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WASHINGTON — He's the Kevin Bacon of modern American politics, a familiar shadow that seems to loom over or lurk behind virtually every major storyline playing out on the U.S. campaign trail and beyond.

OTTAWA — To flush or not to flush? It is a question Canada's Competition Bureau says it cannot answer.

VANCOUVER — All climate disasters are not created equal and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction recommends retreat in the face of only one type of threat.

VANCOUVER — The idea of relocating his community isn't one that Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band in British Columbia's Nicola Valley thought he'd be considering when he was elected chief early last year.

TORONTO — Andrea Skinner has submitted her resignation as the interim chair of Hockey Canada's board of directors.

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — Incoming Alberta premier Danielle Smith says she will seek the southeastern seat of Brooks-Medicine Hat in a byelection, despite not living in the area and there already being a seat open in Calgary.

MONTREAL — André Chagnon, a Quebec businessman who founded telecommunications giant Vidéotron and later set up one of the largest family foundations in the country, died Saturday.

More than a year after Sheila North unsuccessfully ran to lead one of Manitoba's largest First Nations political organizations, the Cree leader and journalist is ready to try again.

YELLOWKNIFE — While the Arctic is better known for blankets of snow than rain clouds, new research suggests the number of rainy days in the region will roughly double by the end of this century.

OTTAWA — Two veterans running for municipal council north of Toronto have run afoul of the Royal Canadian Legion for using the image of the poppy on their election campaign signs.