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A suspect was arrested Sunday in the death of a man who succumbed to severe stab wounds in Nanaimo. RCMP were called to the scene about 1:45 p.m.

A former Victoria youth outreach worker has died in a small Alberta community after suffering what is believed to have been a severe beating. RCMP in Whitecourt, about 180 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, found Dolan Badger, 49, about 7:45 a.m.

TORONTO - The battle over a Japanese macaque known as the Ikea monkey is heating up, with a primate sanctuary alleging his owners choked the animal, hit him with a wooden spoon and planned to have his teeth removed.

OTTAWA - The leader of the official Opposition and a prominent aboriginal chief have added their voices to the chorus calling for Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence to end her liquid-only diet.

MONTREAL - An extended January thaw in parts of Quebec and Ontario has put a major dent in the outdoor hockey season.

Work is set to begin soon on the latest Malahat Highway improvements, but safety advocates say far more is required as serious crashes continue and the Island’s population grows.

A marine consultant involved in B.C. oil-spill issues for a quarter century says the risks of a tanker oil spill associated with Enbridge Northern Gateway are simply too great for the project to proceed.

CAIRO - A Cairo appeals court on Sunday overturned Hosni Mubarak's life sentence and ordered a retrial of the former Egyptian president for failing to prevent the killing of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled his regime.

As B.C. prepares to roll back the harmonized sales tax later this year, the property transfer tax is exiting its first quarter century firmly entrenched in the economic landscape.

A children’s literacy effort has received a major boost with a donation from Orca Book Publishers.