply vessel hit a drill rig off ...
• Maker issues urgent recall of contraceptive Alysena...
  OTTAWA — The maker of the birth-control pill Alysena 28 has issued an urgent recall after it was discovered that one lot of the contraceptive may ...
• Terra Nova oil platform reports spill of 40 litres...
  The regulator of the offshore oil industry in Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting that 40 litres of crude oil contained in discharged water ...