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Refugee claimants who have previously committed non-political, serious crimes in other countries cannot seek safe haven in Canada, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The RCMP and CSIS are looking for three missing Muslim men from Sherbrooke, Que., after they vanished and at least one travelled to the Middle East, QMI Agency has learned.

Police have jailed a Pakistani gun collector living in Ontario, alleging he is a terrorist threat to Canada, his lawyer said on Thursday, days after attacks in which two Canadian soldiers were killed.

The Islamic State (ISIS) directly threatened Canadian police forces across the country, QMI Agency has learned, prompting the RCMP to issue a notice for both police and military to keep an eye out.

Canada was praised for its "tough stance" on Iran one day before the Islamic Republic's human rights record is up for review before the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The town of Lac-Megantic, Que., devastated by a deadly freight-train explosion last year, has announced that all remaining buildings in the downtown disaster zone will be demolished.

TransCanada Corp said on Thursday it is planning a new, $1.5 billion natural gas pipeline serving southern Ontario and Quebec, as it converts other lines to oil service as part of its massive Energy East pipeline project.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May calls reports that renewable energy can't meet Canada's needs "nonsense," and introduced a delegation of Germans to prove her point Wednesday.

The federal NDP wants a parliamentary committee convened to review whether intelligence and security agencies are adequately equipped to tackle terrorism, rather than have the government push through "partisan" legislation.

An African Montrealer is suing her boss, claiming she was accused of having Ebola when, in fact, she was just tired.

Every Canadian with a child under 18 received a pre-election goodie from the Conservatives on Thursday.

Luka Magnotta's defence could begin Friday, with his lawyer claiming Magnotta didn't know it was wrong to kill a Chinese student, cut him to pieces and video himself having sex with the parts.

Another woman has put her name behind allegations that radio host Jian Ghomeshi went from charming to monstrous in the blink of an eye.

Mayor Rob Ford said he was given some “bad news” and some “good news” on is ongoing health struggle.

Members of the B.C. Law Society have asked their governing body to overturn a decision to accredit graduates from Trinity Western University's law program.

Neighbours of a house decorated with mutilated dolls for Halloween say they're concerned it will "traumatize" their children.

Canadian Forces aircraft have begun operational flights and are expected to begin bombing ISIS targets in Iraq any time now.

Four police officers were suspended without pay after getting caught on the wrong side of the law in McMasterville, Que., a small city half an hour east of Montreal.

The prime minister’s former parliamentary secretary has been found guilty of Election’s Act offences during his 2008 campaign.

A man accused of trying to stab an 11-year-old boy to death on a soccer field last month will undergo further psychiatric evaluation, the St. Johns Telegram reports.

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