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KINGSTON, Ont. — Police in Kingston, Ont., say they've seized a kilogram of cocaine, a large amount of cash and a pickup truck in a drug investigation. They say the investigation into what they termed "high level cocaine trafficking" began in March.

TORONTO — Rising Canadian filmmaker Stella Meghie wanted to stick closely to the source material with her new teen romance "Everything, Everything.

TORONTO — The mother of a disabled teen forgotten on a school bus and left alone for hours has launched a lawsuit against those she's holding responsible, claiming her daughter has sustained ongoing trauma as a result of the incident.

TORONTO — Officials from the country's largest pension fund said Thursday they'd welcome the opportunity to invest in Canadian infrastructure but there's been a limited supply of suitable assets available to purchase.

TORONTO — Gabourey Sidibe had a storybook rise to stardom with her Oscar-nominated debut in "Precious," but the actress found fame was no shield for the onslaught of vicious insults ridiculing her physical appearance.

WINNIPEG — Five months after nearly freezing to death on a treacherous walk across the Canada-U.S. border, and still learning to get along without the 10 fingers and thumbs he lost to frostbite, Seidu Mohammed is happy. He gets to stay in Canada.

MONTREAL — Almost 40 per cent of Canadians are eating lunch at their desks — a number that reflects increasing workplace pressures as well as shifting attitudes toward meals, says the lead author of a new study gauging the country's eating habits.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Police in Kingston, Ont., say returning to the scene of the crime proved to be the undoing of a pair of alleged thieves.

BARRIE, Ont. — Police say a man and woman from Innisfil, Ont., are facing charges after allegedly being caught with stolen goods twice on the same afternoon.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are looking to push more of the billions they plan to spend on infrastructure in the next decade directly into flood mitigation, hoping to avoid repeats of disasters in Quebec and Ontario this month.