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As Canada's Armed Forces begins to withdraw from Afghanistan for good, the head of the army wants all troops to be on the lookout for fellow soldiers who are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related issues.

Through her grief, the widow of a Sylvan Lake, Alta., snowmobiler killed in an avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., is taking comfort in knowing he died saving a life.

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson will investigate reports that Andrew Leslie, a Liberal Party defence adviser and retired general, charged taxpayers $72,000 to move homes within the same city.

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The feds are soliciting public input through a month-long online consultation on Canada's prostitution laws.

Quebec legislators could pass a euthanasia bill within days that would allow doctors to give lethal injections to patients in the province who are suffering.

Nova Scotia is turning to its students to help give a new name each year to a February holiday, starting in 2015 with "Viola Desmond," the government announced Monday.

Guillaume Gelinas didn't say a word during a court appearance here Monday as the former soldier stands accused of murdering his father and stepmother.

Despite sunny skies and hot weather, Prime Minister Stephen Harper may not get the warmest reception during his first official visit to Mexico.

Retired army general and Liberal advisor Andrew Leslie is not the only senior Canadian Forces commander to charge taxpayers for pricy relocation costs within the same city.

The fate of the Mounties' decades-long effort to unionize is in the hands of the Supreme Court following a day of hearings on the issue.

First-degree murder charges are pending against two parents whose teen son died of bacterial sepsis because he allegedly didn’t receive treatment for his previously diagnosed Type 1 diabetes, police say.

Despite platitudes and emphatic references by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to the two countries'"70 years of excellent relations," a joint event held by the leaders showed the frosty relationship between the two.

MEXICO CITY — It is no secret that the longer a decision on whether to approve the proposed Keystone XL pipeline goes unmade, tensions between Canada and its neighbour to the south rise.

The provincial guardian of a teen who was Tasered by RCMP at age 11 after he escaped a group home is suing the provincial government and his former foster parents for negligence.

Public health officials in this northern Quebec town are scrambling to contain a pink eye outbreak that has spread to 400 people.

Sen. Patrick Brazeau quietly stood at the bar while an owner of Bare Fax strip club was surrounded by reporters over by perverts’ row.

Two people were arrested in Ontario driving a stolen car belonging to a missing Halifax woman, police say.

Canada has temporarily shut down its embassy in Ukraine.

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said he will "immediately" review the government program that allows retired military officers to charge taxpayers to move within the same city.

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