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BELLEVILLE, Ont. - VIA Rail says it's suspended service on busy routes east of Toronto due to a protest blocking the tracks. The railway operator says the protest is taking place near Belleville, Ont....

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs placed defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recalled blueliner Timothy Liljegren from the team's American Hockey League affiliate on Friday. Ceci, ou...

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - Only two hours before Lionel Desmond used a rifle to kill three members of his family and himself, the former soldier appeared coherent and focused when he purc...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's advertising campaign that took a swipe at Quebec's secularism law appears to have generated a lot of bang for the buck in terms of publicity, but has not resulted ...

MONTREAL - Schools across much of southern Quebec are shuttered today as a snowstorm bears down on the province. In the Montreal area, between 30 and 50 centimetres of sn...

WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Saskatchewan's Scott Moe say they see signs that tensions in their relationship with Ottawa are beginning to ease. The two premiers are part of a delegati...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The jobless rate went up slightly in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region last month. In January, unemployment was at 4.5 percent in the area. That's up from 4.0 percent in Dec...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE 12 P.M. - Lethbridge Police are still looking for those connected with an apparent homicide in the 200 blk. of University Drive West. The bi-level home brown and white home is ...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won silver on Friday at the ISU Four Continents figure skating competition. Madison Chock and Evan Bates o...

LONDON - Britain is set for another royal wedding. Buckingham Palace announced Friday that Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Princess Beatrice will marry in London on May 29. The palace says 31-year-...