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One man is dead, and three others, including two children, are seriously injured in collision between a van and a Via Rail train near La Tuque, Que.

The common-law husband and children of a woman missing for more than two years may have been living with her remains in their home, police allege.

A fifth B.C. farm has been put under quarantine due to the avian flu outbreak in the Fraser Valley.

The government’s controversial new prostitution bill came into force Saturday and was roundly criticized by sex workers’ advocacy groups.

Calling December 6, 1989, “a dark day in our nation's history,” Gov. Gen. David Johnston says Canadians “must continue to act to ensure that such tragedies never occur again.”

Seven countries have restricted poultry imports from B.C. following a Fraser Valley avian influenza outbreak that has so far put five farms under quarantine and an estimated 140,000 birds facing slaughter.

A chilling propaganda video has emerged containing a dire warning to Canadians from an Ottawa man who claims to be fighting alongside ISIS militants.

Budget cuts have left safety-related engineering positions vacant in the Canadian agency responsible for overseeing shipments of dangerous goods, government records show, fuelling worries about trains moving oil across the country.

Police in Saskatoon charged two men Monday morning after one of them allegedly threw a snake over the counter at a Tim Hortons during a sandwich dispute.

Quebec's former lieutenant governor has admitted to defrauding taxpayers of $700,000 and will reimburse some of the money.

A 36-year-old Montrealer was arraigned Monday on a terrorism charge for allegedly planning "something big," says the Crown.

The homegrown jihadist who appeared in a video Sunday calling for attacks on Canadian soil had his passport revoked "some time ago," Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said Monday.

Oil companies moving 250,000 barrels of oil a day or more will soon need to carry $1 billion in liability insurance to cover leaks and spills under terms of a new Pipeline Safety Act introduced by the Harper government Monday.

The Mountie shot last week in Kamloops, B.C. has regained consciousness, the RCMP announced Monday.

The federal government said Monday it is taking six First Nations bands to court to force them to comply with the First Nations Financial Transparency Act which requires them to show where the money is spent.

Canadian model Stephanie Moseley was killed Monday in what police suspect was a murder-suicide — and superstar boxer Floyd Mayweather reportedly witnessed the crime on FaceTime.

Canada's oil industry won't be gushing over a late-night TV appearance by U.S. President Barack Obama, who used an interview with Stephen Colbert to highlight problems with the Keystone XL pipeline project.