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OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman had walked up to the entrance of the Ottawa courthouse dozens of previous times over the past year, yet this time was different: This would be the last time. Like on ...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is disputing claims that a bill to end solitary confinement in Canada's prisons is merely "linguistic trickery" that maintains the practice unde...

VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature says a speech he gave this week about leadership went sideways and he is apologizing for offending people. Darryl Plecas says the point he...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George RCMP is taking aim at bike thieves.It has done so by launching a bait bike program. Cpl. Craig Douglass says the new program hit the streets yesterday (May 9) to quic...

OTTAWA - Canada's top military procurement official says the U.S. will have to sign off on whatever fighter jet this country purchases, but that he is not concerned about political interference. Patri...

PRINCE GEORGE - It's a good news/bad news scenario when it comes to snowpack levels across the province as the BC River Forecast Centre released its bi-monthly report this week.The latest snow survey ...

AMSTERDAM - Facing a three-goal deficit at halftime in their Champions League semifinal, Tottenham's players only had to think back 24 hours or so to find a source of inspiration. "We saw Liverpool la...

Baltimore police arrested seven people on Wednesday as they ended a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at Johns Hopkins University, where a group of protesters have demonstrat...

NEW YORK - Deborah Dugan, the CEO of Bono's (RED) organization, has been named president and CEO of the Recording Academy, becoming the first woman appointed to lead the organization. The academy anno...

OTTAWA - There could be a federal public-service strike later this year, but it will be up to whoever is in power after the October election to deal with it. The Public Service Alliance of C...