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"We'll be consulting a crown attorney and upgrading the charges according to the advice of the crown.

At the end of the Wednesday night's Senators game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, even team captain Daniel Alfredsson was not optimistic about the team's chances of taking the series.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has fired his chief of staff, the latest development in a tumultuous week at city hall where the pressure is growing for the mayor to comment on crack cocaine allegations raised by two media outlets.

Students at Hillcrest High School took turns lugging jugs of water across the city as the final push to raise funds to build a school in Ecuador.

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A Canadian refugee from Haiti is making a plea for help from Canadian authorities to bring her family to Canada after her 22-year-old daughter was kidnapped.

The second suspect arrested in the Tim Bosma slaying has been identified as Mark Smich, 25, of Oakville, Ont., Supt.

A two-year-old girl drowned earlier this week in a pool at her home in the village of Russell, according to Ontario Provincial Police.

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.