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MP Dean Del Mastro will appeal his conviction on Elections Act charges.

CHEO is tackling U.S. patent holders head-on in a new legal challenge that fights against the idea of patented genes, a move that is a first in Canadian history.

The Canadian soldier who was standing next to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo when he was fatally shot by a gunman who stormed Parliament Hill returned to duty at the very spot where his “best friend” fell.

A tweet only a takes a second to compose but its message can last a lifetime.

The experimental Ebola vaccine that was made at Winnipeg’s national microbiology lab could be ready to be used on humans sooner than expected.

A select group of distinguished residents of the Perley Rideau Veterans' Health Centre were recognized Monday for serving their country with "great pride and dignity" during World War II and the Korean War.

Brock University has come under fire after white students dressed in blackface won a Halloween costume contest on campus.

Of all the things astronaut Chris Hadfield has come to be known for, one of the most poignant is his rendition of David Bowie's 1969 hit single Space Oddity - recorded while Hadfield was aboard the International Space Station in early 2013.

A 17-year-old boy in Dover, England, has been arrested for allegedly trying to lure and extort an underage girl in Nova Scotia, RCMP say.

Days after he was arrested in the murder of Jun Lin, Luka Magnotta said he took orders from men named "Manny" and "Robin," a psychiatrist told his trial.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make a long flight Wednesday for a quick visit to China where he hopes to seal a deal that could help boost exports and jobs back home.

Wilma McNeill has come bounding to her front door. The 83-year-old Sarnia woman has just heard the good news: Bill C-597 — an effort to turn Remembrance Day into a statutory holiday across Canada — reached second recording in the House of Commons Monday night.

MPs took the first steps Tuesday in a process that could see a former Conservative MP stripped of his membership in the House of Commons.

Coalition airstrikes in Iraq Sunday targeted heavy construction equipment that ISIS fighters had been using to try to divert the Euphrates River to flood nearby communities.

Michelle Adams-Francis says she and other family members "were blindsided" by the murder-suicide that claimed a mother and her young daughter in Brockville last week.

The teen girl boss of an underage sex ring got a 6 1/2-year adult prison sentence Tuesday for crimes she committed at the tender age of 15.

A 100-year-old love story has helped a Manitoba family say goodbye to a soldier killed in First World War action.

As Canadians mourn the death of two soldiers killed in separate attacks on home soil, a New Democrat MP is introducing a private member’s bill that would make Remembrance Day a national statutory holiday.