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OTTAWA — A nine-year prison sentence handed to a Toronto-area day-care supervisor who used toddlers for child pornography will stand.

TORONTO — A Syrian restaurant in downtown Toronto that closed after its owners said they received hate messages and death threats is set to reopen Friday following an outpouring of support from community members and other businesses.

MONTREAL — Disgraced former national ski coach Bertrand Charest has decided he won't appeal his verdict and sentence before the Supreme Court of Canada. Charest's lawyer says he's decided to close the book and focus on the future.

Climate change threatens extinction for two-thirds of bird species across North America, including almost all of those filling the forests and tundra of northern Canada, says an extensive report.

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OTTAWA — The RCMP does not give lie-detector tests to employees undergoing top-level security screenings despite federal rules that require such examinations, The Canadian Press has learned.

A new survey examining young Canadians' views on leadership says only 10 per cent picture a woman when they think of a CEO.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A teenage girl wrote the words "this is amazing grace" on a piece of paper moments before she and her friend were attacked by a man with a knife inside a British Columbia high school, a trial heard Wednesday.

VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan defended how his chief of staff handled allegations made against the former clerk of the B.C.

EDMONTON — Paul Biegel was about to light a cigarette moments before he found himself lying on the ground with a broken vehicle mirror beside him.