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A Conservative MP is making a last-ditch attempt to save his private member's bill on CBC and civil service transparency from "dubious" government amendments.

The feds are hoping to combat bullying by empowering young Canadians with leadership skills.

Conservatives will use their majority in the Senate to bring in the auditor general to sift through expenses in the Upper Chamber to see if other Senators are abusing the public purse.

Companies that break consumer safety laws, which apply to everyday goods including kids' toys and household products, could now face hefty fines of up to $25,000 per day.

While some parts of Canada will see hotter-than-usual temperatures over the next few months, most of us can expect a "typical summer."

A former top-ranking Quebec provincial police officer was charged this week for allegedly receiving payments from a secret expense fund.

An infant who's slowly dying of a rare spinal defect has been denied an experimental medical treatment because he's 17 days too old.

Thousands of patients in Montreal and Sherbrooke, Que., will find out this week if endoscopy devices were poorly sanitized, exposing them to a possible HIV risk.

The daughters of reputed mobster Giuseppe De Vito might have been killed by a hyperbaric chamber, according to testimony at their mother's murder trial Tuesday.

A 17-year-old boy died trying to rescue his seven-year-old cousin after she fell into the fast waters of the Niagara River in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday.

New Democrats claim the defence department is inappropriately using a specialized military police unit to launch witch hunts against armed forces members who leak embarrassing information about the department.

Liberals delayed attempts Tuesday to summon the auditor general to examine spending by individual senators, saying Conservatives are rushing to turn the page on the scandal.

Backers of a Conservative private member's bill to force labour unions to open up their books to public scrutiny are fighting back against accusations that the bill is unconstitutional.

Planes were delayed at the Montreal-Trudeau airport last week due to large numbers of worms in the area that attracted mass numbers of birds.

The alleged Rob Ford crack video might be “gone,” according to gossip website Gawker.

A woman accused of angrily driving onto a sidewalk and hitting her ex-boyfriend claims it was unintentional as her focus was on the other woman.

Tiffany Gayle is a child who arrived in Canada hoping for a better future.

Screaming for help and demanding to get off the plane, an Air Canada pilot had to be restrained in a first-class seat after suffering a medical issue in flight.