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KELOWNA, B.C. — British Columbia's Liberals say they "stand corrected" on claims the NDP planted a woman at an election campaign event to confront Christy Clark.

TORONTO — They fought on opposite sides of the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, where one saved the other's life on the battlefield.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is pouring cold water on British Columbia Liberal Leader Christy Clark's election promise to put a hefty carbon tax on thermal coal.

TORONTO — Canadian race walker Inaki Gomez has announced his retirement. Gomez, from Vancouver, joined forces with Evan Dunfee, Ben Thorne and Mathieu Bilodeau to capture the silver medal at the 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships.

A member of a notorious Ontario mobster family has been gunned down outside his home in what police are calling a targeted shooting.

TORONTO — The new CEO of Torstar said Wednesday "everything is on the table" in his plans to transform the media giant to overcome ongoing declines in print advertising revenue.

HALIFAX — The Tories and NDP made their pitches Wednesday to Nova Scotians weary of health-care irritants, promising to address doctor shortages and emergency room overcrowding. Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie announced $13.

TORONTO — A provincial byelection will be held in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., on June 1. The seat was left empty when former Liberal cabinet minister David Orazietti stepped down Dec. 31. The Ontario Liberals nominated their candidate, former Sault Ste.

TORONTO — Canada's biggest grocery and pharmacy owner said Wednesday it anticipates competition between supermarket chains will be fierce this year as food prices continue to stay low. Loblaw Companies Ltd.

TORONTO — Defender Kennedy Faulknor is joining fellow Canadian international Jessie Fleming at UCLA.