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Residents of a subdivision in Beaver Dam, N.B., say they want the province to step in and fix their sewage system while the standoff continues between the government and the owner of the waste treatment system.

Facing a two-goal deficit heading into the third period, the Senators rallied and gave Mike Fisher the chance to play overtime hero as Ottawa beat the Washington Capitals 4-3.

More than 1,300 homeless people across Canada will be provided housing as part of a massive four-year project to study the link between mental health and homelessness.

The federal Conservative government plans to introduce new legislation this week requiring internet service providers to take a more active role in reporting child pornography to police, CBC News has learned.

A sit-in at federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice's constituency office in Calgary ended after eight hours Monday with the arrest of seven protesters.

The families of four sealers who died after their fishing boat sank near the Magdalen Islands in March 2008, have filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against the Canadian Coast Guard and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Quebec's chief public health officer is concerned people may become complacent about getting vaccinated as swine flu approaches its peak in the province.

Health officials in Nova Scotia's largest health district say there are signs that swine flu infections in the province are slowly waning.

Officials have ordered the demolition of a southwest Calgary house that partly collapsed Monday afternoon during renovations.

Calgary city council rejected adding funding for new transit peace officers on its first day of budget deliberations, keeping the proposed property tax increase at 4.8 per cent for now.

Pauline Marois is "radicalizing" the Parti Québécois with talk of imposing additional restrictions to education in English, Premier Jean Charest says.

A 29-year-old man from the Esgenoopetitj First Nation in northeastern New Brunswick has been given two weeks to consult a lawyer before entering a plea on sexual assault charges.

A bio-refinery that will extract oils from specialty seeds will be built in Kensington, P.E.I., with the help of $6 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments.

There has been an outpouring of support over the weekend for a refugee family from Colombia who were forced out of their Charlottetown home by fire last week.

[IMAGE]The president of the Union of Quebec Bar Owners is appealing to Montreal-area businesses to co-operate with police after a string of firebombings.

The latest Parks Canada survey of caribou numbers in Jasper National Park shows a drop of 30 per cent between 2008 and 2009.

A citizen's group in O'Leary, P.E.I., is holding a public meeting next week to discuss concerns residents have about acute care services at Community Hospital

Critics have long questioned whether the Northern Adventure ferry is suitable for the stormy waters off B.C.'s north coast, and Monday's aborted voyage, which saw the vessel return to shore because of high winds, is bound to add to the controversy.

Two men have been charged with a variety of drug offences after police searched a home in Winnipeg.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest is painting himself as a world leader on climate change issues, announcing the province will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent from its 1990 levels by 2020.

Opposition Conservatives in Manitoba are calling for a full-scale investigation after a man who underwent brain surgery was discharged from a Winnipeg hospital and suffered a stroke two hours later.

A record number of vessels, from rowboats to cargo ships, travelled through the Northwest Passage this year, the Canadian Coast Guard says.

A 60-year-old man from Athabasca, Alta., is dead following a two-vehicle crash Saturday on Highway 2, about 90 kilometres north of Edmonton, Westlock RCMP said Monday.

Alberta's swine flu vaccination clinics opened to the general public on Monday, including a new location at the South Calgary Health Centre.

The Canadian military's 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron based in Edmonton has been awarded the Billy Bishop Trophy for its efforts to quickly deploy aircraft and personnel during the Afghan conflict.

Calgary police are looking for a self-proclaimed white supremacist and a teenager suspected of leaving explosive devices outside an apartment unit that later detonated in a nearby parking lot.

Four Toronto-area men have been charged with kidnapping in relation to the robbery of a tractor-trailer full of alcohol in Ottawa in July.

At least 1,000 Nortel employees in Ottawa alone are expected to receive job offers from the company that successfully bid for Nortel's optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses.