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OTTAWA — Arguments and allegations of improper membership sales are roiling the crowded Conservative leadership race as tensions escalate between rivals before next week's rapidly approaching deadline to sign up new members.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is moving to set restrictions on marijuana similar to those on alcohol. Proposed legislation would list marijuana as an intoxicant and ban people from consuming it in a vehicle.

HALIFAX — A pair of researchers in Halifax are working on an elaborate, computerized disaster-planning simulator that will one day function like a multiplayer video game — the first version of which has already plotted what could happen if the port c

TORONTO — A common class of medications used to treat urinary symptoms in men with an enlarged prostate does not boost the risk of suicide, but in rare cases can cause depression and thoughts of self-harm, a study has found.

WASHINGTON — The Canadian government has fired off a letter to a group of U.S. lawmakers who support tougher Buy American rules, foreshadowing a possible tussle ahead as American procurement policies get debated this year.

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — Bertrand Charest was a passionate and visionary ski coach, his sister told his sex assault trial Monday. His ski students were happy, relaxed and the atmosphere was "super fun," said Isabelle Charest, the defence's first witness.

A search for an Ontario man accused of fatally injuring his stepson moments before attempting to kill a local bank employee stretched into its third day on Monday as police conceded the fugitive could be just about anywhere.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — A Nunavut judge is pointing out problems with how the territory handles traditional Inuit adoptions after a mother lost custody of her daughter without her consent.

LONDON, Ont. — Sentencing has been delayed for a London, Ont., group home operator convicted of a dozen fire code violations in connection with a deadly blaze.

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau may still be a big draw on the international circuit, but his cardboard stand-ins have fallen flat.