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The RCMP have arrested an alleged hacker accused of launching a series attacks on the Quebec government's main website from within the House of Commons.

Contrary to the opinion of many economists and government officials, a financial crisis like the one currently rocking Europe is possible in Canada, according to a public policy think-tank.

Ex-doctor Guy Turcotte, who killed his own children, is the first Canadian to be added to the National DNA Data Bank for criminals despite being found not criminally responsible.

The government moved Thursday to trim some icing off platinum-plated MP pensions and fat public-sector plans.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said "there are no surprises" in his second omnibus budget bill, despite his critics' warning that the 457-page piece of legislation likely has hidden legislation the Tories are trying to play down.

Two federal polling stations in Labrador were shuttered for an hour on election day in 2011 because an Elections Canada employee drove away with ballot boxes.

A Sudbury, Ont., teacher acquitted of child porn charges after explicit images of a female student were found on his work laptop will face a retrial, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday.

On the eve of elections in Ukraine, Prime Minister Stephen Harper sharply criticized Friday the government of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych for harassing and threatening his political opponents.

Liberals stayed clear Friday of a controversy involving a former Grit cabinet minister accused of using his MP account to pay for his son's wedding.

Fielding reporters’ questions about a QMI Agency report on federal cheques issued for his son’s wedding, London, Ont., Mayor Joe Fontana said Friday he didn’t want to deal with “speculation and innuendo.”

The NDP and Liberals each claimed victory Friday for getting the Conservatives to swiftly remove proposed changes to MP pensions from a bulky budget bill for speedy passage.

Meat recently sampled at XL Foods in Brooks, Alta., tested negative for E. coli, federal food inspectors said Friday.

A British Columbia man was shot and killed in Honduras this week in an apparent robbery.

An alleged Edmonton terrorist has been ordered by a judge to be extradited to the U.S. to face charges of helping a terrorist network kill five American soldiers in Iraq.

A recall of peanut butter products in the U.S. has been expanded to include Canada.

The federal government has spiked a $5.2 billion deal by a Malaysian firm to take over a Calgary-based natural gas player.

One of the world's 11 bottles of Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve sold at an auction in Toronto Friday night for $52,000, setting a new record for Canada.

At three minutes to midnight Friday, the Harper government took a tremendous risk with Canada's economic future.

The NDP won't say whether it supports the federal government's decision to nix a $5.2 billion bid by Malaysian company Petronas to buy Canadian natural gas firm Progress Energy.

A retired Canadian politician is in custody after the ship he was on attempted to break through Israel's blockade of Gaza Saturday.

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