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HALIFAX — A suicide review may have been conducted after former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond fatally shot his wife, daughter and mother before turning the gun on himself earlier this year, but Veterans Affairs Canada declined Tuesday to confirm wh

CALGARY — Royal Dutch Shell will forge ahead with its energy development plans in British Columbia regardless of the uncertainty swirling around the province's political future, says the company's Canadian country chair. Energy investments in B.C.

OTTAWA — Would you like to challenge someone to a duel? As things stand now, that would be an indictable offence and could get you up to two years behind bars — or, perhaps, in the stocks.

OTTAWA — Canada's new foreign policy will involve spending billions on "hard power" military capability because the country can't rely on an American ally that has turned inward, says Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

TORONTO — Ontario is looking at ways to make child care more affordable for families in the province, announcing a framework the minister in charge calls a step toward universal child care.

TORONTO — A TV series based on the Canadian cult-hit mockumentary "Fubar" and a drama inspired by the "Shakespearean" life of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto are among the homegrown shows headed to City next season.

HARBOUR BRETON, N.L. — For Johnaton Poulain, it's like living in the middle of an Alfred Hitchcock movie.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — A Toronto-area high school teacher has been charged after police allege he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. Police say both the teacher and student were based at a secondary school in Brampton, Ont.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — A cane fight that broke out between two elderly women in a parking lot north of Toronto resulted in police being called to break up the scuffle.

OTTAWA — Nearly one in five first-time homebuyers received help with a down payment from a family member, according to a survey conducted by the federal housing agency released Tuesday. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.