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There are two new millionaires in Ontario. Two ticket holders in Toronto and Kitchener are now $2.5 million richer after their numbers came up at Saturday's Lotto 6?49 draw.

Neil Young is clearly no fan of the Harper government in Canada when it comes to the Alberta oilsands development, near Fort McMurray.

A father-to-be has taken to the Internet to ask people to help name his baby.

Halifax is the second Canadian city to consider restricting the use of doorknobs in new homes.

West Virginia officials on Monday lifted a ban on drinking or bathing with tap water in some areas of the state hit by a chemical spill that affected hundreds of thousands of people for five days, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin said.

Hwy. 40 in western Montreal was shut down Monday after a piece of concrete and other debris fell from an overpass, striking vehicles below.

In a battle for who gets the last word, rocker Neil Young has responded to the government's response to his anti-oilsands tour by saying he drives an electric car.

Transportation industry insiders say DOT 111 tank cars — those involved in just about every train derailment in North America — are in desperate need of safety retrofits, but consumers will ultimately foot the bill.

A 21-year old woman says she is devastated after the octogenarian she accused of kidnapping her in a terrifying incident walked out of court a free man on Monday.

The man photographed relieving himself upon a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Komagata Maru has escaped charges.

Quebec's separatist government dug in its heels Tuesday over the contentious issue of state secularism.

International editors and correspondents are calling on the Egyptian government to release three Al-Jazeera journalists who have been held since Dec. 29.

Medical marijuana user Russell Barth wants to know what the government was smoking when it came up with its guidelines on how to dispose of old weed stashes.

Bidding is underway in a federal auction of 700-megahertz wireless frequency that can penetrate underground in parking garages, elevators and other places where cellphones often conk out.

Donations made to Peterborough, Ont., MP Dean Del Mastro’s 2008 election campaign from employees of his cousin’s electrical company were intended to curry Del Mastro’s favour and secure business contracts, court documents obtained by QMI Agency allege.

The life-saving act of an Alberta woman, who helped rescue a toddler who fell into a septic tank in Arizona, is being hailed as a hero.

A Gatineau, Que., man who stabbed his wife in the face with a broken beer bottle at a wedding reception was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison for attempted murder.

A lawyer representing a Midland, Ont., man accused of 110 sex-related charges against young children and animals has asked for an out-of-town, impartial judge to hear the case.

A man has been fined after he tried to bring a pipe bomb through security at Edmonton International Airport — and was allowed to board his flight anyway, according to a CBC report.

Moved by past success in getting their party to support legalizing and taxing marijuana, now the Young Liberals in B.C. want Canadians to be able to rent hookers legally.

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