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A public opinion poll conducted for National Defence says half of Canadians surveyed want their soldiers to return to a “peacekeeping only” role in the world.

RCMP say it’s fortunate a boy wasn’t injured when he rescued his five-year-old brother from the clutches of an alleged child abductor in a small Saskatchewan community.

The latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan reportedly considered the mission pointless.

The ever-present perils of the Panjwaii claimed the life of another young Canadian soldier Thursday when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb while returning from a mission to root out Taliban command centres and weapons caches.

The Liberals have offered to speed passage of Tory EI legislation, hoping to rob the NDP of its rationale for propping up the Harper government.

The United States has not yet settled on the best strategy for the ongoing war in Afghanistan, and won’t commit to sending more troops until it does, President Barack Obama said Wednesday after meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A Fort St. John, B.C., man says he saved his life by plunging an arrow into the neck of a grizzly bear that landed on top of him and drove his head “in the ground.”

OTTAWA — The former chairman of the Conservative caucus who was featured in anti-drug campaign ads is facing charges of cocaine possession and drunk driving.

Pregnant women, health workers, children, and adults with chronic conditions should be first to roll up their sleeves to get the swine flu shot when it’s ready.

Firefighters had to lay hoses across train tracks to a hydrant one kilometre away as they tried in vain to stop a suspicious blaze that destroyed a popular Saskatoon social and cultural club.