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Quebec's con-struction inquiry witnessed its first political bombshells Monday with a star witness testifying about corruption so deep, so systemic, that kickbacks to the Montreal mayor's political party and payments to the Italian Mafia were handled

A 20-year-old Winnipeg man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for terrorizing a family during a violent home invasion. Judge Rob Finlayson called the crime sickening before delivering his sentence in the packed courtroom.

Both the Transportation Safety Board and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating a deadly collision between two fishing boats off the coast of Washington state Friday.

A 53-year-old B.C. man has been charged with counselling a depressed woman to commit suicide, and police say he may have done it before. The latest incident came to light when family members brought a woman in her 40s to see police in Abbotsford.

A former Ucluelet teacher found guilty of sexually assaulting a female student has lost an appeal of his conviction.

Thick, black smoke and flames spewed late Monday from a Winnipeg warehouse that holds highly explosive fuel used for car racing.

Vancouver Island University's bursary program received a $500,000 gift from the estate of a local resident, the school has announced. "If you are educated, you are free," read a quote attributed to the late Stanislaw Radzik, who passed away Aug.

The Canada Revenue Agency has uncovered millions of dollars worth of missing taxes by doing a simple credit check that the banks have been using for years.

Ontario's Liberals are backing embattled Premier Dalton McGuinty's leadership, despite disappointing electoral results and a looming battle with former union allies who are furious over new legislation to freeze wages.