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Delegations from Ontario and Quebec wasted no time before differentiating their position from the federal government's after arriving Sunday at the climate change conference in Copenhagen -- declaring they weren't going to carry higher emission-reduction burdens for the sake of oil sands expansion in the Western provinces.

Today is Monday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2009. There are 17 days left in the year.

A former governor of Kandahar who is accused of personally torturing Afghans might have been removed from office as far back as 2006 if Canadian officials hadn't defended him, according to diplomatic memos that have never been made public by the Canadian government.

Mexican cartels are increasingly going "old school" to keep supplying America with methamphetamine despite an ingredient squeeze.

There's one way to deal with some of the coldest winter temperatures yet on the Prairies - outright denial.

The federal government has launched a sweeping review of a crumbling anti-terrorist law, acknowledging the system needs fixing, The Canadian Press has learned.

Trevor Pritchard Toronto - Published on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 10:46PM EST Last updated on Saturday, Dec.

Inuit hunter Paul Kiguktak navigates through large fissures in the ice to reach his snowmobile near Grise Fiord in this file photo.

Edmonton - Canadian Press Published on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 10:16PM EST D angerously cold temperatures have settled in across much of the Prairies and northern Ontario this weekend.

A Canadian tank operating base in Kandahar. Canada's military withdrawal will require about a year's preparation.

Home : Canada : Calgary Zoo to review animal care after latest death Calgary Zoo to review animal care after latest death Date: Saturday Dec.

Gordon Grant's life might best be described by the opening line of Rafael Sabatini's swashbuckling novel Scaramouche:"He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." Grant, who died Friday in an Ottawa hospital at the age of 73, would have laughed at the reference to Gordon.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff glides through the lounge at the Toronto Island Airport.

Greenpeace T-shirts have been banned from Parliament after the organization staged an illegal demonstration on the Hill this week.

Calgary's Foothills Medical Centre has reduced the time it takes before starting antibiotics for severe sepsis.

Afghan detainees sit in an Afghan National Army compound at a Canadian forward operating base in Panjwaiyi District, Afghanistan on Nov.

Paul Kennedy, chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, released a report with sweeping recommendations for the RCMP.

Statistics Canada says housing prices were on the rise in October. The agency's New Housing Price Index rose 0.3 per cent in October from, its fourth straight monthly increase.

Jane Taber and Steve Ladurantaye Ottawa - Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Dec.

The House of Commons is expected to adjourn for Christmas today in a session that saw the minority Conservative government stave off an election.