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TORONTO — Amelie Beyries has felt life slipping out of her grasp. It first happened when she was diagnosed with cancer at age 28. Coming out of treatment, she thought everything would improve. Except it didn't — it got worse.

OTTAWA — Tension surrounding the latest softwood lumber showdown between Canada and the United States is not just limited to the lumber industries in the two nations.

TORONTO — Canadian MMA fighter Valerie (Trouble) Letourneau has signed with Bellator.

CALGARY — A man suspected of strangling his wife and burying her body in the house they shared says he was the victim of ongoing domestic abuse before a final argument that ended in her death.

TORONTO — Lawyers for Ontario's securities regulator said Monday in their closing statements that Garth Drabinsky, who defrauded investors of an estimated $500 million, should not be allowed to participate in the capital markets, while his representa

OTTAWA — A federal program designed to give extra financial help to out-of-work Canadians in the hardest-hit economic regions of the country has blown past Liberal budget estimates with more than $1 billion in payouts.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — The Canadian Red Cross says three-quarters of the $323 million raised since a destructive wildfire struck Fort McMurray last spring has been spent or committed nearly a year after the disaster.

HALIFAX — The story of Edward Cornwallis in Nova Scotia is told two ways: The tale of a brave leader and his entourage of soldiers and settlers trying to survive in a new world, or the commander of a bloody and barbaric extermination campaign against

HALIFAX — The opening of the spring session of the Nova Scotia legislature Tuesday means an unofficial election campaign, underway for weeks, will be temporarily shelved as the Liberal government gears up to present a budget later this week.

TORONTO — North American stock indexes surged in a relief rally Monday following the first round of France's presidential election over the weekend.