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An Ontario Superior Court judge has struck down Toronto's ban on shark fins. Justice James Spence said in a ruling Friday that a city bylaw banning shark fins and foods such as the Chinese dish shark fin soup fell beyond the city's jurisdiction.

Three Saskatoon firefighters have been found not guilty of assaulting and obstructing two police officers.

He may never be known as Flash Garneau, but the latest contender for the helm of the federal Liberals hopes his astronaut credentials will give him a lift.

Liberals are demanding an apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper after a Conservative pollster was censured for conducting a misinformation campaign against MP Irwin Cotler.

Workers at the Halifax shipyard have voted in favour of a new collective agreement. The members of the Canadian Auto Workers-Marine Workers Federation voted 69 per cent in favour of the six-year deal with Irving Shipbuilding on Wednesday.

Alberta Premier Alison Redford denied Wednesday that she used her former job as justice minister to funnel a $10-billion lawsuit contract to a firm that employs her ex-husband.

Health Canada is warning Canadians and their health-care providers that thermography machines are not approved for use in Canada for breast cancer screening.

It shouldn't be news that the Conservatives have won a federal byelection in Calgary Centre - but Joan Crockatt made this one interesting.

The Harper Conservatives reclaimed the seat in the Ontario riding of Durham in Monday's byelection.

An Ontario judge who tossed out several criminal cases after a prosecutor was minutes late received a rebuke Monday from a disciplinary panel that opted for one of the softer possible penalties.