at 23:28 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

Float-plane crash off B.C. coast claims the life of one: coroners service

VICTORIA - One person is dead following a float-plane crash off Vancouver Island.

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at 23:16 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

Baird takes the heat, Harper sheds little light on Senate spending scandal

OTTAWA - A "very upset" Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to settle down a scandal-rattled Conservative caucus Tuesday with talk of accountability and Senate reform, but shed no new light on the $90,000 transaction that cost him his chief of staff.

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at 23:01 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

Duffy expense controversy sent back to closed-door Senate committee

OTTAWA - Conservative senators have sent Mike Duffy's controversial improper expenses back to the same closed-door committee that initially reviewed them, rejecting a Liberal bid to have the matter referred directly to the police.

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at 21:53 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

Canadian killed in Iraqi violence, Foreign Affairs minister expresses concern

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says a Canadian is among those killed in a spate of recent sectarian violence in Iraq.

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at 20:58 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

Family not giving up finding Toronto-area man in snowy mountains of Australia

OTTAWA - Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Snowy Mountains region.

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at 19:31 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

NDP Leader Mulcair says cops wanted to talk to him about meeting with Vaillancourt

OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he was contacted by the provincial police anti-corruption squad in Quebec to discuss a suspected 17-year-old bribe offered to him.

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at 18:49 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

Boreal Forest conservation negotiations end in failure after three years

MONTREAL - Three years of negotiations between Resolute Forest Products and environmental groups aimed at protecting Canada's boreal forest have ended in failure, with talks breaking down over how much land to set aside for conservation.

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at 18:45 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

Alleged PQ election shooter waives preliminary hearing, goes straight to trial

MONTREAL - Quebec's alleged election-night shooter has waived his right to a preliminary hearing and will head straight to trial.

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at 18:26 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

Feds say ads prompting people to seek new job grants that don't yet exist

OTTAWA - The Conservative government says people are already starting to ask about the new Canada Jobs Grant it began heavily promoting with TV ads last week.

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at 18:13 on May 21, 2013, EDT.

Mother cries, yells as driver appears in court charged with killing boy on patio

EDMONTON - It was a celebratory dinner, a night out for an Edmonton family because their toddler had finally overcome his fear of the potty.

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