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Vancouver Canucks sponsor mindcheck.ca, a website that urges sufferers to seek help

The Calgary Flames have dealt journeyman centre Brendan Morrison to the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday for minor league defenceman Brian Connelly.

Members of Monty Python's Flying Circus are reuniting for another film. The movie “Absolutely Anything” will be a science fiction farce that includes both live action and CGI.

Canada is delivering a diplomatic scolding to Libya over reports of deaths and systemic torture in Libyan prisons.

A sports equipment maker is trying to reduce head injuries with a new type of helmet.

Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released Thursday.

Rates of sexually transmitted infections are on the rise on P.E.I., and Islanders are being reminded to use safer sex practices by the Department of Health and Wellness.

A Cape Breton man says his family is devastated after two of their dogs were found shot and dumped off a rural road in Reserve Mines.

A second case of fox rabies has been confirmed in Labrador. The province's chief veterinarian says a red fox killed near Labrador City five days ago tested positive for the disease.

Ottawa residents will get a chance to sit down with one of sixty human books available to sign out at locations across the city on Saturday.

Roads remained slippery Friday afternoon in Ottawa as police responded to a number of collisions after a day of freezing rain and snow.

Just weeks after award-winning actor and little person Peter Dinklage drew attention to the perils of dwarf tossing, a Windsor, Ont., strip club will hold a competition Saturday.

The four-month-old Winnipeg girl who was hospitalized following a devastating fire that killed her mother, grandmother and two sisters has died, according to the head of the Islamic Social Services Association.

The Calgary Zoo's 16-year-old lion, Okonko, died Friday afternoon from heart failure following intricate surgery to remove its cancerous spleen.

A federal judge in Seattle has sentenced Barefoot Bandit Colton Harris-Moore to 6½ years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.

The recent rash of injuries in hockey has caught the attention of Gov. Gen. David Johnston, who says that fighting — like high-sticking and head-shots — shouldn't be part of the game.

A Marketplace investigation reveals that while a majority of Canadians surveyed believe that a sustainable forestry logo on toilet paper means that no clear cutting takes place — this is not the case.

The RCMP has issued an apology for not catching B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton earlier.

A winter storm blanketed parts of New Brunswick with snow Friday, followed by freezing rain in the evening, while many parts Nova Scotia saw a bit of snow followed mostly by rain.

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM. COM Longtime host of “Wheel of Fortune” Pat Sajak said that stories about game shows during their dinner breaks are tales of legend.

The company that owns the Costa Concordia — the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany — is offering uninjured passengers €11,000 ($14,454 Cdn) each to compensate them for lost baggage and psychological trauma.

Setback is a blow to the Vancouver Police Department’s go-slow strategy

Read '85-year-old Alaskan woman saves husband from attacking moose' from our blog Good News on Yahoo! News. George Murphy, 82, and his wife, Dorothea Taylor, 85, were giving their dogs some fresh air at the Willow Airport on Friday morning when Murphy was

Local NDP MP Jinny Sims says she didn't mean to offend any of her Newton-North Delta constituents' sensibilities with her recent "sniper rifle" mail-out.

RCMP and border officials shed more light Thursday on what they say is a scheme to repeatedly import drugs into Canada, with cocaine-stuffed pineapples intercepted at a port in New Brunswick and marijuana packaged around watermelons seized from trucks in

With fond memories and lavish praise that might have embarrassed their beloved coach, Penn State paid tribute to Joe Paterno at a public memorial Thursday, an event that capped three days of public mourning following his death from lung cancer.

Captain Zdeno Chara picked Detroit forward Pavel Datsyuk first overall in the NHL all-star fantasy draft Thursday night in Gatineau, Que., while Carolina's Logan Couture was the final player chosen.

A construction worker is suing the Vancouver Police Department after his leg was ripped open by a police dog during his arrest.

If tweets are any indication, Brampton, Ont., has the dubious honour of being the Canadian city most often associated with a vulgar term.

U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has promised to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he's elected in November.