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OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are looking for answers after the government's program to help workers in hard-hit economic regions of the country blew past budget expectations, with spending now topping $1.3 billion.

OTTAWA — The portrayal of Canada's diversity on television has improved over the last decade, but there's still a lack of programming representing people with disabilities and the Indigenous population in particular, according to a research report pr

BROOKFIELD, N.S. — Lydia Sorflaten flips through decade-old clippings showing how she and her neighbours stopped a nearby cement plant from burning tires at a kiln 500 metres from their tranquil Nova Scotia lake.

OTTAWA — The military's sexual misconduct response centre is poised to make the long-awaited jump to round-the-clock service, despite what its new director admits have been struggles finding and keeping enough staff.

TORONTO — Having flattened everyone in their regular-season path, the unbeaten Toronto Wolfpack now turn their attention to the Super 8s playoffs.

TORONTO — Karen Cockburn was soaring and spinning high above trampolines in the sport's lean years when money for training and travel came out of her own pocket.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A nagging dread is keeping Craig Chaulk up at night. He lives downstream from the $12.7-billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric development in Labrador.

TORONTO — Mexican Esteban Gutierrez received medical clearance to drive Sunday in the Honda Indy Toronto race. The rookie IndyCar driver crashed during the first round of qualifying Saturday and began experiencing concussion-like symptoms afterwards.

BROOKFIELD, N.S. — Lydia Sorflaten flips through decade-old clippings showing how she and her neighbours stopped a nearby cement plant from burning tires at a kiln 500 metres from their tranquil Nova Scotia lake.

Bryan Maynard says his grandfather, a Prince Edward Island potato farmer, didn't start talking about retirement until he was 80 years old and had been diagnosed with dementia.