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OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the government will soon bring in legislation to provide pardons for anyone convicted of pot possession before the drug's legalization last year...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas legislators on Wednesday rejected a proposal to change the meaning of one of the stars on the state flag from honouring the Confederacy to honouring the contributions Nati...

OTTAWA - Two policy moves that could help beleaguered SNC-Lavalin came out of public consultations on federal anti-corruption measures that a newly disclosed memo says were ordered by the Pr...

RALEIGH, N.C. - The political operative at the centre of an election fraud scandal that has engulfed a North Carolina congressional race was arrested Wednesday on charges of illegal ballot handling an...

Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion said he understands that some Senators are frustrated with the team's direction. After all, the club had just parted ways with leading scorer Mark Stone, making hi...

HALIFAX - Family members were expected to arrive in Halifax Monday to support the grieving mother of seven children who died in a fast-moving house fire. "In difficult times, it is family that brings ...

BANFF, Alta. - A feasibility study released today says bus or passenger rail service between Calgary and Banff National Park would make sense. The study was commissioned by the towns of Banff, Canmore...

OTTAWA - Ukraine is asking Canada to send a "strong signal" to Russia by extending and expanding the Canadian military's training mission there. In an interview with The Canadian Press on Monday,...

MONCTON, N.B. - A survey of sea life in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence has found corals, sharks, sharp-toothed wolffish and even an unexpected invertebrate along with the crustaceans and groun...

TORONTO - Ontario's health minister says a large ad campaign urging Toronto residents to be wary of vaccinations is "very concerning." Christine Elliott openly disagreed with the messaging promot...