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The governor of Maine wants to meet with his Quebec counterpart to better "understand" what a proposed $4.75 billion energy mega-sale with New Brunswick will mean for New England's power sources.

More than 1,300 homeless people across Canada will be provided housing as part of a massive four-year project to study the link between mental health and homelessness.

The editor of the University of Prince Edward Island's campus newspaper wants to break away from the student union.

Someone is deliberately setting fires to grass and hay bales in southern Manitoba, say RCMP.

Two people have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a man on the Roseau River First Nation.

A ship that was stuck in the St. Lawrence River for five days has finally been freed.

A Quebec driver suffered minor injuries as his fuel truck overturned and spilled its load on Calais Street in Dorval.

The NDP has chosen a community activist and longtime party insider to carry the banner in former Premier Gary Doer's constituency.

A Sussex miner died on Saturday during an underground accident, according to Potash Corp. New Brunswick.

The man who murdered Adam Eisenhauer and Tyler Sampson in 2005 will not be eligible for parole for 13 years.

One of three Alberta men arrested in a major drug bust in Yellowknife last year has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.

Heath officials have confirmed that a woman from Labrador has died after contracting swine flu. The woman, whose age and hometown have not been released, died over the weekend at a hospital in St. John's.

The Toronto Transit Commission is halting sales of tokens Monday as it tries to prevent hoarding in the wake of a January fare increase.

An aerial search has been called off for a Halifax sailor who was caught in a severe storm in the Atlantic Ocean.

A nasty stomach flu struck almost every player and the coaches of the Brandon Bobcats women's basketball team on the weekend.

Fans thronged the streets of Regina after the Saskatchewan Roughriders won the CFL western final Sunday.

Health officials believe they're better prepared as mass immunization clinics reopened across Newfoundland and Labrador Monday, making the H1N1 vaccine available to the general public.

A pedestrian in Amherst was airlifted to hospital in Halifax Monday after being struck by a vehicle.

Alberta's swine flu vaccination clinics opened to the general public on Monday, including a new location at the South Calgary Health Centre.

Australian mining giant BHP Billiton Petroleum has entered Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil industry.

P.E.I. RCMP will not be laying charges in connection with a collision Saturday afternoon between a car and two 12-year-old boys on a dirt bike.

The Acadie-Bathurst Titan are struggling to attract spectators, only months after the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team almost left the northern community.

A 15-month-old toddler has died after falling several storeys at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

Paul Jelley, who served the government of P.E.I. as deputy minister in a number of major portfolios during his career, died on Friday.

A riot and fire broke out at the Manitoba Youth Centre in Winnipeg on Friday morning.

A new, smaller shelter for homeless people has opened in downtown Halifax for the winter.

One of two coyotes that attacked a dog near Souris has been caught by P.E.I. wildlife officials, says the man who had been walking the dog.

Four people will appear in court on Monday to face charges related to a seven-hour standoff at an Ottawa hotel over the weekend.