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TORONTO — Prosecutors are seeking a new trial for an ex-soldier accused of murder who walked free because his case took too long to get to trial, saying the Ottawa man didn't assert his rights early enough in the process.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Welcome, Texas: The mayors of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, will be in Toronto and Montreal throughout the week to promote trade, tourism and other business opportu

TORONTO — Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for much of southern Ontario, from Windsor through to Peterborough and Ottawa. The agency says temperatures are expected to be high, and nighttime lows will provide little relief from the heat.

TORONTO — John Herdman is looking for some more clinical finishing in front of goal. But off the field, his Canadian women's soccer team is as sharp as ever.

MONTREAL — Even as swollen rivers have receded in Quebec, some experts suggest historic flooding this year could mean critter and pest-related woes in months and years to come.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Police east of Toronto suspect that seven nonfatal overdoses over the weekend may have been related to fentanyl.

HAMILTON — Police say a man in his twenties has died after falling about 40 metres from a cliff near Albion Falls in Hamilton.

VANCOUVER — Despite the rats, roaches and clogged toilets at decaying rooming houses and hotels in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, activists and experts say they provide necessary affordable housing to the poorest people who would otherwise be pushed

VANCOUVER — Gerard Janssen remembers the day then-premier Glen Clark was left pounding on a locked door after arriving late for a vote in the British Columbia legislature. Clark's blunder in May 1997 nearly lost the government the vote.

INNISFIL, Ont. — The South Simcoe Police Service is investigating a crash that claimed the life of a four-year-old boy.