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Toronto: And the mayor came back . . .

Dec 3, 2012 / 12:00 pm

The mayor of the country's largest city will not have to fight to stay in office while he appeals his ouster for violating conflict of interest laws....

Iran suspends Canadian's death

Dec 3, 2012 / 11:54 am

Ottawa says it welcomes reports that Iran has suspended the death sentence for a Canadian resident. The published reports have not been confirmed. A...

Alberta political scandal

Alberta political scandal

Dec 3, 2012 / 10:00 am

The speaker of the Alberta legislature is expected to rule as early as today on a motion that Premier Alison Redford misled the assembly. The motion was made...

Graham James case back in court

Dec 3, 2012 / 8:07 am

The prosecution in the Graham James case returns to court in Winnipeg this morning to try to appeal the two-year sentence the former hockey coach was handed for...

Snowy owls become snowbirds

Dec 3, 2012 / 7:14 am

Snowy owls from the Far North are wowing bird lovers in British Columbia's Lower Mainland. About two dozen of the wide-eyed Arctic birds of prey have taken...

Salmon virus burned Fed resources

Dec 2, 2012 / 8:30 pm

Reports that a potentially lethal salmon virus had been found in the waters off British Columbia last year drew a fast, co-ordinated response from the federal...

Three children found dead in Quebec

Dec 2, 2012 / 6:02 pm

Three young children from the same family have been found dead in a Drummondville, Que., home. Quebec provincial police are calling the deaths suspicious. The...

Senators plea to merge the Maritimes

Dec 2, 2012 / 2:00 pm

The age-old idea of merging the three Maritime provinces has been resurrected despite an overwhelming lack of political will from an array of government levels....

Feds reject building code changes

Dec 2, 2012 / 11:15 am

A federal commission has rejected proposals to change Canada's national construction codes to better protect communities from destructive wildfires. The...

N. Ontario community declares crisis

Dec 2, 2012 / 10:45 am

A year after the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat jarred the country's conscience with its deplorable housing conditions, the reserve next door...

Two men charged in teen's death

Dec 1, 2012 / 7:32 pm

The sister of a 19-year-old student who was shot in a university parkade in Surrey, last year says her family can finally start to grieve now that two men have...

Judge tosses out shark fin law

Dec 1, 2012 / 6:23 pm

An Ontario Superior Court judge has struck down Toronto's ban on shark fins. Justice James Spence said in a ruling Friday that a city bylaw banning shark...

Manslaughter rests with military jury

Dec 1, 2012 / 6:15 pm

The fate of a Canadian reservist charged in a fatal training accident in Afghanistan has been placed in the hands of a military jury. Maj. Darryl Watts, 44,...

Ontario ticket wins Lotto Max prize

Dec 1, 2012 / 9:14 am

What better way to start the holiday season? After going unclaimed for several weeks, a single winning ticket for Friday night's $50-million Lotto Max...

Costco's Listeria scare

Nov 30, 2012 / 10:42 pm

The Veggie Patch brand Ultimate Meatless Burger is being pulled off store shelves because of possible Listeria contamination. The affected product was imported...

Bus driver blasts pedestrian

Bus driver blasts pedestrian

Nov 30, 2012 / 7:34 pm

A Saskatoon bus driver has been suspended with pay after he swore at a person who wouldn't move out of his way. A video of the confrontation at the...

Flames billow skyward in Montreal

Nov 30, 2012 / 3:17 pm

Spectacular flames and thick billowing smoke could be seen for several kilometres after a major fire erupted Friday in a Montreal building that houses oil...

Third Quebec mayor resigns

Nov 30, 2012 / 2:12 pm

A Quebec mayor who faces several corruption-related charges announced his resignation Friday but insisted his legal woes had nothing to do with the decision....

3 charged in murder of Calgary father

Nov 30, 2012 / 11:35 am

Police have laid murder charges against three people in the death of a young Calgary father whose remains were found months after his disappearance. Ryan Lane,...

Ford eligible to run in byelection

Nov 30, 2012 / 8:21 am

The judge who ordered Rob Ford removed from office over a conflict of interest violation has specified the mayor can run if council calls a byelection to fill...

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