Canada’s doctors have issued a blistering critique of the Harper government’s budget – blasting the Tories for “downloading” health-care costs to provinces and Canadians, and warning that future cuts to pensions could harm the health of low-income seniors who must choose between groceries and medications.

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Doctors blast federal health financing

DETROIT – Chrysler is recalling nearly 87,000 Jeep Wranglers in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere due to a risk of fires.

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Chrysler recalls nearly 87,000 Jeep Wranglers due to risk of fires

A civil rights breakthrough at Miss Universe Canada, spurred by transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova of Vancouver, might not be universal.

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Miss Universe Canada pageant to crown winner amid controversy over transgender beauty queen

As the Conservative government proposes major reforms to the employment insurance system, new figures show Canadians made hundreds of thousands of fraudulent EI claims over the past four years and received nearly $800 million in total overpayments.

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EI fraud cost taxpayers $125M in four years

Nine marine scientists and staff in North Saanich will lose their jobs as the federal government cuts almost all employees who monitor ocean pollution across Canada.

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Ottawa sinks pollution checks

The Miss Universe Canada pageant crowns a winner tonight, and there is no certainty that Jenna Talackova will take it.

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Miss Universe Canada crowned tonight, Jenna Talackova no shoo-in

Community groups across the country are scrambling to save some 500 lighthouses the federal government has recently declared surplus.

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Future dim for lighthouses across Canada

Carol Arcus listened to the phone message in disbelief: The Vancouver Island Health Authority wanted to know if her father still wanted to be transferred from the Priory to the Lodge at Broadmead. The thing is, her dad died in 2010.

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Gaffe underlines concerns about care for elderly

The suspected rioters who have pleaded guilty to participating in a riot have had charges related to lesser offences dropped during plea bargains between their defence lawyers and Crown prosecutors.

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Plea bargains for Vancouver rioters cloud public’s perceptions: Criminologist

British Columbia is the place to be if you’re hoping to outlive the rest of the country.

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British Columbians live long and prosper