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FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is appointing a special mediator to try to end an ongoing strike by faculty at the University of New Brunswick.

OTTAWA — It's back to reality for Prime Minister Stephen Harper after receiving a warm welcome during a week-long visit to the Middle East.

SACKVILLE, N.B. — A faculty strike has hit a second university in New Brunswick. Faculty at Mount Allison University in Sackville walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. after months of negotiations with the university failed to produce a new contract.

L'ISLE-VERTE, Que. — A fire destroyed a seniors residence in L'Isle-Verte, Que., and police early Thursday said three people were confirmed dead and 30 missing.

L'ISLE-VERTE, Que. — Many of the 30 people unaccounted for in a fatal fire in a seniors residence northeast of Quebec City had limited movement and were confined to wheelchairs and walkers, a local official said Thursday.

TORONTO — The latest controversial video featuring Toronto Mayor Rob Ford provided fresh material for at least one late-night television host Tuesday night.

TORONTO — Disgraced theatre mogul Garth Drabinsky will serve the last two years of his fraud sentence at home with his family after the Parole Board of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ granted him full parole Monday.

WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird used a speech to a business audience on Thursday to press for a quick decision on the Keystone XL pipeline.

CALGARY — The president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says rock legend Neil Young's anti-oilsands statements are irresponsible and do a disservice to the aboriginals he's trying to help.

TORONTO — sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s interim privacy commissioner says Google has been caught afoul of the law by displaying web ads linked to a person's health history.