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Temperatures in the Antarctic Peninsula started rising naturally 600 years ago, long before man-made climate changes further increased them, scientists said in a study Wednesday that helps explain the recent collapses of vast ice shelves.

U.S. Representative Todd Akin struggled to rejuvenate his Senate bid and Republicans speculated about possible deals that could provide him a graceful exit.

A 91原创 journalist says he quit working for China's news agency because it wanted him to spy on the Dalai Lama in Ottawa. But the Ottawa bureau chief of Xinhua news agency dismissed that claim as "Cold War" ideology.

A single mother of three whose body parts were found scattered in Toronto-area waterways had told neighbours she was planning to return to her native China. Guang Hua Liu, 41, was reported missing on Aug.

The Australian state of Tasmania is considering a ban on cigarette sales to anyone born after 2000 in an attempt to create a smoking-free generation.

The case of a man accused of killing an Alberta couple two years ago has been put over until Sept. 18. Travis Vader is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann of St. Albert, a city on the northeast edge of Edmonton.

Toronto's mayor, who recently raised eye-brows when he was spotted reading behind the wheel, says he won't be getting a personal driver. Rob Ford told reporters the expense of a chauffeur would be a "waste of tax payers' money.

The number of complaints about fraudulent or misleading telephone calls in last year's federal election has almost doubled, according to court documents filed by the Commissioner of Canada Elections.

The deaths of three people from legionnaires' disease have prompted public health officials to urge a scrubbing of cooling systems in tall buildings near the provincial legislature.

Naval planners have started to lay the groundwork for the possible replacement of the country's second-hand, glitch-prone Victoria-class submarines, arguing such warships are a necessary part of Canada's arsenal.