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Astronaut Hadfield's new career
The former Canadian astronaut who gained a global audience with his musical performances in space will be taking on a new job as professor of aviation at the...
The Duffy debacle continues
The RCMP is alleging that Sen. Mike Duffy awarded $65,000 in contracts to a friend who did little tangible work — the latest wrinkle in the case against...
Nova Scotia voters head to the polls
Nova Scotia voters are casting their ballots today in an election that will decide the fate of Atlantic Canada's first NDP government. The polls opened at 8...
Edmonton K9 killed
Edmonton police say there needs to be a special criminal law to protect animals that work with officers after one of their service dogs was killed by a fleeing...
High-risk offender may be in Alberta
Police are warning that a violent, high-risk offender may be in southern Alberta. Michael Sean Stanley, who is 48, has been the subject of a multi-province...
Hopley considered a danger years ago
Even as a teenager, psychiatric assessments of child abductor Randall Hopley concluded he was likely to continue to offend. The assessments were done 30 years...
Idle No More calls for day of action
Organizers of the Idle No More movement are calling for a global day of action today, with dozens of demonstrations planned across Canada. The events will...
Harper says he'll boycott Commonwealth
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has used the platform of one international leaders' summit to fire a torpedo into the hull of another. Harper stepped to the...
Canadian prisoners surprised by release
Two Canadians held in an Egyptian prison were completely surprised when a guard swung open their cell door and led them to freedom after seven weeks in...
Mulcair says no to wealth tax
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is throwing cold water on the idea of his party raising taxes on the wealthy if it forms government even though a star candidate in...
Destigmatize the mentally ill says report
Ninety per cent of Canadians with serious mental illnesses are unemployed due largely to prejudice about their conditions — a startling state of affairs...
Cat cruelty north of Toronto
Police north of Toronto will be knocking on doors today in search of clues to the discovery of some severed cat heads. Investigators with York Regional Police...
Canadians released from prison
CAIRO - Foreign Affairs says Canadians John Greyson and Dr.Tarek Loubani have been released from prison in Egypt. The two had been detained since August 16....
Greenpeace rallies for seized activists
Greenpeace is organizing protests in a handful of Canadian cities to call for the release of two activists from Quebec and Ontario who were among 30 people...
Harper begins Asian trip in Malaysia
Stephen Harper touched down Friday in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur for a two-day stay, becoming the first Canadian prime minister to formally visit the...
Gang victim involved with drug trade
A bright line slices through the popular narrative of the killings of six people in a 15th-floor condo near Vancouver six years ago. On one side are the two...
Pipeline crew unearths monster
It is a monster of a find. Paleontologists are busy in northwestern Alberta after a pipeline crew uncovered a fossil of a dinosaur. The fossil skeleton is of...
Canadians in Egypt end hunger strike
Two Canadians who have been detained in an Egyptian prison for more than a month have ended a hunger strike they began more than two weeks ago. Dr. Tarek...
Monteith died of heroin and alcohol mix
The BC Coroner's Service has concluded its investigation of "Glee" actor Cory Monteith's death and has confirmed the star died accidentally of...
Lloydminster schools locked down
Schools in the city of Lloydminster, on the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, were in a form of lockdown Wednesday because a potentially violent high-risk sex...