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A group of Ontario residents trying to ward off the development of a new quarry in their community say they have found two endangered salamanders that they hope will convince authorities to put an end to the project. The Burlington, Ont.

TORONTO — He sports a large brace on his left knee and is five months shy of his 38th birthday. But the idea of eluding large men intent on causing him bodily harm still appeals to Ricky Ray.

EDMONTON — Alberta's NDP government on Wednesday tabled the first major overhaul of the province's workplace rules in almost 30 years.

OTTAWA — A look at the federal Conservative leadership race, by the numbers. 445: Length, in days, of the leadership contest. 16: Number of people who officially entered.

OTTAWA — Conservative party members have begun voting to select their new leader, with mail-in ballots now returning to a depot in Toronto ahead of the official vote count on Saturday. Here are five things to know about the process. 1.

TORONTO — Financials and energy sectors dragged down Canada's main stock index Wednesday, while the loonie shone as investors took solace in a slightly more upbeat tone from the latest Bank of Canada decision.

OTTAWA — In a brightly lit room off a busy highway in Toronto, about a dozen Conservative party workers are now seated around a square conference table, slicing open the envelopes that hold the secret of the federal party's future.

BURNABY, B.C. — The federal government is taking the first step in protecting an area that contains rare, chimney-like hydrothermal vents off British Columbia's coast.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have had a knack for doing the unexpected this post-season. They'll need to do it one more time to advance to their first Stanley Cup final in a decade.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, May 24 ——— TRUDEAU HEADS TO EUROPE FOR NATO, G7 SUMMITS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on his way to Brussels for the NATO leaders' summit, the alliance's first such meeting since U.S.