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FREDERICTON — Seeking to contain a festering scandal involving "thousands and thousands of errors," New Brunswick is freezing property tax assessments and assigning the task to a new independent agency.

TORONTO — Two Toronto residents said they brought a criminal complaint against a controversial publication the federal government deemed too offensive to distribute in the mail.

TORONTO — While his fellow draft prospects have been sprinting up and down NBA courts in countless professional auditions, Canada's Chris Boucher has finally graduated to running in the University of Oregon pool, the weightlessness of the water cushi

FREDERICTON — The legal age limit for recreational marijuana use in New Brunswick should be set at 19, a provincial working group recommended Wednesday in a report that also calls for sales to be handled by something similar to a Crown corporation.

MONTREAL — Two young Quebecers who are facing terrorism-related charges will remain behind bars pending their next court appearance in July.

RED DEER, Alta. — People in Red Deer were cleaning up Wednesday after a violent windstorm that knocked out power and prompted the central Alberta city to declare a local state of emergency.

TORONTO — Canadian actor Kim Coates of "Sons of Anarchy" fame is set to make a return to his homegrown theatrical roots early next year in "Jerusalem.

OTTAWA — A Thunder Bay MP says she's not surprised by "appalling" new numbers that suggest the Ontario city has the highest rate of metropolitan hate crime in Canada.

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) said Wednesday it is cutting 450 jobs, primarily from its head office locations in the Greater Toronto Area, as it tries to revamp its business in light of shifting client preferences.

Halifax's police chief says his officers are seeing a disturbing rise in suicide calls, and is suggesting the city's suicide rate be released to help start a conversation around the issue.