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A Newfoundland and Labrador woman says she was shocked to discover what appears to be a severed frog head in a bag of Green Giant vegetables.

A lawyer has finally agreed to defend Richard Henry Bain, accused of the murder of a stage technician at a Parti Quebecois election night party.

He made a living out of giving.

The family of the Mountie shot and critically wounded in Kamloops, B.C., last month issued a statement Tuesday thanking Canadians for their support.

The Harper government's proposal to remove the possibility of parole for the most brutal murderers will do nothing to improve public safety, critics say.

Coca-Cola Canada will make its regular Coke less sweet with reduced calories, the company announced on Tuesday.

The entire city of Winnipeg is under a boil-water advisory because of a possible E. coli contamination.

A lack of “common sense” and alcohol were likely factors in a man’s decision to take a nap on a small ledge on top of the Niagara gorge early Tuesday, authorities say.

Oops. A $6 million pedestrian bridge that was supposed to be installed in Calgary over the weekend wasn't -- because it didn't fit.

Many schools in Atlantic Canada remained closed Wednesday amid a massive blizzard.

Canada's electronic spy agency has been intercepting and analyzing data on up to 15 million file downloads a day as part of a global surveillance program, according to a report published on Wednesday.

Alberta's SPCA has seized 201 emaciated and neglected dogs from a rural property in southern Alberta, the largest rescue in the agency's history.

A 'dragon of Qijianglong' has been discovered in China by University of Alberta dino researchers.

The feds have pledged another $200 million for "economic stabilization" in Ukraine.

Kurdish forces have asked Canada for weapons, including armoured vehicles, to battle ISIS terrorists, but the Harper government declined to say Wednesday whether it would grant the request.

The federal government still hasn't done enough to beef up railway oversight 18 months after Canada's deadliest train blast, the country's transport watchdog says.