ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's new Progressive Conservative leader has been sworn in as the province's 12th premier.
Paul Davis became the leader of the governing Tories at a convention two weeks ago.
Davis served in cabinet before stepping down to seek the leadership.
The 53-year-old former police officer defeated two other former cabinet ministers, Steve Kent and John Ottenheimer, for the job.
He must call an election within 12 months of taking office.
LONDON - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in the U.K. in advance of a NATO summit in Wales later this week — and tweeting about reports of another beheading in Iraq.
Angelina Jolie's stunning revelation she had a preventative double mastectomy due to a genetic cancer risk has doubled the number of high risk women considering genetic testing to see if they carry certain genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers, new Canadian research suggests.
KELOWNA, B.C. - A Washington state man has been identified by the BC Coroners Service as the climber who fell to his death while rock climbing on Saturday.
The government is giving $40 per day to parents of children 12 and under for each day the strike continues to supplement child care and tutoring costs.
VANCOUVER - Access around a wildfire in northeastern B.C. has been further restricted even though officials say cooler temperatures are expected to help ease the danger.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A black inmate is suing the province of British Columbia, alleging he was targeted by the Ku Klux Klan behind bars and endured “torture” at the hands of a sheriff and a guard.