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The family can cling to hope, and Calgary’s Chief of Police certainly doesn’t blame them.

A black bear released far away from Whitehorse, Yukon, has been killed by conservation officers after it returned to the city to feast on garbage.

Most cities have antiquated laws, but some of them are downright funny. Here are some of the strangest laws gathering dust in legislative archives across Canada.

She knows he's tall, slender and generous, but she does not know the name of the man who anonymously donated $128,000 so she can receive "life-saving" stem cell treatment in Chicago.

An online petition to spare a woman jail time for causing a deadly crash because she got out of her car to help ducks cross a highway outside Montreal has received thousands of endorsements.

Dean Commanda had already been released on parole for killing and dismembering his best friend when, during a crisis of conscience, he approached police last May and offered to help authorities locate some still-missing body parts.

The railway at the centre of the Lac-Megantic, Que., railway disaster sold its Quebec holdings for barely a tenth of their value, QMI Agency has learned.

Like something out of a 1970s TV show, a persistent family dog led Niagara-area police to a hiding suspect police say broke into the family's home.

Stuffi the cat is recovering after spending 26 days trapped inside a wall.

Smoke from nearby forest fires is choking up Yellowknife, but officials there say the city isn't at risk just yet.

An eastbound Canadian Pacific Railway freight train carrying gasoline and other cargo derailed in Saskatchewan on Wednesday afternoon, the rail operator said, but there were no injuries, fire or leaks.

Somewhere on the dusty rural roads around Airdrie, you’ll see them searching.

Various media outlets reported late Wednesday night that the RCMP will be laying charges against former senator Mike Duffy.

Transit riders can sing their hearts out on city buses after council approved an amended transit bylaw Wednesday.

A young man charged with exploiting the infamous Heartbleed computer vulnerability to siphon encrypted data from the Canada Revenue Agency website made his first appearance in court Thursday -- sort of.

A crowd-funding campaign to save a Canadian abortion clinic has surpassed its $100,000 goal but the Fredericton, New Brunswick, facility will still close its doors on Friday while organizers scramble to lease space for a new clinic.

Alev Wrobel crouched down and helped her two kids lay a bouquet of flowers to an ever-growing makeshift memorial dedicated to Georgia Walsh, the seven-year-old girl who died Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle in Leaside.

A marathon case where a Muslim sexual complainant known as N.S. brought the issue of wearing a niqab while testifying to the Supreme Court of Canada ended abruptly Thursday when the Crown withdrew the charges.

With police asking the public not to undertake search efforts on their own for a missing boy and his grandparents, some are turning to community fundraisers as a way to show support.

Christie Park was up in smoke on Thursday.

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