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Vancouver police say they've shut down the area around the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel while they negotiate with a "distraught" man carrying a gun.

Former Manitoba First Nations chief Terry Nelson is making news in Iran, taking to the local airwaves to complain of Canada's continued attempts to "exterminate" his people.

Work to process 2,500 remaining cow carcasses will resume in Brooks, Alta., Tuesday while Alberta ranchers bide their time and the volume of cattle shipped to the U.S. for slaughter climbs.

Accusations are being made in the suicide death of Amanda Todd through videos and messages claiming to be from the online activist group Anonymous, which says it knows the identity of the girl's stalker.

Even during the worst times in her life, Amanda Todd was a shoulder to those who needed help around her, a close friend reminisced during heart-wrenching speeches at a Maple Ridge, B.C., gathering for the dead 15-year-old.

Canada is set to lose a dispute at the World Trade Organization brought by the European Union and Japan over support for renewable energy in Ontario, according to a newsletter published by a Geneva-based trade think-tank.

Embattled Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso announced Tuesday that he's quitting his executive posts at his billion-dollar empire, rocked by corruption allegations and tax fraud.

After years of being on the receiving end of roughly 98% of European Roma refugee claims, Canada has changed the rules to drastically cut down the number of claimants from this community.

The Canadian Museum of Civilization will soon be history - at a cost to taxpayers.

Some French-speaking civil servants are fretting federal budget cuts will infringe on their language rights, Canada's bilingualism watchdog says.

The city solicitor of Oshawa, Ont., was reportedly abducted from his home Monday night in nearby Whitby, shortly after a city council meeting, but escaped a few hours later uninjured.

The lengthy list of recalled beef products linked to the XL Foods plant has grown again.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is warning Canadians their cyber security is at risk and is channelling federal money to beef up defences.

A child has been rescued and 16 people have been charged with child-porn-related offenses as the result of a multi-force police investigation across the Prairies, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, police announced Wednesday.

Federal fisheries minister Keith Ashfield has suffered a heart attack, the prime minister's office says. Ashfield is recovering, the PMOs, and until he does, Revenue Minister Gail Shea will take on the title of Interim Fisheries Minister.

American politicians may become a little less comfortable with Canada if the country snuggles up to China by allowing CNOOC to swallow energy company Nexen, said a former U.S. security adviser.

Police have named the man they believe shot a Canadian border guard in the neck before killing himself on Tuesday.

The XL Foods plant at the centre of Canada's largest beef recall will soon have a new management team.

Police hauled two men off a WestJet flight Wednesday in Calgary following an altercation over elbow room.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams and a delegation of women activists are calling on the federal government to end Canada’s reliance on crude oil, arguing that the oilsands not only harm the environment, but undermine the needs of women and children.

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