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'My family is here,' says GG as she returns to Haiti

Governor General of Canada Michaelle Jean blows a kiss in the direction of military personnel as she prepares to leave Jacmel, Haiti on a military helicopter after a visit on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean returned Tuesday to Jacmel, Haiti, where Canadian troops have been assisting the relief efforts, and where she spent her holidays as a child.

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The foreign-born population in Canada is expected to grow four times faster than the rest of the population for the next two decades and could reach between 9.8 and 12.5 million people by 2031, the agency says, comprising 25 to 29 per cent of the Canadian population.

Growing foreign-born population to forge 'new Canada'

There is a "new Canada" just over the horizon — home to a diversity of skin tones, birth countries, languages and religious faiths...

Four-year-old Jenna Gervais is decidedly unhappy as she gets her H1N1 vaccine Nov. 5 in Calgary, as seen in a file picture.

Vaccinating children first reduces incidence of flu: Study

It comes too late for H1N1, but not for the next flu outbreak: New Canadian research shows vaccinating healthy children and teens ...

Alberta skip Kevin Koe reacts during play against Nova Scotia at the Brier curling championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Rare six-ender helps Nova Scotia upset Alberta at Brier

The man that hometown fans call Fitz gave Kevin Koe exactly that, fits, Tuesday at the 2010 Tim Hortons Brier.

A batch of the flavour enhancer hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) was found last month to be contaminated with salmonella, shown here in a microscopic close-up

Food recall could be largest in North America: FDA

About 50 Canadian food companies manufactured snacks and other processed foods made with an ingredient that has been recalled due ...

Precipitation departures from normal for December, January and February 2009-2010.

Wacky winter a signal of years to come: Climatologist

From the balmy Arctic, to the open water of the St. Lawrence and snowless western fields, this winter has been the warmest and driest...

Men can expect to be sexually active until they hit 70, while women remain sexually active until about 66, the study led by researchers at the University of Chicago found.

Older men more interested in sex than older women: Study

Women may live longer, but it appears men are more likely to go out with a smile.

Flowers are placed as memorial on the fence at the Cougar Helicopters hanger in St. John's, Newfoundland on Saturday, March 15, 2009.

Memorial service to be held for victims of N.L. chopper crash

A memorial service for the victims of Cougar Helicopters Flight 491, which plunged into the sea off Newfoundland on March 12, 2009...

Governor General's Awards recipients, from left: Independent filmmaker André Forcier, Sculptor Robert Davidson, Artist Terry Ryan, Glass sculptor Ione Thorkelsson, Painter and muralist Rita Letendre, Video artist Tom Sherman, Photographer Gabor Szilasi,and Painter and sculptor Claude Tousignant.

Eight Canadians get Gov. Gen. visual arts awards

Eight Canadian artists, were named winners of the 2010 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts Tuesday at the Cinematheque...

Ex-Tory MP Rahim Jaffer, 37, was charged last September after he was stopped by police officers for speeding in Palgrave, Ont., about 60 kilometres north of Toronto.

Former Alberta MP pleads guilty to careless driving

Former Alberta MP Rahim Jaffer plead guilty on Tuesday to a careless driving charge and was fined $500.

Dany Villanueva (left) talks with his lawyer Pierre Panacceo during a break period May 25, 2009, during the inquiry into the death of Fredy Villanueva, who was shot by police last summer.

Fredy Villanueva's brother to testify at Montreal inquest into his brother's shooting death

The brother of Fredy Villanueva, who was shot and killed by police here in the summer of 2008, will be at the Montreal courthouse ...

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