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SAINT JOHN, N.B. — For the second time in his life, Dennis Oland has stood before a New Brunswick judge and declared he is not guilty of the second-degree murder of his father, Richard Oland.

HALIFAX — A British petty officer has testified he overheard a woman who alleges she was gang raped tell her friend that she was going to "sleep with" a sailor on the night in question.

MONTREAL — Driving under the influence of cannabis remains dangerous even five hours after use, a new study by McGill University researchers has found.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is hoping legalized cannabis will help ignite the province's economy — but a possible change in government after a deadlocked election has created uncertainties about how the retail regime might eventually l

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police say human trafficking is strongly linked to high rates of violence against Indigenous women and girls, but there are major knowledge gaps that keep pervasive trafficking activities hidden in plain sight.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reassuring Canadians the country is indeed ready to become the first G7 member to greenlight legal recreational pot — a campaign pledge that will become reality in a matter of hours.

MONTREAL — Endangered beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River already facing plenty of adversity now have an unlikely foe to contend with — the common house cat.

More than one in five Canadian companies say they were hit by a cyberattack last year, with businesses spending $14 billion on cybersecurity as they confront greater risks in the digital world, according to a new Statistics Canada survey.

OTTAWA — Transport Minister Marc Garneau is ordering his department to take a fresh look at the data on school bus safety and seatbelts.

OTTAWA — More than one million jobs could be lost to the coming boom in automated vehicles with ripple effects beyond the likeliest victims, internal government documents warn.