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VANCOUVER – The province of British Columbia has ended years of speculation, telling a federal review panel that it does not support the Northern Gateway pipeline.
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man has been charged after threats were made against an oilsands facility in northern Alberta.
VANCOUVER – There was celebrating among a group of Canadian scientists Tuesday as Britain's Peter Higgs and Belgian colleague Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize in physics for helping to explain how matter formed after the Big Bang.
LONDON – Michelle Obama shared one with her "first dog" Bo, Hillary Clinton tweeted one with her daughter Chelsea. Now "selfie" — the smartphone self-portrait — has been declared word of the year for 2013, according to Britain's Oxford University Press.

SOCHI, Russia – Jennifer Jones was perfect. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were oh so close.
VANCOUVER – The union representing 41,000 teachers in British Columbia has voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – More than 3,500 police officers will patrol this year's Boston Marathon, more than double the number deployed last year, when two bombs exploded near the finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Even while the exact cause remains unknown, a deadly blast that levelled two Manhattan buildings served by a 127-year-old gas main has provided a jarring reminder of just how old and vulnerable much of the infrastructure is in New York and many other cities nationwide.

TORONTO – Rob Ford has taken a leave of absence as mayor of Toronto, citing a need to get help for substance-abuse issues. But it came after nearly a full year of denials — from both Ford and members of his family — that he has a problem.

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have named Jim Benning as their new general manager.

HALIFAX – Forecasters say hurricane Arthur will likely make landfall in southwestern Nova Scotia on Saturday morning as a storm that's still packing near-hurricane strength.

CALGARY – A man identified as a person of interest in the mysterious disappearance of a Calgary child and his grandparents has been described in past court documents as an intelligent but troubled man.

HALIFAX – Aboriginal leaders are renewing calls for a national public inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women as hundreds of First Nations leaders gathered Wednesday in Halifax.
AMSTERDAM – An official with Malaysia Airlines says at least one Canadian was among the 295 people aboard a passenger plane that was downed today over Ukraine.

VANCOUVER – If you're feeling queasy, step away from the cab.