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Two men accused of plotting to derail a Via train travelling between Toronto and New York in 2012 in a plan "motivated by Islamic extremism" have been arraigned on terror charges as their trial gets set to begin.

Two camo-clad men carrying fake guns were taken into custody in Gatineau, Que., Friday afternoon, but police believe they were bound for a nearby comic-themed event, police spokesman Pierre Lanthier said.

An alleged Canadian terrorist charged with murdering five Americans in a 2009 bombing in Iraq has been extradited to the U.S., the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office said Friday.

More than half of Quebec's most wanted criminals are hiding in the Dominican Republic, according to police.

Waitress Joannie Plamondon's shift turned into a nightmare when she asked two patrons at Bar La Liaison in Quebec City to leave early Saturday morning.

RCMP have lifted the evacuation order around a Nova Scotia cottage that was found stacked floor-to-ceiling with chemicals that posed an extreme fire risk.

Former Wildrose party boss Danielle Smith has released a public apology for not discussing her plans to cross the floor in the Alberta legislature with voters.

Time to whip out some popcorn and a telescope.

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. -- The Bloc Quebecois announced its first candidate for next year’s federal election on Saturday.

It's the third period. The fourth quarter. The home stretch.

Three-year-old Leanna Parent’s mom and grandmother are both pole dancing teachers. And now, Leanna is working on her own skills.

A Montreal accountant who lives in the Bahamas is allegedly at the centre of a $77-million tax-evasion scheme, QMI Agency has learned.

Thousands of police officers and emergency responders gathered for RCMP Const. David Wynn's St. Albert funeral procession as countless supporters lined the streets to pay their final respects.

Canada has its first case of H7N9, also known as the potentially lethal Avian Influenza.

Quebecers have the least healthy teeth in Canada, say experts who call the situation "alarming" and comparable to some Third World countries.

A class-action lawsuit involving more than 1,000 aboriginal residential school survivors in Newfoundland and Labrador is going to mediation, their lawyer announced on Monday.

Federal New Democrats Monday demanded an emergency fiscal update from Finance Minister Joe Oliver in the belief that, if Oliver was to deliver such a document, it would show that the federal government will post a deficit this year.

The federal government condemned “indiscriminate rocket attacks” on the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol over the weekend and hinted it may impose further sanctions on Russia.