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British Columbia transit officials violated the Charter right to freedom of expression by refusing to accept political advertisements, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today.

Working 90 feet above the ground, pouring buckets of concrete that would harden into a 195-foot-high dam the length of 11 football fields, a teenage Frank Wicks knew even then he wasn't on just another job.

Police say two people were killed during a severe storm that ripped through a tourist resort in northwestern Ontario Thursday night.

AIG has been talking with Washington's newly-appointed compensation czar Kenneth Feinberg about the bonuses, which are due to be paid on July 15, said the source.

At least two people are dead after a twin-engine aircraft crashed Thursday night into a parking lot in Richmond, B.C., launching a ball of flames into the night sky.

The BBC is crumbling under the weight of its own monolithic structure, and suffering from the extravagances of its self-indulgent leaders, writes Gill Hornby.

The Quebec government announced Wednesday it will fight Ottawa's move to create a national securities regulator in court.

Canada Budget Officer sees full recovery in 2014

With shaved head, clear-framed glasses and a staid fashion sense, he fits perfectly the role of buttoned-down bureaucrat charged with studying economic entrails and statistical graphs for signs of future shock.

The federal government confirmed Wednesday it will spend $5 billion to purchase new combat vehicles and maintain the existing fleet for the Canadian Forces.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper tours the L'Aquila earthquake site prior to the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy.

Gasoline prices this summer are expected to drop below their current levels, which already seem like a bargain compared to what Canadian motorists were forced to pay a year ago.

Two Canadian soldiers and one other coalition soldier died on Monday in southern Afghanistan when the Griffon helicopter they were aboard crashed during a mission.

Mexico's long-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party promised Monday it has learned from the past and changed its ways, a day after midterm elections made it the largest force in Congress again.

A Conservative MP is telling reporters in his Saskatchewan riding that cabinet colleague Diane Ablonczy has been relieved of the tourism portfolio for signing off on a $400,000 grant for Toronto's Gay Pride parade.

A sexually charged film with a provocative title is up for a leading eight Canadian Comedy Awards.

The recession will sink the federal government into a $155.9-billion hole over the next five years and cost hundreds of thousands of Canadians their jobs, the parliamentary budget officer predicts.

For three young Canadian women desperate to make the pilgrimage south and pay respect to Michael Jackson, it was an arrangement so unique the King of Pop himself might have applauded.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was among the hundreds of people who gathered in Regina on Saturday to remember and celebrate the life of former local MP Dave Batters.

Mexico's opposition centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party improved its standing in legislative elections against conservative President Felipe Calderon's party, exit polls showed.

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Bon Jovi thrills diners in New York SHOWBIZ JON BON JOVI gave diners in a New York restaurant a special Fourth of July surprise - by standing up to play an impromptu gig.