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Project honours Canada's fallen heroesThe Canadian music industry has teamed up with Postmedia newspapers and corporate sponsors to create a moving tribute, in music and words, to those who've sacrificed for Canada
Loaded rocket launcher still a mysteryBomb disposal experts say a rocket launcher discovered on a major highway north of Victoria earlier this week is the first such live explosive device ever found in B.C.
Tories tightly scripted Regis and Kelly: docsIt may be called LIVE! with Regis and Kelly, but new documents reveal just how tightly the Harper government scripted the announcement that the popular morning show was coming to Prince Edward Island last summer.
Missing boy found safeAn Amber Alert issued for 12-year-old Jacob Telford has been cancelled by Strathcona County RCMP.
Amber Alert issued in AlbertaA 12-year-old boy from Sherwood Park, Alta., is believed to have been abducted by his mother, RCMP in Alberta said Friday.
Saving a B.C. lake one $10 click at a timeEighty-six-year-old Bob McMinn has embarked on an unprecedented social networking campaign to save a Vancouver Island lake, and he's betting $100,000 of his own money on its success.
Soldier's mother wants DND apologyThe New Democrats are calling on Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Canada's chief of defence staff to meet with the mother of a soldier who took his own life after serving in Afghanistan.
Veterans to get HST refund on poppiesVeterans will receive a full refund for paying the harmonized sales tax on poppies for their annual Remembrance Day fundraising campaign, a government source said Wednesday.
Woman to be deported without kidsA Toronto mom will have to leave her children behind in the custody of child care workers when she's deported to Jamaica next Tuesday.
Kids escape serious injury in school bus rolloverTwo children were treated in hospital for minor injuries after their school bus overturned in rural south Ottawa Tuesday morning. The bus, carrying 15 children ranging in age from five to 10 years old, rolled on Copeland Road, near Munster Road, just befo
Yellowknife geothermal proposal heats upGeothermal heat from a former Yellowknife gold mine could soon be heating dozens of buildings in the downtown, if city council goes ahead with a $60-million renewable energy plan that's in the works.
Montreal has $77 million surplusAfter months of warnings about financial hard times and new austerity measures, the city of Montreal has confirmed it has an unexpected budget surplus of $77 million.
Ontario spared brunt of massive U.S. stormThe wrath of a huge, "unseasonably intense storm" that tore through the U.S Midwest on Tuesday has spared Ontario. Earlier in the day, a tornado watch was issued for the Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent areas, while a severe thunderstorm watch was in effect
Saskatchewan gets a wintry blastSaskatchewan's first big blast of winter weather was creating hazardous conditions on the roads Tuesday, with fender benders and cars in ditches being common sights.
Auditor General Fraser slams chopper buysThe federal government did a good job of rolling out the economic stimulus plan and many other services and programs, but failed to properly manage two purchases of military helicopters, says Auditor General Sheila Fraser.
Afghanistan dog lands Arctic homeAn orphaned sheep dog from Afghanistan is getting used to Canada's Arctic, thanks to a Canadian who adopted it � then had to search for the dog when it ran off in its new surroundings.
Canada may need its own foreign spy service: watchdogOTTAWA � The watchdog over CSIS says it's time to decide whether Canada should have a full-fledged foreign spy service. In its annual report, the Security Intelligence Review Committee notes a worrisome expansion of CSIS' intelligence gathering.
First poppy of the 2010 National Poppy CampaignHis Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada and Patron of The Royal Canadian Legion, received the symbolic first poppy from Patricia Varga, Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion, and Larr
Northern Alta. plane crash kills 1One person died and nine others were injured when a plane crashed Monday morning southeast of the northern Alberta town of Conklin. The twin-engine, turbo-prop Beechcraft King Air 100 aircraft, operated by Kenn Borek Air, was carrying 10 people.
Fall rains destroy Fraser Valley cropsHeavy fall rain has destroyed thousands of acres of Fraser Valley potatoes and other vegetables crops this year, and the losses won't be covered by crop insurance, farmers are saying
La Nina dumps first snow on WhistlerA heavy Pacific storm dumped 30 centimetres of snow on the top of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort over the weekend, raising the hopes of local skiers and boarders that the La Nina weather climate pattern will bring plenty of snow this coming winter.
Toronto 18 leader sentenced to 16 yearsIt's a bad day for Canadian lovers of Al-Qaeda. Khadr admits he's killed a US medic and the ringleader of an Islamic terrorist cell in Toronto gets 16 years.
Terror behind the wheelEDMONTON - Diane Akers would sit at home and bawl every time she cancelled an appointment for her cancer-stricken son.
Tamil refugees still going home for holidaysQMI Agency reported in August that an internal government sampling of Sri Lankan nationals found that 70% of those that had successfully claimed refugee status in Canada had travelled back to the country they claimed was persecuting them. That travel is m
Calgary MLA calls for warning labels on liquorCALGARY - The anti-drinking and driving message could soon land in the palm of Albertans' cocktail-clasping hands, as one Calgary MLA plans to bring forth a motion calling for warning labels on liquor.
Canada extends Iraqi refugee program to 2013Canada is extending its Iraqi refugee program for another two years, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Saturday, which will allow an additional 8,600 refugees to resettle in the country between 2011 and 2013.
Mother of murdered B.C. girl speaks outThe day after an Abbotsford, B.C. man was sentenced to more than 55 years in prison for the murder of his five-year-old stepdaughter, the girl's mother is speaking out for the first time.
B.C. bishop severely beatenOne person is in custody after the Roman Catholic bishop of Kamloops, B.C., was severely beaten at the city's cathedral. RCMP were called to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in the B.C. Interior city on Friday night, and found Bishop David Monroe bleeding on th
Ontario First Nation pleads for helpA remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario has declared a state of emergency because of ongoing violence and is asking for outside help to get things under control. The Eabametoong First Nation is home to 1,200 people, but since January it has had thre
W5: What happened to Dustin LaFortune?On a late summer afternoon, Dustin LaFortune is having his first sip of beer in months. It's a special occasion -- LaFortune is toasting the long awaited reunion with family and friends in Victoria, British Columbia, after spending nearly five months in h
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