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Michael Skakel , a nephew of former U.S. attorney general Robert F.

17.5 per cent speak two languages at home but English remains predominant in Victoria

The Harper government has made another small concession to allow greater scrutiny of its massive, omnibus budget implementation bill.

The lawyer for a Canadian naval officer who confessed to selling military secrets to the Russians says he was stunned his client wasn't caught sooner by domestic intelligence officials who failed for years to pick up on his illicit behaviour.

link to body probed

Canada should pay hunters to kill 70,000 seals off the East Coast to help the recovery of cod stocks even though there's little scientific evidence to support a large cull, a Senate committee recommended Tuesday.

The number of prisoners harming them-selves in federal penitentiaries has almost tripled in the last five years, a new study from the federal correction investigator says.

The Coroners Service of British Columbia is reporting a death following an avalanche in the province's northwest.

The tough-on-crime Conservative cabinet is taking a hands-off approach to a Diamond Jubilee medal being awarded to a repeat offender jailed for harassing women over abortion.

Failure to help injured ex-soldiers among problems cited in report