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In a country steeped in conflict, quality of life often takes a back seat to mere survival — a reality that’s no less true for the men and women of Kandahar Airfield’s Role 3 hospital.

The bishop of a Roman Catholic diocese in Nova Scotia has resigned less than a month after the diocese reached a $15-million settlement with alleged victims of sexual abuse.

Premier Jean Charest is warning Quebecers it’s time to tighten their belts to help the province balance its books.

Two Brantford teens died tragically ironic deaths after they were struck by a vehicle while walking to their designated driver’s car outside a frenzied alcohol fuelled party.

Decades of evidence on prison policy is being trumped by ideology and populist pandering, says an independent report on the Conservative government’s corrections road map.

MONTREAL — After years of having Ottawa monitor his every movement, an alleged al-Qaida sympathizer dramatically removed the tracking bracelet on his ankle Thursday and became a free man following a court ruling in his favour.

Moammar Gadhafi is coming to Canada with his Bedouin tents, all-woman security troupe, and notorious reputation in tow.

A Sudanese-Canadian has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for $27 million over his arrest, detention and alleged torture in Sudan.

A Toronto man who admitted he procured weapons, arranged false travel documents and tried to recruit extremists for a domestic terrorist group that planned bloody attacks on Canadian targets deserves a seven-year prison term, a judge heard Wednesday.

VANCOUVER — More than one-third of the students at a downtown Vancouver elementary school were absent from class Wednesday, signalling an early start to the annual flu season in the westernmost province.