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A private funeral for a soldier who strongly supported Canada's role in Afghanistan is to be held Saturday in his hometown of Saskatoon.

Friday, November 6, 2009 at 3:21 p.m. CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Authorities say gunmen have killed a police commander in Mexico's deadliest city, where a dismembered, decapitated body was found hours before.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks away following a TV interview with Mike Duffy in Ottawa in February 2007.

Quebec aboriginals have threatened to derail a showpiece plan by Premier Jean Charest's government to develop the province's north, and they're pleading for help from the federal government.

Canadian forces, including MCpl Chris Fernandez, , and MCpl. John Feltham, , rest after a day of anti-Talban operations in intense heat June 13, 2006 in the Panjwai district about 30 kilometers southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Canada's economy shed more than 43,000 jobs last month in a clear indication that the struggling economy is still feeling the aftershock of the deep recession that erupted a year ago.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks with Chief of Defence Staff Walter Natynczyk while touring the Dahla Dam in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on Thursday.

Police officials investigate a truck involved in a shootout which killed city police chief Arturo Esparza in Garcia, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov.

PM calls judicial inquiry into disappearing B.C. salmon

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called an inquiry into the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye run.

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Prince Charles and Camilla have arrived at Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, where the Duchess of Cornwall is getting in touch with her Canadian roots.

MPs voted by a clear margin Wednesday to repeal the federal long-gun registry, signalling for the first time since the program was adopted 14 years ago that it is headed for the scrap heap, despite police assertions that it saves lives.

Ottawa - Canadian Press Published on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 10:52AM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

That swine flu shot isn't coming cheap. More details of the total price tag of the pandemic vaccine program emerged Wednesday.

By The Canadian Press Published: November 04, 2009 4:04 PM Updated: November 04, 2009 4:09 PM ST.

Canadians who fear their hard-earned tax money is disappearing down a black hole will no doubt be relieved to learn they are actually investing in government mismanagement on a grand scale.

Prosecutors say a gang of gunmen has killed six men in a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.

The Queen Mother "fell in love with Canada" during her first trip to the country in the summer of 1939, says William Shawcross, author of a new official biography on the late royal consort.

A dose of the coveted H1N1 vaccine is likely still weeks away for most Canadians, but there's a host of familiar common-sense strategies people can employ to help keep themselves healthy in the meantime, experts say.

A Conservative MP says she's close to having enough opposition support to kill the long-gun registry in a vote on her private member's bill Wednesday.

It's probably just as well Prince Charles is leaving Canada before the broadcast of a new documentary on the monarchy.