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VICTORIA — The sister of a British Columbia government health worker who took his own life after being falsely accused of wrongdoing says she hopes Premier Christy Clark's "callous and cynical" response becomes a key issue in the provincial election

TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne is meeting Wednesday with mayors in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area to discuss housing affordability.

TORONTO — Vikram Vij never dreamed he would become an acclaimed chef in his adopted homeland, or that he would own a culinary empire by the age of 50.

TORONTO — The price of bullion soared to a five-month high Tuesday as investors flocked to the safe haven amid rising global tensions, particularly between the U.S. and North Korea. The June gold contract rose $20.30 at US$1,274.

CHATEAUGUAY, Que. — Alcohol was not a factor in a head-on crash that killed four people and injured four others south of Montreal, Quebec provincial police said Tuesday. Sgt.

Quebec announced a new foreign policy program Tuesday that is focused on environmental issues and human rights. The government is setting aside $100 million over five years to support its first new foreign policy platform since 2006.

TORONTO — Omar El Akkad has made the transition from print journalist to novelist with "American War," but his previous dispatches from the front lines helped colour his dark imagining of a futuristic postwar America.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick prosecutors have taken the unusual step of seeking a judicial review of a judge's decision in a bid to revive a high-profile case involving a fatal police shooting in Bathurst, N.B., two years ago.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government released its 2017-18 budget Tuesday. Here is a look at some of the winners and losers: Winners: Current taxpayers: Budget contains no new increases to personal or business taxes.

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — A case that has raised alarms among advocates for freedom of the press was back in court Tuesday in Labrador as an aboriginal leader urged the premier to intervene.