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Fears are rising that when the water recedes from this June’s southern Alberta flooding, the impacts could drown out those recorded in 2005’s legendary deluge.

Municipal employees north of Montreal made a shocking discovery Thursday when the body of a tiny baby, possibly a fetus, was found in a solid-waste tank.

Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield will step out of cabinet to fight a form of cancer, Hodgkin lymphona, the Fredericton MP told his constituents Friday.

In its first-ever mandatory product recall, Health Canada recalled high-powered magnetic sets because it says they're a choking risk for children.

Officials want to know why a fireworks plant, levelled Thursday by a blast that killed two women inside, didn't have sprinklers and is located a kilometre from the nearest fire hydrant.

The worst was yet to come, Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi said as Bow River waters continued to rise significantly during Friday’s early morning hours.

A teenager who was allegedly beaten by four police officers while it was captured on video is suing the city and the officers for $2.3 million.

David Lipper said he had no idea his two Menchies Frozen Yogurt franchises in the Montreal area were carrying contraband.

The Saddledome is flooded up to row 10 and Calgary Stampede officials say they can only hope to overcome a flood-swamped exhibition grounds and put on the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth next month.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's lieutenant in the Senate defended Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird on Friday for using government-subsidized properties in London and New York as vacation stops for him and his pals.

Mounties say two bodies have been recovered and a woman remains unaccounted for in the Alberta floods.

Less than 48 hours after Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt congratulated himself and the government for their work to improve relations with aboriginals, about 150 members of those communities descended on Parliament Hill to celebrate National Aboriginal Day and lament the state of those relations.

Officials at the English Montreal School Board said they are still holding out hope that the claims against the man known as "Italy's Schindler" are not true.

The Conservative Party of Canada has postponed an upcoming policy convention in Calgary because of flooding and concerns about safety and security.

Some residents began returning to damaged homes on Saturday after record-breaking floods in southern Alberta that killed at least three people, displaced more than 100,000 and will leave the core of Canada's oil capital, Calgary, without power for days.

The Senate expense scandal, starring former CTV journalist Sen. Mike Duffy, stinks the worst when Canadians are asked to choose among the strong odours coming from the three highest-profile scandals involving Canadian politicians this spring.

The founder of one of Montreal's most iconic breakfast restaurants was stabbed to death and his son charged on Sunday with the murder.

As 65,000 Calgarians began returning home Sunday following the largest flood in Alberta's history, Premier Alison Redford vows they won't be alone as they rebuild their lives.

Drumheller, Alta., and Medicine Hat, Alta., were preparing for an onslaught of water, as Calgary began cleanup after its own.

Despite the winning smile, Alberta’s “Ridiculously photogenic firefighter”, who has become the international face of the province’s deadly floods, has been all business.

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