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TORONTO — The City of Toronto has issued an extreme cold weather alert as temperatures dipped well below freezing Monday.

The first Tibetan refugees among 1,000 that will come to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ in the next two years arrived in Vancouver over the weekend.

OTTAWA — It’s shaping up to be a very good night for Justin Trudeau. The Liberals are leading in three of four federal byelections — including a potential upset in the longtime Conservative bastion of Brandon-Souris in Manitoba.

MONTREAL — A sister of Quebecor president Pierre Karl Peladeau is dead after the car she was travelling in plunged into a lake. The Quebec media baron’s company issued a statement today confirming the death of 55-year-old Isabelle Peladeau.

OTTAWA — New RCMP court filings challenge statements made by senators Mike Duffy, Marjory LeBreton and Carolyn Stewart Olsen.

OTTAWA — Thumbnail sketches of four federal whistleblowers: Sylvie Therrien In charge of investigating employment insurance fraud, Therrien told a journalist that investigators have quotas.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces are considering sending a detachment of three to six Griffon helicopters to help with relief efforts in the Philippines in the wake of typhoon Haiyan.

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TORONTO — Admitting to having smoked crack cocaine and drinking himself into a stupor is no reason for Mayor Rob Ford to take time out to seek help for his problems, his brother said Tuesday. Despite intense pressure on Ford to step down, Coun.

TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been embroiled in a series of controversies since before he was elected to the city's top job in October 2010. Here are some of the more notable moments that made headlines: Aug.