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If there's one thing that can get the nation's pot smokers motivated it's the legalization of marijuana.

Michigan voters shot down an attempt to block or at least delay construction of a new bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, despite an intense campaign from the billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews back-pedalled in the Commons on Wednesday after being accused of launching partisan attacks to repel probes on the prison death of teen Ashley Smith.

While most kids don their Remembrance Day poppies with pride and sing their hearts out during their school's ceremony, some students in Edmonton can opt out of the affair altogether.

A B.C. expatriate reported missing in Mexico was found dead Tuesday, his body tied to a tree near his home outside Puerto Vallarta, local reports said.

Three teens pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday for the fatal shooting of a five-year-old boy in his Hobbema, Alta., home last year.

A Tory private member's bill seeking accountability from Canada's union movement oversteps its mandate and could lead to privacy breaches of personal information, critics say.

Crooks have faked some of the country’s new plastic-based banknotes, according to a Bank of Canada official.

In his first extended question-and-answer session with Canadian reporters covering his week-long trip to India, Prime Minister Stephen Harper touched on a range of topics Thursday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke Thursday by phone for the first time since Obama’s re-election -- an opportunity Harper used to press Obama to fix America's economic woes.

A man who took a pregnancy test as a joke has been diagnosed with cancer in time to treat it, all thanks to a comic posted on Reddit.

The New Year will usher in some major changes to Canada's immigration system focused on one key issue - getting a decent job.

The director of six different companies has been sent to jail and given a hefty fine for not paying his workers.

Toronto's top cop is expected to make a major announcement Thursday morning about the investigation into the worst mass shooting in the city's history.

It was a brazen plan. Break into the jail, leave wire cutters, weapons and drugs behind. Grab a hostage and make a fast break for it.

Police rescued a 21-year-old Edmonton woman who was found forcibly confined in her home as she awaited an arranged marriage outside of Canada, say cops who have charged a man and woman.

Two top-ranking Toronto Police officers facing disciplinary charges arising from orders given to street cops during the G20 pleaded not guilty Thursday.

A lone gunman outside a New Westminster, B.C., casino was shot by police Thursday and taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Researchers say they've discovered a new species of dinosaur after identifying the bones of three dinosaurs found near the village of Foremost, Alta., in 1958.

The federal government is not satisfied with a permit process allowing temporary foreign workers at a Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mine, it was announced Thursday, almost a week after two unions went to court for a judicial review of the applications.

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