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Brad Deering, 42, was shot outside his home in Escazu, near the capital San Jose, Costa Rican police said in a statement on their Facebook page.

The heads of Alberta's ruling Tory party and opposition parties weighed in on British Columbia's election results, offering kudos to the re-elected Liberals and opening the door for renewed talks on proposed pipeline projects.

Prime-time ads began airing this week during NHL playoff games - currently the priciest advertising real estate on the dial - that tout a new federal Canada Jobs Grant for training workers.

A group that includes some prominent Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day.

An earthquake has struck a wide area west of Ottawa. Earthquakes Canada reports the 4.8 magnitude quake was centred in Braeside, Ont., northwest of the capital.

Nigel Wright, former chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, appears as a witness at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov.

A three-story pile of petroleum coke along the Detroit River in Windsor, Ont., on April 20, 2013.

Manitoba MLA Elijah Harper salutes supporters from the steps of the legislature in Winnipeg, June 22, 1990 after refusing the debate on the Meech Lake accord go any further.

Members of the Gitxsan First Nation blockade a CN railroad track in Kitwanga, B.C., between Terrace and Smithers, on Wednesday, Jan.

The revelation that Hollywood celebrity Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy as a preventative measure against cancer stoked heated discussion this week, but one prominent cancer researcher says it demonstrates the need to make genetic testing available to all Canadians.

CBSA spokeswoman Jean D'Amelio Swyer was unable to immediately answer when the raid took place, what charges the workers face and what the name of the farm was.

Allegations that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been caught in a video smoking crack cocaine has prompted several online crowdsourcing campaigns aimed at raising $200,000 to buy the footage.

Able Seaman Carol Anne Deyoung was charged with disobeying a lawful command and absence without leave after she felt a lump in her breast and called in sick.

The capital felt a magnitude 5.2 earthquake Friday morning much less than a 5.0 earthquake in 2010, even though both were about the same distance away.

Shawville, Que., Mayor Albert Armstrong thought a large truck had slammed into the three-storey brick walls of City Hall.

A recent study in Ontario shows it costs a district at least an extra $75,000 a year to create a new French immersion class.

Elijah Harper, who became a symbol of power for Canadian aboriginals when he helped scuttle the Meech Lake constitutional accord, has died.

An undercover source working for Canada's spy agency and sensitive intelligence from the United States and Britain helped build the case against three terrorism suspects facing criminal charges, court documents indicate.

A Telus employee speaks to customers at a Telus Mobility sales location in Toronto, on May 5, 2011.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau makes his way to speak to media following a party caucus meeting in Ottawa on May 8, 2013.