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Canada gets a B- average when it comes to being at the forefront of science and technology innovation, according to a new report.

A new study from the University of Ottawa suggests suicide may be contagious among young people, especially when they hear stories of others killing themselves.

Tornadoes may scare you, but lightning is more likely to kill you — at least in Canada.

An RCMP Staff Sgt. has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against 13 former colleagues, claiming she was sexually assaulted, harassed and bullied during her time with the iconic Musical Ride more than 25 years ago.

A Canadian has been killed amidst rising violence in Iraq.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may not have been saying anything Tuesday about crack cocaine allegations but that didn't stop late-night U.S. comedians from cracking jokes about the ongoing scandal.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized Wednesday and said he was in the dark when his chief of staff gave $90,000 to Sen. Mike Duffy — a gift opposition MPs want investigated by the RCMP and probed by Parliament.

Even at his own funeral, the Peter Worthington stories were legendary.

An accountant and two former Revenue Canada officials are among four people arrested Thursday in a $4.5 million bribery scam.

A newspaper deliverywoman was somehow run over three times by her own car during a botched parking job Wednesday morning.

It appears that former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault isn't above the law after all.

A school board north of Montreal has launched an internal investigation after school staff strip-searched 28 high school students to find a cellphone during a year-end exam.

Two Montreal police officers and two other cops from a nearby suburb have been arrested on drug-trafficking charges.

A 16-year-old boy said he was promised a painting job by David James Leblanc. Instead, the 48-year-old child sex offender drove the boy to a remote Nova Scotia shack, chained him in a room and repeatedly raped him — with his partner — for 10 days.

A car bombing and safe bursting with cash kickbacks made for dramatic testimony at the Charbonneau commission on Thursday.

Two suspects in an alleged plot to blow up a VIA Rail passenger train appeared in court via video Thursday.

Union reps and CBC allies say the feds are sticking their fingers in the collective bargaining pie of Crown corporations, threatening their independence.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up trade talks here Thursday with four leaders Canada considers to be close amigos.

As they fought back questions on the Senate expense scandal Thursday, the Conservatives pointed out that three Liberal MPs have run afoul of rules governing housing expenses in recent years.

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