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OTTAWA — Having all but ruled out new spending, the trick for Jim Flaherty in Thursday’s budget is to maintain the impression of “action” in his fifth instalment of the Economic Action Plan series that was created as a response to a global economic m

TORONTO - Ontario's governing Liberals may be facing a sea of troubles, but Premier Kathleen Wynne wants them to keep smiling.

OTTAWA - The death of Shidane Arone at the hands of Canadian soldiers 20 years ago is often remembered as one of the darkest moments in Canadian military history.

OTTAWA - Tom Mulcair says he has nothing to learn from Conservatives about how an official Opposition leader should comport himself when travelling outside Canada.

SEVEN SISTERS FALLS, Man. - He’s the boy named Sue, a cat that loves to chase the girls and carouse with friends. He runs the roads so much he’s known by sight wherever he roams.

WINNIPEG - The cost of an inquiry into the death of a young Manitoba girl has risen to more than $6 million — a figure expected to climb as the hearing encounters yet another delay. The Manitoba government has approved another $1.

WEIRDALE, Sask. - A 15-year-old teenager from northern Saskatchewan may have found his calling.

TORONTO - Cardinal Marc Ouellet would make history if he were to become the first pope who hails from Canada, but experts suggest his appointment to the highest office in the Catholic Church would not have a significant impact on his homeland.

TORONTO - Doctors are seeing a growing number of children who have swallowed super-strong magnets, which can adhere together inside the body and cause life-threatening gastrointestinal problems such as a perforated bowel.

MONTREAL - Luka Rocco Magnotta, the man charged in connection with the infamous body-parts case that dominated headlines for the better part of 2012, is set to begin his preliminary inquiry on Monday.