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OTTAWA — It is indefensible that Health Canada has failed to register the opioid Tramadol under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, a drug-safety researcher says, noting the department explored making such a move in 2007, but backtracked. Dr.

KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. — A second degree murder charge was laid Saturday following a fire at an Ontario group home last week that left one person dead.

OTTAWA — There were "Make America Great Again" hats, there were signs with Donald Trump's name.

TORONTO — Five things to watch this week in Canadian business: Earnings-palooza: A steady stream of earnings are in the offing, with Valeant Pharmaceuticals, SNC-Lavalin and George Weston reporting.

CALGARY — Mark Farrant has a good idea of what jurors are going through after they sat through a recent triple-murder trial's disturbing testimony about how the victims were killed and disposed of.

HALIFAX — The image on the computer screen looks innocent enough: A ledger showing a list of names, ages and descriptions of physical stature — all of it written in a precise script that hasn't been practised in more than two centuries.

Researchers and educators agree that cellphones have become fixtures in Canadian classrooms, but opinion remains divided on how best to address their presence.

Schools across Canada are grappling with the uncertainty of U.S. travel restrictions and how that affects upcoming student trips across the border.

A Canadian man whose family is trapped in a militant-controlled area in the Libyan city of Benghazi has travelled to Turkey in effort to assemble an aid shipment for civilians in the conflict-ridden neighbourhood. Ali Hamza, of Mississauga, Ont.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews had No. 31 on his stick. It was less than a minute into Saturday's overtime and the 19-year-old was in alone opposite Montreal Canadiens all-world netminder Carey Price.