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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit an Shawville, Quebec on Friday morning, according to Earthquakes Canada.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau makes his way to speak to media following a party caucus meeting in Ottawa on May 8, 2013.

Facing growing criticism about a six-lane interprovincial bridge between Gatineau and Ottawa, the National Capital Commission explained on Tuesday why it prefers a corridor connection on Kettle Island.

Popular Canadian home retailer Wicker Emporium is continuing its expansion into Ontario with the grand opening of its 25th store, and its second in Ottawa, this spring.

The release of the latest interprovincial bridge report finds Kettle Island to be the most cost-effective option - despite carrying a price tag of more than $1 billion.

Ottawa police are asking for help with a two-month-old robbery in which a Money Mart employee was abducted from his home at gunpoint.

Ceramic artist Alexis Doiron is exhibiting flower and "pod" pots at Argyle Fine Art, 1559 Barrington St., Halifax, in a show she shares with Jenny Morton to June 4. Ceramic artists Jenny Morton and Alexis Doiron have teamed up for Tea and the Garden, an exhibit of flower pots and tea cups, in Argyle Fine Art's lower gallery.

Thousands of protesters will gather on Parliament Hill for an annual anti-abortion rally, with a focus on sex-selective abortions.

East end commuters might want to load up on Tylenol and take a few deep breathing courses as the City of Ottawa gears up for construction season , A long list of construction projects that includes the Trim Road realignment and the widening of the eastern portion of the Queensway is bound to test the patience of even the most .

A driver who killed a five-year-old girl turned his van into a weapon when he took a corner too quickly, went airborne, then slammed into the minivan in which the senior kindergarten student and two other children were riding, a Crown prosecutor alleged Monday.

Lisa I. Leonard, 42, 819 W. Jackson St., was arrested Sunday in the 2600 block of Columbus Street on a La Salle County warrant for failure to appear in court on a charge of driving while license suspended.

A Mississauga woman who left the corpse of her newborn on an apartment balcony has been ordered to stand trial by Canada's top court.

An Ottawa cop who was recently acquitted of sex assault in a case of alleged cellblock brutality now faces a fresh lawsuit from another former inmate.

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Restaurant franchisor MTY Food Group Inc. said Tuesday it has signed a deal to buy the SushiGo chain of fast food restaurants for $1.05 million in cash.

The 4 Atlantic premiers are calling on the Harper government to suspend its employment insurance changes.

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The latest bank robbery was on Wellington Street West near Parkdale Avenue at about 10:15 a.m. on April 12.

A traffic sign on Highway 17 at the turn off to the Experimental Lakes Area near Kenora, Ont.

Two weeks after their daughter died following months of alleged online harassment, the family of Rehtaeh Parsons sat down with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and urged him to ban the distribution of intimate images online under the Criminal Code of Canada.