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Quebec could become first province to foot the bill for in-vitro treatments

MONTREAL - Already rich with a history of policy-makers encouraging baby-makers, Quebec could become the first province to pay entirely for in-vitro fertilization treatment under an election promise m...

Plane crash victim's family trying to reach accident site on remote B.C. island

SECHELT, B.C. - Family members of one of the seven victims of a B.C. plane crash tried to get to the crash site on a remote island early Monday but were turned away by authorities. "I don't think i...

Arts about-face? Harper dispatches GG on arts-promotion trip

OTTAWA - After arts cuts that sparked a furor in the federal election campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is dispatching Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean on a two-week tour of European countries to promot...

Saskatchewan follows Alberta lead with legislation for elected Senate

REGINA - Saskatchewan introduced legislation Monday to elect senators, but that doesn't mean voters will be heading to the polls any time soon. The legislation would allow Saskatchewan residents to...

Minister says Albertans will get a 'sobering'update on the province's finances

EDMONTON - Finance Minister Iris Evans says Albertans will get some "extremely sobering" news when she releases the province's second-quarter fiscal update on Tuesday. This will be the first glimps...

Plane crash victim's family tried to reach accident site on remote B.C. island

SECHELT, B.C. - Family members of one of the seven victims of a B.C. plane crash tried to get to the crash site on a remote island early Monday but were turned away by authorities. "I don't think i...

Feds asked to cover costs of key player in Mulroney-Schreiber probe

OTTAWA - The head of a federal inquiry into the Mulroney-Schreiber affair says Ottawa should pick up the legal tab for Fred Doucet, a one-time prime ministerial aide expected to be a key player in the...

Mounties defend workplace arrest of public servant

OTTAWA - The RCMP say they arrested a public servant at his office over a leaked document - and escorted him out in handcuffs - because they couldn't figure out where he lived. Cpl. Maxime Boutin o...

Jury hears Alta., girl was motive and accused was means in bloody triple killing

CALGARY - An Alberta man helped kill his 12-year-old girlfriend's parents and younger brother because the girl told him it was the only way they could be together, a jury heard Monday. Crown attorn...

MPs preach peace train as Parliament opens

OTTAWA - MPs return to work Tuesday preaching peace and goodwill as an antidote to both economic uncertainty and public cynicism. It's been barely a month since partisans were locked in a deeply ra...