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OTTAWA — The Senate was recognized Wednesday with a lifetime achievement award for being a bottomless pit of wasteful spending.

Jill and Ben Caine are holding on tight to their seven-month old daughter Addison today.

Halifax police announced Wednesday they are investigating the disappearance of Loretta Saunders as a murder.

Ex-Liberal senators said Wednesday they are now free to work for Canadians and not the Liberal Party.

The Prime Minister's Office said the exclusion of opposition MPs from a delegation that left Thursday for Kiev was because neither party seems ready for high-level diplomatic work.

The Conservatives want to put child molesters in prison for longer and create a national database of high-risk predators.

For a man who says he is dedicated to transparency, CBC president Hubert Lacroix has a funny way of showing it. Lacroix literally pushed past myself and three CBC reporters waiting to ask him questions as he showed up for an appearance before the Senate transportation and communications committee.

CBC and civil service mandarins' salaries, expenses and job descriptions will remain hidden from the public, thanks to Conservative MPs and ministers.

The federal government has given the thumbs down to a mine proposed by Taseko Lake Mines west of Williams Lake, B.C.

It’s certainly becoming quite a whale of a tale.

After months of speculation, former Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau has emphatically said he will not run in the next Quebec election.

The Senate was silent Thursday on whether a sexual harassment investigation into a Liberal appointee would be expanded after more women said they were groped and stalked by Sen. Colin Kenny.

The duo found with Loretta Saunders' car has been charged with her murder, Halifax police say.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird officially welcomed Ukraine's new prime minister after arriving in the country's capital for talks about finding resolution and diffusing the violence there.

The Conservative government literally rolled out the red carpet Thursday to welcome an uber-wealthy Muslim leader who is widely viewed as moderate and warm to the West.

Canada blocked a joint venture of two of the country's biggest wireless telephone carriers from acquiring more airwaves on Thursday, sending the latest pointed message that their dominant positions would be challenged in the fight to win over consumers.

Greyhound bus beheader Vince Li has been granted unsupervised visits to Selkirk, Man.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire welcomed the newest party member to the world Friday morning.

Paul DeVries, a Warminster, Ont., man who drugged kids in his care so he could sexually assault them, has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Russia is provoking unrest by holding military exercises near Ukraine's border, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Friday during a visit to the region.

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