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A couple returning from a day of ice fishing said they're just glad to have been in the right place at the right time when they came across a family of four whose truck crashed through the ice last Thursday.

The man who shot two Mounties -- one critically -- at a St. Albert, Alta., casino early Saturday was a drug addicted thug who had assaulted a former girlfriend, according to court documents.

The bomb that instantly killed Innisfail, Alta., paraplegic Vicky Shachtay was disguised as a Christmas present, a Crown attorney said Monday at the start of her accused murderer's trial.

Convicted killer Luka Rocco Magnotta wants a new trial for the murder of Chinese student Jun Lin, saying his conviction was "unreasonable and unsupported by the evidence."

Canadian special forces got into a firefight with Islamic State fighters last week while on a training mission with Iraqi forces.

BARRIE, Ont.— An 11-year-old New Credit First Nation girl, who refused chemotherapy to treat her leukemia, has died.

EDMONTON -- The wife of critically wounded RCMP Const. David Wynn was saying goodbye to her husband and thanking her police family on Monday.

A Conservative MP intends to introduce a law to force manufacturers to post warning labels on wireless devices indicating they can cause cancer.

Canadian border agents have seized $38,000 at the Calgary International Airport they say was bound for the Middle East and possible terrorist use.

A video out of British Columbia has gone viral showing a woman losing her temper upon learning her ship had sailed.

The former owner of Darwin the IKEA monkey has acquired two new primates, according to a Facebook page run by her supporters.

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he's had complaints of councillors getting "blotto" at community events and using drugs.

A man sentenced to five years' imprisonment after biting off a piece of labia and clitoris from his "sometimes girlfriend" has lost his bid to get a new trial.

Police say they've apprehended the suspect who prompted an evacuation at east-end hotel for a “possible threat” involving chemicals and/or explosives.

A Simcoe woman living with Lyme disease is heading to the U.S. for help.

RCMP Const. David Wynn, who was shot in the head at a casino northwest of Edmonton last weekend, died Wednesday.

A former B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development manager faces child pornography charges, RCMP say.

Police are trying to locate two preteen boys who appeared in a YouTube video featuring instructions on "how to kill your teacher," the Nanaimo Daily News reports.

A 20-year-old Winnipeg woman who ran over and killed a man at the scene of a chaotic street brawl has been convicted of manslaughter.

Surveying the state of his union Tuesday, Barack Obama saw a growing economy, lots of new jobs, cheap gas and declared: "The shadow of the crisis has passed."

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