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Quebec Premier Jean Charest is introduced to an international relations group Monday, November 23, 2009 in Montreal before his speech about his upcoming trip to the environmental summit in Copenhagen.

Relatives of four sealers killed when their boat capsized during a coast guard towing operation have filed a $2.7 million lawsuit.

A nuclear power plant. Ryan Touhey Canada and India have been reluctant dance partners in decades past for reasons ranging from a heated disagreement on nuclear non-proliferation to Cold War-era divergences to name but two.It is only in recent years that Ottawa has expressed an interest to make New Delhi one of its international priorities and is ...

If you believe senior Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin, the Conservative government turned a blind eye to the abuse of Afghan prisoners for more than a year while publicly feigning ignorance of the problem.

Joel Plaskett is shown in this file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan OTTAWA - Halifax singer/songwriter Joel Plaskett led a big night for East Coast musicians at the fifth annual Canadian Folk Music Awards on Saturday.

Member of Sloan are Chris Murphy, left to right, Patrick Pentland, Andrew Scott and Jay Ferguson.

Canada Border Services Agency is on a roll in Alberta, deporting its fourth violent criminal in the past seven days.

Rankin Inlet Mayor John Hickes has become a voice for discontent about federal stimulus money in the North.

A new immigration handbook that adds sections on military history, legendary inventors and some of the darker aspects of Canada's past seems to be a hit with the public, a poll suggests.

Canadian warship HMCS Fredericton has taken up anti-piracy duties off east Africa and will spend the next six months patrolling in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa.

Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac of Madison Violet recieve the award for vocal group of the year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards at the Dominion Chalmers United Church in Ottawa, Ont., Nov.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says freedom of the media is a cornerstone of democracy.

Companies that buy grain may be getting more than they paid for. The Canadian Wheat Board, apparently for no reason, shared "sensitive information" about farmers with companies that buy and handle grain, says a newly released document.

Jack Layton's NDP has seen a rise in support. The federal New Democratic Party has vaulted to levels of voter approval not seen since before the last federal election, as Canada's two major parties struggle to hold support, suggest findings of a poll released Friday.

Ottawa's plan to spend its way out of a recession is winding down. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said yesterday he'll refrain from any new major spending programs and look to cut his own government's spending if necessary down the road.

Atlantic Canada's premiers emerged from a meeting Friday in Labrador divided over the proposed sale of New Brunswick's 89-year-old public power utility company to Hydro-Quebec. The premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador want New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham to guarantee their respective provinces the ability to ship power through ...

Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.

Don't put eggs in one basket, Ottawa tells arts groups Heritage Minister James Moore speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Friday, March 27, 2009.

Ottawa - Reuters Published on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 9:17AM EST A ir Canada AC.B-T is testing whether travellers want to pay to surf the Web, send e-mail or work via the Internet while flying, as the airline looks at new measures to boost revenue.

Councillor, MP differ on Town's stimulus share

GTA Ontario : One Halton Hills councillor is grumbling over what he says is a disparity in distribution of federal/provincial infrastructure stimulus funds within Halton Region.