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Montreal's infamous Bordeaux jail is reviewing security procedures after an inmate posted Facebook photos of himself with fine cognac in one hand, a cigar in the other and finely sculpted pecs in-between.

A pot-smoking Mountie pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting police officers when they went to check up on him after he was ordered to turn in his RCMP uniform.

Nova Scotia will ban hydraulic fracking in the province, the government announced Wednesday.

Construction boss Antonio "Tony" Accurso told Quebec's corruption inquiry that deceased Mob boss Nick Rizzuto Sr. was a "minor contact."

Two of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's top lieutenants on Wednesday jumped on retired general Andrew Leslie, one of Justin Trudeau's top advisers, for saying the Israeli military had fired "indiscriminately onto Palestinian women and children."

Liberal Party of Canada CFO Chuck Rifici has become a multimillionaire in just a few months thanks to his stock-traded medical marijuana company, QMI Agency has learned.

More than 20,000 people have signed an online petition that asks the committee that hands out the Nobel Peace Prize to deny any nominations of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

An Edmonton man faces assault charges after an altercation with two Walmart loss prevention officers last week, which a witness filmed and has since gone viral.

A high-profile team of former prime ministers and native leaders has convened and given itself the mandate of fixing relations between First Nations and the feds.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird met with Iraqi leaders and toured a refugee shelter in Iraq on Thursday.

People here are still hoping for more.

Quebec police are investigating witness claims that Quebec City police pinned a cyclist to the ground and continued with their arrest, even as blood poured from his mouth after their cruiser ran him over.

Canada will send up to 100 military advisers to Iraq but will not participate in a combat capacity, the prime minister said Friday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up the NATO summit no closer to making a formal military commitment in Ukraine.

A permanently disabled beating victim says he found it very frustrating to see well-publicized Facebook photos of his attacker having a great time enjoying cognac and a cigar behind bars.

Alberta Health says it has 153 confirmed cases of E. coli believed to be linked to raw pork products.

Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau said he had no problem visiting a mosque that had given thousands of dollars to a charity that has recently been declared a terrorist entity by the Canadian government.