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As Canadians, we wear our poppies with pride — but, are we wearing them correctly?

As they gear up for a year-long re-election campaign in which they want to focus heavily on their record as stewards of the Canadian economy, Stephen Harper and the federal Conservatives can be expected to point to a job creation record that got a sharp boost Friday.

The buzzword of last winter is back.

Parents were horrified Friday to learn a suspect had been arrested after allegedly leaving child porn posters at a playground and other areas in Ottawa.

A legal battle more than a decade long ended this week when the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a $1.15-million award to a London, Ont., man who was badly injured when a piece of cookware broke in his hands.

There will be a beefed-up police presence overseeing Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial.

Additional security measures have been put in place after a former soldier pleaded guilty to plotting an attack on a downtown Veterans Affairs office.

Passengers on an Air Canada flight forced to make an emergency landing in Edmonton say the terrifying ordeal ended when one of the plane's propellers slammed into the fuselage after the aircraft skidded and tipped over on the tarmac.

Londoner Woodman Leonard commanded an artillery unit in the First World War and kept a daily diary of life on the Western Front and during several major battles. Sun Media is publishing excerpts of the diary each week.

BEIJING - Canadian and Chinese companies have signed trade deals worth more than C$2.5 billion, despite continued tension over the detention of two Canadians near the North Korean border.

Gerald Gallant's slight five-foot-eight frame and soft, stuttering voice make him appear harmless.

A prisoner with a "history of violence" was back in custody Saturday after being accidentally released from a Nova Scotia jail, police said.

BEIJING, Nov 9 - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Sunday he had raised concerns about China's detention of a Canadian couple near the North Korean border during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

A group called Friends of Veterans Canada hopes to raise $100,000 this year for a toy drive aimed at military kids and dedicated to the memory of recently fallen soldiers Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo.

The Second War War was fought on many far-flung fronts, but one is much closer than you’d think.

Poor weather has hampered the search for five teens missing since Tuesday in northern Saskatchewan, RCMP say.

A Quebec fur farmer faces six counts of animal cruelty and neglect, the Montreal SPCA said Monday.

Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps says she was sexually assaulted while she was an MPP and was once raped but the police did nothing.

The mosque in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., that was frequented by the man who used his car as a weapon to kill a Canadian soldier last month was vandalized over the weekend, police say.

The Canadian Armed Forces will name two operations bases overseas after Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, recently killed in terror attacks in Montreal and Ottawa.

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