MONTREAL — Premier Philippe Couillard is proceeding with plans to develop the northern area of Quebec but they will be less ambitious than those of his predecessor.
TORONTO — Eight poultry farms in southwestern Ontario have been placed under quarantine as agricultural authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of a bird flu virus found on a turkey farm near Woodstock.
TORONTO — A Toronto-based dating website for married people seeking affairs has dropped its lawsuit against the government of South Korea after a court in that country overturned a decades-old law banning adultery.
OTTAWA — The secretive body that ordered New Democrats to reimburse almost $4 million in mis-spent parliamentary resources is being asked to investigate a new allegation of improper spending by NDP MPs.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Grieving family members of a Newfoundland man shot dead by an officer investigating perceived threats against the premier are asking for privacy as they wait for more details from police.
OTTAWA — Stephen Harper is making it clear that pretty much nothing will make him stray from his balanced-budget target this fiscal year.