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OTTAWA – Federal health officials are recalling packages of ground beef produced by Winnipeg-based Cargill Meat Solutions due to concerns about E.coli.

OTTAWA – Twenty-five years after Marc Lepine killed 14 women at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique, the massacre is still creating sharp political divisions on Parliament Hill over the nature of the crime and the proper response to it.

TORONTO – On the twisty drama "The Good Wife," oftentimes the most electrifiying moments onscreen happen on another screen.

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Saturday proposed a joint investigation with the U.S. into the hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, warning of "serious" consequences if Washington rejects a probe that it believes would prove Pyongyang had nothing to do with the cyberattack.

TORONTO – Celebrity watchers and armchair coaches may have produced the most social media chatter over the past 12 months, but those tuned into the web's global conversations believe 2014 will be remembered as the time when social justice advocates found their voice.

VANCOUVER – New climate-change research involving a University of British Columbia scientist predicts that one of the West Coast's most prized salmon stocks could be wiped out over the next 85 years.

REGINA – Lori Campbell's most prized possession is a thick folder filled with paperwork.

KINGSTON, Ont. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper celebrated the 200th anniversary of Canada's founding father — Sir John A. Macdonald — by stating so much good came from what he called an ordinary man of whom little was expected.

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – A terminally ill Detroit-area teenager who was surprised by a visit from rapper Eminem has died.

TORONTO – The Canadian distributor for the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo says 1,500 copies of the latest issue — which features a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover — will be available in different parts of the country Friday.

CALGARY – Premier Jim Prentice is scoffing at a suggestion by the Conference Board of Canada that Alberta is likely to face a recession as crude prices continue to plunge.

SEATTLE – Russell Wilson hit Jermaine Kearse for a 35-yard touchdown 3:19 into overtime to lift the Seattle Seahawks to an improbable 28-22 victory over Green Bay in the NFC championship game.

OTTAWA – Canadian troops exchanged fire with Islamic State extremists during a recent battlefield planning exercise in Iraq, the military revealed on Monday.