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Most Canadians live just a few kilometres from rail tracks that are usually an afterthought or, at best, an annoyance when the trains blare their horns after dark.

Mob boss Vito Rizzuto knew he was seriously ill but delayed cancer treatment to spend Christmas with his family, a source tells QMI Agency.

Canada's diplomatic operations in South Sudan have been temporarily suspended and Canadians are urged to leave as tensions and violence in the world's newest country continue to escalate.

In 2013, Rehtaeh Parsons became the posterchild for Canada's war on cyberbullying.

A doctor has been barred from doing circumcisions after botching 80 of them, the Quebec College of Physicians has ruled.

Here's a list of Canada's five biggest political scandals and disappointments this year.

Snakes and exotic pets dominated headlines in 2013, particularly in August after two young brothers died when an African rock python escaped its enclosure and suffocated them as they slept.

Turn em off, Canada. Starting in 2014, you'll have a hard time replacing your incandescent light bulbs, as new government regulations kick in.

A list of the most "jaw-dropping" calls to Vancouver's 911 service in 2013 was released Monday to raise awareness about the importance of only calling in case of a real emergency.

A Surrey, B.C., mother of three died after she being attacked outside a local rink Sunday night while waiting to pick up her son from a hockey tournament.

The year 2013 drew to a close with the delivery of the coldest December day the city has seen in 80 years, with temperatures plunging early in the day to -37.9 C.

Military officers in Sri Lanka have placed an NDP MP visiting the Indian Ocean island under house arrest Tuesday, confining Rathika Sitsabaiesan to her hotel, according to unverified reports.

What will 2014 hold for our prime minister and federal party leaders? We take a look at their horoscopes to gauge how the year may treat them.

The Canadian government has been told by Sri Lanka's top diplomat in Canada that reports of an NDP MP's house arrest in Sri Lanka are false.

If you enjoy the warm glow of an incandescent light bulb, you'd better stock up now.

Canada's foreign affairs department was keeping close tabs on the deteriorating situation in South Sudan on Thursday and called for perpetrators of ethnic attacks to be identified and charged.

Police in Surrey, B.C., have set up a command post outside the arena where a mother was fatally assaulted as she waited to pick her son up from a hockey tournament.