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Onlookers clapped and small boats sounded their horns as the newly restored Bluenose II made its historic relaunch as a light drizzle gave way to a Nova Scotia sunrise early Saturday morning.

A 24-year-old motorcyclist has died after colliding with a large commercial truck that was pulling into a driveway in Abbotsford. Const. Ian MacDonald says the rider suffered critical injuries when he was thrown from his bike Saturday.

Daryl Katz, who threatened to move team to Seattle, tells fans he's sorry

Quebec inquiry told that system drove up cost of public works

A 16-year-old boy was sleeping on the streets of Halifax when he awoke to find himself in a van and was taken to a home where two men kept him captive and sexually assaulted him earlier this month, the RCMP say in court documents.

A teenage girl allegedly defamed on a bogus Facebook page can proceed with a lawsuit without revealing her name, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday.

Rejects calls for her resignation as minister for status of women

The swelling ranks of aboriginal women in the federal prison system amount to "nothing short of a crisis," says a report commissioned by the Public Safety Department.

Niagara regional police have charged a 35-year-old man with murder in the death of Shana Carter of Grimsby, Ont. Carter was reported missing by her sister to Peel regional police on Dec. 11, 2010, and her remains were found on Sept.

A southern Ontario police force has charged one current and one former officer in a "largescale" scheme to smuggle cheese and other food items into Canada. Niagara Regional Police say cases of cheese and other foods were purchased in the U.S.