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Legislature to reconvene this summer to pass balanced budget: Christy Clark

VANCOUVER - Passing a balanced budget, going on a trade mission to Asia, and establishing labour peace with teachers are among B.C. Premier Christy Clark's top priorities as she announced she will recall the legislature this summer.

Legislature to reconvene this summer to pass balanced budget: Christy Clark

VANCOUVER - Passing a balanced budget, going on a trade mission to Asia, and establishing labour peace with teachers are among B.C. Premier Christy Clark's top priorities as she announced she will recall the legislature this summer.

Too soon to decide whether to join Pacific Alliance: Stephen Harper

CALI, Colombia - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it is too soon to decide whether Canada should join the Pacific Alliance trade bloc in its mission to deepen economic integration.

Keystone makes TransCanada more cautious about future U.S. forays: executive

CALGARY - A senior TransCanada Corp. executive says the resistance to the approval of the proposed Keystone XL oilsands pipeline has made the company more cautious about future cross-border endeavours.

Woman run over three times by her own car

TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - A woman is recovering following a bizarre accident in which she was run over three times by her own car.

Free T-shirts, other non-cash incentives can up blood donations, study finds

TORONTO - Maybe offering straight cash for a blood donation is a no-no, but research suggests that other incentives like free T-shirts and gift cards can boost donor rates without compromising the safety of the blood supply.

Sheldon Kennedy centre already helping sex abuse victims at a brisk pace

CALGARY - An agency offering support to young sex abuse victims and named after a former NHL player who himself was molested as a teenager was busy even before it officially opened its doors Thursday.

Quebec construction exec describes how his car was blown up

MONTREAL - Quebec's corruption inquiry has heard its fair share of explosive allegations. The latest one is about an actual explosion.

Duffy says he's won't quit Senate in first public comments since expense scandal

OTTAWA - Mike Duffy is blowing off any talk of his voluntary resignation from the Senate amid an expense scandal that has reached all the way to the Prime Minister's Office.

Key Tory senator admits to getting advice from Harper's office on Duffy expenses

OTTAWA - The controversy over alleged interference by the Prime Minister's Office into a review of Sen. Mike Duffy's expenses grew Thursday as the Conservative in charge of the probe admitted he got advice from Stephen Harper's team.

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