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First Nations Idle No More protesters hold hands and dance in a circle during a demonstration at the Douglas-Peace Arch crossing on the Canada-U.S. border near Surrey, B.C., on Jan. 5, 2013.

Dufferin St. in Toronto was voted the worst road in Ontario in the CAA's 2013 survey.

There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, as per the singer/songwriter Paul Simon and his 1975 song of the same name, but there are apparently at least 99 ways to leave your government job - and all of them have you merrily deleting and shredding as you go.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper got a private audience with U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday on the sidelines of the G8 summit, where he raised the sticky issue of the Keystone XL oilsands pipeline.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper sidestepped a question Tuesday over whether it was appropriate for his taxpayer-funded office to be distributing documents to media about paid speeches Justin Trudeau made before he was elected to Parliament.

A Canadian couple who recently stumbled upon a 400-year-old skeleton is now saddled with a $5,000 bill, Two weeks ago, Ken Campbell of Sarnia, Ontario, came upon some bones while digging postholes in his backyard.

Toronto police say a 42-year-old woman was at a bar in the Kennedy Road and Eglinton Avenue area on June 6. About 10 minutes later, the woman became "incoherent" and was assisted into a taxi by the man and another man, police said.

John Dunn, a member of the For The Love of Paws Animal Rescue is shown Monday, June 17, 2013, in Windsor, Ont.

Couples in the United States looking to spice up their sex lives will have to do without certain adult toys after a U.S. trade panel ruled on Monday that some companies are violating a patent held by a Canadian company for a two-armed vibrator.

Doctors should avoid ordering certain antibiotics for older patients who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor, Canadian researchers say.

And the authors say that given that these drugs are commonly prescribed and commonly prescribed together, the combination should be avoided.

The National Capital Commission released a study last month that concluded a new bridge should connect Ottawa and Gatineau over Kettle Island.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz has been named to the advisory council of Western University's Lawrence National Centre of Policy and Management.

Safety changes coming down the line for Clarington railway crossings. NEWCASTLE -- Councillor Willie Woo has raised concerns over several railway crossings in Newcastle, including the one over Arthur Street.

The eastern Ontario cheese factory destroyed by fire earlier this year hopes to break ground on rebuilding a new, larger operation next month to help the small town that relies on its business.

Toronto police carried out a series of dramatic raids on alleged gang-members across the city in Friday.

The barking of a pet dog may have saved a family in a fire that will end up being at least a million-dollar blaze.

The man accused of killing 21-year-old Brodie Armstrong was in the grade above him when they attended Arnprior District High school and the two were listed as Facebook friends.

As a little girl, Jamie Cuthbertson, now 26, had a fear of being eaten by insects - spiders especially.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has spent $28 million commemorating the War of 1812, and the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has started a "thorough and comprehensive review of significant aspects of Canadian history."