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Liberal government would gather first ministers on health care: Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff says a Liberal government would summon Canada's premiers and territorial leaders for a health-care summit meeting within 60 days of taking office.

Michael Ignatieff says a Liberal government would summon Canada's premiers and territorial leaders for a health-care summit meeting within 60 days of taking office.

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The Conservative and Liberal leaders are crossing paths in B.C.'s Lower Mainland. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in the Vancouver area, targeting key ridings where the Tories believe seats are ripe to move to the right.

Harper courts immigrant vote with promise to get tough on human smugglers

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is courting immigrant voters and tough-on-crime supporters in the same breath by talking up his promised...

Canadian soldiers are seen near Kandahar, Afghanistan, during Operation Mard Kala.

Canadian soldiers to vote in federal election from Afghanistan

It's voting day for Canada's soldiers in Afghanistan. Or make that voting days, starting Monday. Organizing the balloting in a war...

A truck is covered in rubble outside a school in Tushka, Oklahoma on April 15 after an overnight tornado.

Storms bring furious winds across 6 U.S. states, leaving at least 43 people dead

A furious storm system that kicked up tornadoes, flash floods and hail has left at least 43 people dead on a rampage that has stretched...

Republican Tim Pawlenty disclosed his 2012 presidential aspirations on Facebook. Rival Mitt Romney did it with a tweet. President Barack Obama kicked off his re-election bid with a digital video emailed to the 13 million online backers who helped power his historic campaign in 2008.

2012 Republican presidential hopefuls explore digital future

Republican Tim Pawlenty disclosed his 2012 presidential aspirations on Facebook. Rival Mitt Romney did it with a tweet. President ...

Libyan rebels are seen through their independence flag at the western gate of the town of Ajdabiya on April 16, 2011, as rebels push to regain the oil rich town of Brega from forces loyal to Libya's strong man Moamer Kadhafi.

Gadhafi forces advance on rebel-held city in eastern Libya

Moammar Gadhafi's forces bombarded the city of Ajdabiya on Sunday, striking the strategic gateway to rebel-held eastern Libya, which...

Egypt's state news agency says prosecutors have filed corruption charges against the former prime minister and two other senior members of the Cabinet that served under ousted President Hosni Mubarak.

Three members of Mubarak's ousted regime charged with corruption

Egypt's state news agency says prosecutors have filed corruption charges against the former prime minister and two other senior members...

Women attend an anti-government rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh at Sanaa University, April 9, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Yemen on Sunday April 17, denouncing embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his remarks against women taking part in protest rallies.

Yemeni president faces widening protests after criticizing women's role in demonstrations

Security forces fired on anti-government protesters in Yemen's capital Sunday as hundreds of thousands of marchers - including many...

A family prays for the victims at a tsunami devastated area in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture on April 17, 2011.

Japanese nuclear firm sees 'cold shutdown' in 6-9 months

The operator of Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant said Sunday it aims to reduce radiation leaks within three months and to achieve...

With a loonie worth more than a U.S. dollar, bargains abound for Canuck shoppers who hit the stores south of the border this coming Easter long weekend.

U.S.-Canada price gap defies easy answers, many reasons, experts say

With a loonie worth more than a U.S. dollar, bargains abound for Canuck shoppers who hit the stores south of the border this coming...

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    Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left to right, New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, exchange hand shakes as they arrive to the English language federal election debate in Ottawa Ont., on Tuesday, April 12, 2011.

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    Montreal Canadiens golatender Carey Price keeps an eye on the team's practice Tuesday, April 12, 2011 in Brossard, Que. The Canadiens play the Boston Bruins in the first round of the DStanley Cup playoffs Thursda, April 14, 2011 in Boston.

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    • Allan Emrys Blakeney, who was Saskatchewan's premier through the turbulent 1970s, ushering in a package of social and economic innovations, died Saturday morning at his home in Saskatoon of complications from liver cancer. He was 85. Former Sask. premier Blakeney dies at 85

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    • Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois' stunning 93 per cent confidence vote strengthens the sovereignty movement and brings Quebec a step closer to sovereignty, says the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, Gilles Duceppe. Marois win strengthens sovereignty movement: Duceppe

      Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois' stunning 93 per cent confidence vote strengthens the sovereignty movement and brings Quebec a step closer to sovereignty, says the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, Gilles Duceppe.

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    • Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois' stunning 93 per cent confidence vote strengthens the sovereignty movement and brings Quebec a step closer to sovereignty, says the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, Gilles Duceppe. Marois win strengthens sovereignty movement: Duceppe

      Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois' stunning 93 per cent confidence vote strengthens the sovereignty movement and brings Quebec a step closer to sovereignty, says the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, Gilles Duceppe.

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