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OTTAWA - The most bitter spring sitting of parliament since Stephen Harper's Conservatives came to power more than seven years ago has ended with a rare piece of agreement — unanimous consent to adjou

OTTAWA - A Postmedia News and Ottawa Citizen investigation exposing the use of "robocalls" to mislead and harass voters during the 2011 federal election campaign has won the 2012 Michener Award.

As a

VANCOUVER - A B.C.

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is spending $500,000 to create a committee to examine wasteful spending by the federal government.

The pro-independence Parti Quebecois government wants to examine how

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The U.S.

OTTAWA - Conservative attacks against Justin Trudeau's paid public speaking career have boomeranged into questions about the propriety of using the Prime Minister's Office to fire off purely partisan

MONTREAL - The Crown has withdrawn domestic violence charges against ex-NHL star Vincent Damphousse.

The prosecution announced today that it has withdrawn six charges of simple assault against the ex

OTTAWA - A Senate committee recommends the RCMP amend its code of conduct to explicity define and prohibit harassment.

Currently the behaviour is dealt with under the umbrella of disgraceful conduct.

OTTAWA - A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operations in Haiti under the command of Brazilian forces.

According to internal defence department documents, the deploym

GENEVA - The last day of Ahmad Mokaled's short life dawned on a sunny spring February morning in the southern Lebanon town of Nabatieh.

Feb. 12, 1999, was Ahmad's fifth birthday.