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A burn expert testifying at the trial of a man accused of scalding his wife and leaving her to die said her injuries were consistent with someone who had a "kitchen pot" of hot liquid poured over her back.

The boss of a "sophisticated" cocaine and marijuana trafficking ring run out of a west Ottawa bar was sentenced to 19 years in jail Tuesday morning.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper took questions from reporters for the first time since the resignation of his chief of staff Nigel Wright over the Senate expenses scandal.

Vera Warren-Williams' Community Book Center in New Orleans is located at 2523 Bayou Rd.

A posting on the festival's website said Franklin, 71, has cancelled her entire June touring schedule under doctor's orders.

The warning was put into effect just after 9:15 a.m. Wednesday and warned of a band of storms moving southeast from between Renfrew and Arnprior.

Emergency workers neared the end of their search Tuesday afternoon for survivors in Moore, Okla., following a deadly tornado that weather officials said was now classified among the most powerful type of twister.

Dozens of residents in rural Pakenham, part of Mississippi Mills, fear a proposed firearm training facility in the community could disturb the peace.

The controversial bill outlines amendments to the province's Charter of the French Language, known as Bill 101, as well as modifications to the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

Ottawa police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Friday inside a home.

A floral memorial continues to grow for Ancaster, Ont., man Tim Bosma, left, at the Waterloo Region farm of Dellen Millard, who is charged with first-degree murder.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says her party will support the Liberal government's budget, but accountability measures need to be put in place.

MRC des Collines regional police said the man was installing a water pump at the creek Monday afternoon when he noticed his dog on the other side of the water.

Searching for my nephew. Matthew David Delore Born Jan. 22, 1979 in Ottawa, ON. He lived with his birth father David for a while.

A 56-year-old man died after his vehicle rolled into a ditch and ended upside down in a ravine south of Regional Road 174 in Cumberland.

Canada geese have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars in research at the Central Experimental Farm in recent years, so much so that border collies have now been hired to keep the pesky birds away.

There were more than 350 flu outbreaks, compared to about 100 the year before. That number comes even though most residents are vaccinated.

The Harper government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars advertising a program that does not yet exist.

Ottawa police investigators descended on a field in Vars on Friday to search for the gun used in the murder of Levy Kasende outside his ex-girlfriend's Innes Road townhome in Blackburn Hamlet last August.

A 46-year-old man was taken to hospital in critical condition Sunday after a two-vehicle crash outside of Stittsville, paramedics say.