FOLEYET, Ont. - A 60-year-old woman has died and several others are sick with flu-like symptoms on a quarantined Via Rail passenger train in northern Ontario, but police said Friday they don't believe...

VANCOUVER - A heart specialist has told a public inquiry in Vancouver into the use of Tasers that a shock from the energy weapon can be deadly. San Francisco cardiologist Zian Tseng says a Taser sh...

OTTAWA - The last surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War will become a Canadian again, just in time for his 108th birthday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed Friday. John Babcock, ...

FREDERICTON - The four Atlantic premiers say it's time for the federal government to kick in some cash for the Atlantic Gateway initiative - and a number of other projects as well. Newfoundland's D...

TRENTON, Ont. - The body of the 83rd Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan has returned home. The remains of Cpl. Michael Starker, 36, were returned to CFB Trenton Friday aboard a military aircraf...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economic engine is showing signs of sputtering in the face of stiffening headwinds from the U.S. slump and ongoing tight credit conditions. Two key economic indicators Friday ...

HAVRES-AUX-MAISONS, Que. - A judge in Quebec has reserved his decision until Oct. 24 in the trial of five people accused of violating the terms of their observer permits in the 2006 seal hunt. The ...

EDMONTON - A Toronto man is pushing off on a voyage of discovery with 200 other people to honour the explorer David Thompson and re-enact his epic 1808 canoe trek along the rivers of Western Canada to...

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - A 32-year-old man who killed a teenage girl and dumped her body in a remote southern Alberta ditch must serve at least 18 years in prison before he can apply for parole. That ...

OTTAWA - The Commons unanimously adopted a resolution Friday urging Myanmar's reclusive military regime to accept international relief teams in the wake of last weekend's catastrophic cyclone. The ...