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LCBO reaches tentative deal with workers averting strike

TORONTO - The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has reached a tentative contract agreement with its workers, just hours before a midnight strike deadline.

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Canadian inflation falls to 0.4% in April

OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate fell to 0.4 per cent in April, from 1.0 per cent the previous month. Statistics Canada says the main reason for the decline was falling gasoline prices.

Mike Duffy, the ultimate Ottawa insider, suddenly finds himself on the outside

OTTAWA - Mike Duffy has always been a larger-than-life character in political Ottawa, a chortling bundle of affable good cheer, prodigious appetites, nudge-wink insider gossip, political acumen, relentless name-dropping and unvarnished ambition.

B.C. NDP election loss not an issue of leadership: party president

VANCOUVER - The surprising electoral loss of British Columbia's New Democrats this week should not trigger a leadership race, the party's president said Thursday as Leader Adrian Dix remained behind closed doors.

Senator Mike Duffy resigns from Conservative caucus over expenses scandal

OTTAWA - Senator Mike Duffy resigned from the Conservative caucus to sit as an independent Thursday night amid a controversy over his housing claims, leaving a host of questions about the nature of his expenses and why the prime minister backed him for so long.

Mounties say crooks passing fake polymer bank notes in British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Less than two years ago, the head of the RCMP said Canada's new polymer bank notes would go a long way in deterring the threat of counterfeiting.

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Mike Duffy steps aside from Conservative caucus

OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy has stepped aside from the Conservative caucus amid controversy over Senate housing claim.

Saskatchewan family wants neighbours charged over dog that was shot dead

SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan family hopes police will lay criminal charges against their neighbours who, they say, killed their daughter's dog.

Grade 5 kids urge Harper to drop mean attack ads against Justin Trudeau

OTTAWA - Some Grade 5 students have some advice for Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Stop being mean to Justin Trudeau.

Conservative senator Duffy claimed expenses while campaigning in 2011 election

OTTAWA - Conservative Sen. Mike Duffy submitted expense claims while Parliament was dissolved during the last federal election, reporting he was on Senate business on days he appeared to be campaigning for the party.

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