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The New Housing Price Index rose 0.4 per cent for the third straight month in January.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall , Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission Elwin Hermanson Photograph by: Leader-Post files REGINA a ' A 68-year-old man from Allan is being held in custody in Saskatoon as he faces charges of uttering threats against several political leaders.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Prime Minister Stephen Harper enter the House of Commons for the budget speech on March 4. Canada's budget watchdog says it disagrees with some parts of last week's federal budget, namely the deficit forecasts and economic expectations.

Const. Douglas Scott, 20, was fatally shot while investigating a drunk-driving complaint in the Nunavut hamlet of Kimmirut on Nov.

The CEO of Air Canada launched a blistering attack on recent efforts by Emirates Airlines to expand its services to Canada, saying the impact of allowing the Dubai-based airline to increase its service to Toronto and start flying to Calgary and Vancouver would be "devastating." Calin Rovinescu said, in particular, that as Vancouver tries to build ...

A tasting plate of seal tartar, seal pepperoni and smoked seal meat, left, and seal tatki at the Au 5ieme Peche restaurant in Montreal, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

Governor General Michaelle Jean is offering Canada's thanks to the Dominican Republic for its help in the aftermath of January's devastating earthquake in Haiti.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the "gold-plated" pension plan for members of Parliament is worthy of its "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the advocacy group's annual awards for wasteful government spending.

A 35-year-old Canadian who uses a wheelchair was beaten in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday and is in hospital in serious condition, according to police reports.

Saskatchewan First Nations chiefs have agreed to a new management structure for the First Nations University of Canada , which includes increased control by the University of Regina.

Terry Ryan, who managed the Cape Dorset artists' co-op in Nunavut and is now director of Dorset Fine Arts in Toronto, has been honoured for his 50 years of work in promoting Inuit art.

Ontario's premier described two police officers who died in the line of duty in the province in a single week as heroes who, like each of their colleagues, is ``owed our gratitude, respect and support.'' ``They're the ones who keep us safe,'' Dalton McGuinty told hundreds of police officers from across Canada and some from the U.S. who gathered at ...

Ronald Smith, the only Canadian on death row in the United States in this June, 2008 photo.

A new poll suggests the Conservative government has restored a crack of daylight between itself and the Liberal Opposition.

About one-third of Canada's population - or 14.4 million people - will be a visible minority within three decades, Statistics Canada projects - that's more than double the 5.3 million visible minorities counted in 2006.

Fraser Paper employees in Edmundston have voted in favour of changes to their pension plan in a bid to help the company exit from creditor protection.

A handout photo of Ontario Provincial Police Constable Vu Pham. Pham responded to a call on North Line, Huron County -which is just north of Seaforth, Ontario - where he was shot in the line of duty.

Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and U.S. vice presidential candidate walks into her speaking engagement at the BMO Centre in Calgary on Saturday.

The Conservative government's decision to appoint a retired judge to rule on documents related to Afghanistan detainees does not go far enough, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Monday.

Mary Josephine Ray, the New Hampshire woman who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, has died at age 114 years, 294 days.She died Sunday at a nursing home in Westmoreland but was active until about two weeks before her death, her granddaughter Katherine Ray said."She just enjoyed life.