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The majority of Canadians believe that some prisoners who were handed to Afghan authorities by the military were tortured, according to a new EKOS poll.

People in many New Brunswick communities are waking up to a blanket of snow, however, the province's first winter blast has not caused many cancellations.

A bill to protect civil servants when they expose colleagues breaking the law or going against government policy has been tabled in the legislature and will be discussed in the spring session.

Two men are dead after a plane carrying four passengers crashed in the middle of the night on the outskirts of Saint-Honoré, a village in Quebec's Saguenay region.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives were forced to explain on Wednesday why Hydro-Québec CEO Thierry Vandal was a special guest of then premier Bernard Lord at the province's exclusive fishing lodge in 2005.

A series of proposed business-friendly amendments to a consumer protection bill have been rejected in the Senate, meaning the government legislation will come into force as written.

Food-poor ocean waters warmed by climate change likely played a significant role in the death of millions of sockeye salmon in British Columbia's Fraser River, says a scientific think-tank.

Homeless people can camp in public parks if municipalities cannot provide adequate alternative shelter, British Columbia's highest court ruled Wednesday.