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Dion urges Greens to go red

OTTAWA - Support for the Green party appears to be ebbing away as Stephane Dion intensifies his eleventh-hour pitch for all "progressive" voters to rally behind the Liberals to stop Stephen Harper's C...

Health Canada approves use of preservative that could stem growth of Listeria

TORONTO - Maple Leaf Foods is assessing a recently approved preservative for meat products that inhibits the growth of Listeria following a deadly outbreak linked to one of its plants that's claimed 2...

Province, feds at odds over security costs for 2010 Olympics

VANCOUVER - The release of the security budget for the 2010 Winter Olympics is being held up by cost-sharing negotiations between the federal and provincial governments and one critic says that leaves...

Party leaders focus on Quebec, Ontario as election clock ticks

OTTAWA - With just two days left in the election campaign, the major party leaders are focusing their efforts on seat-rich Ontario and Quebec. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, facing opinion polls su...

Fears of violence unfounded as protesters peacefully march in Mtl North

MONTREAL - Protesters calling for a public inquiry into the death of Fredy Villanueva marched peacefully through Montreal's north-end Saturday. About 600 marchers demanded an end to racial profilin...

Immigration minister in tough election fight amid land dispute, tobacco decline

CAPTION 1CALEDONIA, Ont. - The concrete barricade that blocks the road into what might have been a sparkly new subdivision in this southern Ontario town could also spell the end to the political r...

Tories widening lead, majority in sight: poll

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears to have survived the Conservative campaign's moment of crisis and is again knocking on the door to a majority government mere days from Tuesday's vote. ...

Navy helps fight fire on empty former coast guard ship in Halifax harbour

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - A rare shipboard fire aboard a former coast guard vessel moored in Halifax harbour was extinguished Saturday by navy and city firefighters who fought smouldering flames across severa...

Toronto's formal bid for Pan Am Games received well in Mexico, says McGuinty

New Olympic-sized swimming pools, a competitive cycling velodrome, and track and sports training facilities will all be built in Ontario if Toronto clinches the 2015 Pan Am Games, says the premier. ...

Roadside memorials: dangerous eyesores or tender reminders?

WINNIPEG - For those grieving the death of a loved one, usually in a traffic accident, a roadside memorial is more than a collection of teddy bears and candles. It's sacred ground. But for many oth...