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OTTAWA - The Conservative government would not say whether it stands by its own accountability rules for members of cabinet after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was accused of breaching the guidelines.

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada revisits the battered woman's defence when it rules on Friday in the explosive and emotional case of a Nova Scotia woman who tried to hire a hit man to kill her abusive husband.

OTTAWA - A massive privacy breach looks to land the federal government in court.

OTTAWA - Canada's C-17 heavy-lift military transport plane touched down on Malian soil for the first time Thursday carrying a French military armoured vehicle among other equipment.

KITCHENER, Ont. - Inquest jurors paced the beige-painted segregation cell on Thursday where a deeply disturbed teen choked to death five years ago as security guards stood watching her.

Victoria police have issued a public warning about a parolee they say is at risk of causing “significant harm” to adult and teenage females.

NANAIMO — A motor failure is to blame for a six-sailing service cancellation on the Duke Point-Tsawwassen B.C. Ferries route.

Sophia Alfonso Gomez was sitting at a bus stop on Douglas Street when a boy came up to her, holding his chest and asking for help, a B.C. Supreme Court trial heard Wednesday. “When I looked up, Justin was in front of me… He said, ‘Please help me.

Premier Christy Clark continues to sidestep calls for regional police forces in Greater Vancouver and the capital region as recommended by missing women inquiry commissioner Wally Oppal.

Idle No More protests are the start of a larger movement that will bring together a broad cross-section of First Nations and non-indigenous communities, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs president Stewart Phillip predicted Wednesday.