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As darkness descended and temperatures plunged in a Prince Edward Island field, Dennis MacKenzie tried to coax a scared, injured barred owl down from a spruce tree. He had no plans to visit the field in Crapaud, P.E.I.

TORONTO — John Tory's recently disclosed affair with a former staffer and resulting resignation as mayor of Toronto have brought a blowout ending to the straight-laced, button down moderate conservative's otherwise uneventful tenure in the city's top

BROMONT, Que. — Police say a man in his 20s is dead after an accident on a ski hill in Quebec's Eastern Townships Saturday evening. Sgt. Sylvain D'Amours of the Bromont, Que., police says the investigation into the cause of death remains ongoing.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Moments after a Greyhound bus from New York City pulls into a gas station bus stop in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Friday at 5:25 a.m., several minivan taxis swarm the vehicle.

OTTAWA — A multimillion-dollar contract between Ottawa and a private company around the provision of mental and physical health services for veterans is sparking a new fight between the Liberal government and Canada's community of veterans.

VANCOUVER — The voice you hear on the other end of your phone call may not be who you think it is, the person you're texting with may really be a bot and the face in a photo or video on your favourite dating app may not even exist.

TORONTO — The winning numbers in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw for an estimated $5 million: 04, 17, 21, 27, 32 & 42.

Facing the threat of legal action from Canada Soccer, the Canadian women's team has reluctantly agreed to return to training and play in the SheBelieves Cup.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand said it was too early to tell whether a “cylindrical object" shot down over central Yukon on Saturday was from China, even as she hinted about it being another Chinese spy balloon.

MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Nearly 15 months after catastrophic floods forced the evacuation of the southern interior city of Merritt, B.C., some residents whose homes were destroyed will soon move into new transitional housing.