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A funeral home director faces a criminal complaint after an elderly woman's body was allegedly abandoned at a roadside.

A teacher north of Montreal risks suspension after telling her high school students that she drowned seven newborn kittens on her property before beating an eighth one to death with a wooden board.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is getting flak over a pricey new paint job given to the military plane that flies him to overseas events.

New Democrats could spark a parliamentary showdown that has the potential to pit the Conservatives against many of their own supporters.

The opposition used what the Tories called a “false” news report Friday to accuse the Prime Minister’s Office of controlling a $1-million secret party slush fund and using it to pay off Sen. Mike Duffy’s ill-gotten housing expenses.

A former engineer admitted he altered his inspection report about the Algo Centre Mall but said it was at the request of his client.

Newly independent MP Brent Rathgeber's former Conservative riding association won't back the Prime Minister's Office's call for Rathgeber to resign his seat and run in a byelection.

CALGARY -- It is believed to be the first conviction in Canada for illegal export of cultural property.

A Halifax fundraiser was shut down Friday night after a bomb threat.

We're told Canada could sign a treaty to stop war and oppression if only the prime minister weren't so mean.

An area MP acquitted Thursday of failing to comply with police is heading back to Ottawa to rejoin his party caucus, and intends to take up the fight against breath testing there.

The Canadian government announced new measures Tuesday that will force oil, gas and mining companies to publicly disclose every penny they pay to any government at home or around the world.

A dress rehearsal for Stephen Harper's 2011 victory speech looked more like improv night at a comedy club in a just-leaked video that shows the prime minister doing accurate impressions of former Conservative leaders.

Police say more than 230 officers fanned out across Quebec's Eastern Townships Wednesday morning to dismantle a biker-linked narcotics ring.

The Crown says two morgue workers, fired for photographing the bodies of women and girls, won't be criminally charged.

Remember those heritage minute ads that used to be on TV?

The head of Canada's radio and TV regulator says it's time to scrap all the rules around the television industry and start fresh -- with input from Canadians.