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A group of men from a northwestern Ontario First Nations community are suing a Winnipeg-based Roman Catholic order and others to seek redress for alleged sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of their community priest as young boys.

Lethbridge, Alta., police are investigating but don't plan to lay charges after a teen's arm was crushed under a school bus in a "freak accident" Monday morning.

A routine drive to work on Monday turned into anything but for Dan Kroeger when he found himself rescuing a man whose car had plunged into a freezing swimming pool.

Doug Cargo never met his great uncle Freddy, but the story of his bravery during the First World War was among the first he remembers hearing as a boy.

Former Rizzuto associate Joseph "Joe" Di Maulo was assassinated at his opulent home north of Montreal in the first Mob hit since boss Vito Rizzuto returned to Canada last month.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen are travelling through India's streets this week in armoured vehicles shipped from Canada, raising questions about a heightened security risk for the PM in India.

Canadian border officials seized almost $9 million in heroin at Pearson International Airport from Pakistan.

Calgary police say they're astounded at the audacity of thieves who used a vehicle to smash their way into a mall to make a major jewelry heist early Monday.

More than $700,000 has been ripped out of cash machines by a pair of fast-moving bandits during a 15-month rampage throughout the GTA and parts of Quebec, police said Monday.

The creator of Canada's intelligence service, Robert Kaplan, died Monday.

Quebec's public security minister says police are on high alert in the wake of the latest Mafia murder.

Beleaguered Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue broke his silence on Tuesday amidst allegations of 2011 election spending irregularities.

Having more than 200 children unexpectedly needing public schooling because of the closing of a private school in the polygamist community of Bountiful has unsurprisingly created some challenges for district superintendent Jeff Jones.

Canadians increasingly used to making more and more “plastic” purchases using debit and credit cards can add another piece of new technology Wednesday — the first Bank of Canada polymer $20 bills.

A British Columbia man has been charged with a hate crime following years of complaints to human rights officials for his website, which refers to those of Jewish faith as snakes and Zionists.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada and India must do more to tie each other’s economies closer together and must do that quickly.

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to a year in jail Tuesday for savagely beating a stranger in an Ottawa McDonald's, kicking a police officer in the stomach and randomly attacking tourists strolling along Sparks St.

While America voted, Prime Minister Stephen Harper slept.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper played politics to the half-million Sikhs back home in Canada with photo ops Wednesday at one of the holiest of Sikh temples.

The Quebec prosecutors' office has raised eyebrows by hiring a lawyer who has defended members of the Mafia and is married to a lawyer who represented Mob boss Vito Rizzuto.

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