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Survivors of the drug thalidomide say Health Canada officials have assured them the up-to $180 million in compensation the government announced last week will be for life, tax-free, and easy to access.

A $50-million Lotto Max ticket bought in Langley, B.C., was cashed in Monday, just days before the deadline, lottery officials say.

Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney paraphrased a controversial verse from the Qur’an on Tuesday before a Commons committee and said “it goes against Canadian values.”

Paramedics, firefighters and police responded to a seniors residence Tuesday morning after a man suffered serious injuries and became trapped in an elevator.

Mounties say it's a miracle no one was hurt when a driverless snowmobile raced along a western Newfoundland highway for more than 12 km Monday afternoon before launching off a snowbank and skidding to a hault.

Public health officials say in the past month there have been 10 new confirmed cases of measles in the Lanaudiere, Que., region, bringing the outbreak's total to 80, CJAD radio reported Tuesday.

The casket of a Canadian soldier killed in Iraq last week is expected to arrive in Toronto Tuesday afternoon.

Ontario Provincial Police are involved in a major investigation after several women were allegedly sexually assaulted at a party last weekend.

Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron has come home.

Call it a bunch of B.S. if you like ─ just be prepared to pay a $150 fine for using foul language in public.

The fate of the alleged Via Rail terrorists will be in the hands of a jury Wednesday.

Police are investigating after an Ottawa terror suspect was badly beaten at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre last week.

OTTAWA — Before Vancouver’s Bryan Turner left for his BASE jumping trip in southern Idaho, he felt compelled to write a letter — a will of sorts.

The measles outbreak in the Lanaudiere region of Quebec continues to escalate, as officials announced Wednesday there are 119 confirmed cases.

MONTREAL — Quebec's anti-corruption squad arrested six people Wednesday, including two Revenue Quebec bureaucrats, for an alleged $24-million computer contract fraud.

SEPT-ILES, Que. -- An animal rescue group called Pilots N Paws is preparing to save 14 dogs from certain death by flying them from a northern Quebec kennel to potential owners near Montreal.

A Florida-based company responsible for calling Canadians with claims they won a free cruise to the Bahamas has been fined $200,000, Canada's telecommunications regulator said Wednesday.

OTTAWA - While the United States and Canada are near agreement on a tougher standard for oil-by-rail tanker cars, they may diverge on the phase-in period, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt told Reuters on Wednesday.

WINNIPEG — Conservative MP Lawrence Toet is facing heat after issuing a mailout survey that offered constituents the choice between supporting the federal government's controversial terror bill or sympathizing with terrorists.

LONDON, Ont. — Police have charged the parents of an 8-week-old baby who was found in the driveway a London, Ont., home early Tuesday morning.

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