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Quebec City is the best city in Canada to be a woman while Edmonton is the worst, a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says.

More people were killed with guns in 2012 compared to years previous, even as fewer gun-related violent crimes in general were reported.

An 18-year-old woman had to be carted away from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's official residence Saturday night for a suspected case of alcohol poisoning.

MONTREAL — The largest school board in Montreal is running elementary students through school-shooting drills in which the children hide in classrooms and display distress signs in windows.

MONTREAL — Passersby plucked a man from the frigid waters of the St. Lawrence River after his canoe capsized near the Montreal suburb of Longueuil.

The Canadian Armed Forces and Parks Canada teamed up to capture stunning new underwater images of Canada's most northerly shipwreck, which dates back to the mid-19th century.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper put his efforts to reform or abolish the Senate on hold "for the time being" after the Supreme Court said both options would require a constitutional amendment.

Herb Gray, one of Canada's longest-serving parliamentarians, was always guided by principles of "social justice, good governance, sound democratic process and inclusion," his daughter told hundreds who gathered for his funeral in Ottawa on Friday.

The province has renewed calls to abolish the Senate, after a Supreme Court ruling opened the door for provincial input.

Vito Rizzuto's vendetta has reached out from his grave.

Dozens of medical marijuana users have been left in limbo after a B.C.-based producer recalled a batch of pot.

One of four Paris police officers accused of raping a Canadian tourist has admitted to having consensual sex with her, French media reports.

Community groups across the country rallied Saturday to oppose Bill C-23, the federal government's Fair Elections Act.

Ottawa’s abrupt ban on temporary foreign restaurant workers has some local eateries fearing they’ll be starved for specialized staff.

Potato chip producers and Grateful Dead fans have always believed, but a desperate mother in Airdrie, Alta., never thought she'd be calling marijuana a miracle.

Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino has to once again prove that he wasn't being racist when he fired a First Nations police chief.

The feds are marking Rail Safety week, which runs Monday to May 4, by injecting more than $9.2 million for improvements at over 600 railway crossings across the country.

Two Paris police officers - a captain and a major - have been charged with allegedly raping a Canadian tourist.

A woman survived her boat capsizing in the Strait of Georgia in B.C., a six-hour swim in frigid waters and a hike through the woods to a cabin where she was able to call for help, rescuers say.

A Quebec City hospital is taking drastic measures to eradicate a colony of stray cats, much to the chagrin of an animal-rights group.

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