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HALIFAX — Two years after an Air Canada jet crash-landed in a blizzard at Halifax's airport, injuring 25 people, the results of a Transportation Safety Board investigation will be released Thursday.

HALIFAX — Two orphaned bear cubs whose survival briefly became a Nova Scotia election issue Tuesday have been placed in wildlife parks and will not be euthanized.

OTTAWA — When interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose began using the photo-sharing social media site Instagram, the pictures she posted were all in black and white.

TORONTO — A classic Russian poem and centuries-old opera have taken on a modern new shape on the Canadian stage — and indie rock is powering the soundtrack.

WHITBY, Ont. — A father is facing charges after allegedly driving drunk with his children in the vehicle. Durham regional police say a passerby called them after a car reversed into a parked vehicle at a Whitby, Ont., gas station on Monday evening.

VANCOUVER — Claire Eccles steps in front of the mound for a couple easy tosses before signalling she's ready to pitch. The catcher prepares for the delivery, neither really knowing where her knuckleball is headed. And that's the point.

OTTAWA — The RCMP is failing to meet the mental health needs of its members due to a lack of resources, poor monitoring and meagre support from supervisors, says the federal spending watchdog.

TORONTO — Canada's system of detaining some foreigners who cannot be readily deported may not be perfect but it is fair and constitutional, a government lawyer argued on Tuesday.

Toronto Wolfpack prop Jake Emmitt and wing Liam Kay will miss this weekend's top-of-the-table showdown with the Barrow Raiders after being banned for fighting. Emmitt got a two-game suspension while Kay was banned for one game.

HALIFAX — (NSElxn) Nova Scotia New Democrats are promising to bring in $15-a-day child care beginning next year if they win the May 30 provincial election.