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Fred Wah, this country's parliamentary poet laureate, seems to be the equivalent of TV's never-needed Maytag repairman.

Chef Christian Pritchard is shown in this undated handout photo. When Toronto chef Christian Pritchard visited Yukon Territory last year, he was enraptured by the plethora of delicious and unusual ingredients and proposed the idea of a culinary festival to feature the bounty amid spectacular scenery.

EU trade spokesman John Clancy took the unusual step Tuesday of criticizing Canada as the G8 summit in Northern Ireland came to a close.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper sidestepped a question Tuesday over whether it was appropriate for his taxpayer-funded office to be distributing documents to media about paid speeches Justin Trudeau made before he was elected to Parliament.

Premier Darrell Dexter, left, and Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver arrive at a news conference at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

"We remain committed to achieving a political solution to the crisis based on a vision for a united inclusive and democratic Syria," according to a copy of the final communique seen by Reuters.

After 34 NDP MLAs were sworn in to continue a stretch of opposition that will reach at least 16 years, leader Adrian Dix took a few questions about his future.

A witness in an Elections Canada investigation has written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer complaining that Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro's attacks on him appear to be designed to interfere with the investigation.

The federal government says a man allowed into Canada 17 years ago should be kicked out of the country because there is ample evidence that he was part of an Asian crime gang.

Canada , among the 10 least corrupt countries in the world the past six years according to rankings by Transparency International, is mired in scandals.

Proponents and those opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline have started making their final arguments before the federal review panel in Terrace, B.C. Canada will be vulnerable to economic disaster should the Northern Gateway pipeline be rejected, the proponent told a federal review panel Monday as the final phase of public hearings got underway.

Canada's western premiers say bullying is a serious issue and all provinces and territories need to find ways to tackle the new dimension that the Internet brings to the torment.

Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said Monday the Obama administration knows how important the contentious Keystone XL pipeline is to Canada but he won't speculate about how much it would damage the relationship should it not be approved.

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a news conference with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at the G8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, 2013.

Known outside North America as football, soccer is played in almost every nook and cranny of our globe .

The cases of confirmed and probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are not because of food consumption, Dr. Paul Van Buynder, Chief Medical Health Officer, Fraser Health, British Columbia, Canada announced in a public statement.

A storm capable of creating a tornado may be headed toward Greater Sudbury, Environment Canada is warning people in Greater Sudbury.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada is not at the "present time" considering arming the Syrian opposition - but does not rule it out - as he assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin for making the G8 a "G7 plus one" by continuing to support the "thugs" in the Assad regime.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper adjusts his jacket as he steps off the plane Saturday June 15, 2013 after arriving in Dublin, Ireland.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has spent $28 million commemorating the War of 1812, and the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has started a "thorough and comprehensive review of significant aspects of Canadian history."