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Feds, provinces need to ramp up Health Act enforcement: report

TORONTO - The Ontario Health Coalition says the federal government has abdicated its responsibility to enforce Canada Health Act regulations when it comes to for-profit medical clinics. In a report...

Tory support battered by economic worries

OTTAWA - The last full week of the federal election campaign is starting off bumpy for Stephen Harper. The prime minister awoke Monday to a slew of bad news: his Conservatives were sliding in the p...

Relatives grieving loss of young man on violence-plagued Alta. reserve

HOBBEMA, Alta. - Relatives who tried and failed to revive a young man who had been fatally shot on a violence-plagued central Alberta reserve were grieving their loss Sunday. Brian Littlechild, 20,...

Edmonton girl, 7, abducted in park found safe; manhunt launched

EDMONTON - Police in Alberta were still engaged in a massive manhunt early Monday morning, hours after seven-year-old Anastasia Whetton was taken from a north Edmonton park and dropped off 100 kilomet...

Race gets tight as final campaign week begins

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are maintaining a steady-as-she-goes approach to the economy through the final full week in the federal election campaign, despite polling numbers that suggest voters want s...

Man accused in the beheading of fellow Greyhound passenger due in court

WINNIPEG - The man accused of a gruesome killing onboard a Greyhound bus in Manitoba is expected back in court Monday. Vince Li has been undergoing psychiatric examination to see if he is fit to st...

Ont. minister says feds 'on some other planet' after invasive species comment

TORONTO - Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz must be "on some other planet" if he thinks the issues of invasive species in northern Ontario have been addressed, provincial Natural Resources Minis...

B.C. man found guilty of first-degree murder in fire deaths of five people

VANCOUVER - Calling the crime "depraved and vile," a B.C. Supreme Court judge sentenced the man who set a house fire that killed five people in 2006 to 25 years in prison without parole Sunday. A j...

Edmonton girl, 7, abducted in park found safe and sound hours later

EDMONTON - A seven-year-old Edmonton girl taken from a north end park early Sunday has been located safe and sound, but the hunt for her abductor continues. Anastasia Marie Whetton was located at a...

Tory support dips to new low in election home stretch

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's stand-pat, don't-panic response to economic turmoil seems to have fallen flat with voters, sending the Conservatives to their lowest support levels of the camp...