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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is considering his options after the United Nations voted Thursday to promote the Palestinian Authority to a non-member, non-voting observer state despite Canada's objections.

The opposition renewed demands Thursday for an audit of Canada's food inspection system following reports about an inspection agency memo that seems to suggest the safety of meat bound for Japan trumps the safety of meat intended for sale here.

A second man was arrested Wednesday in connection with Salvation Army toys allegedly stolen from a Toronto warehouse.

Canada Post has written "return to sender" on a plan to have the Crown corporation cover the cost of sending union bosses and activists to Brazilian and Cuban resorts for political conferences.

Federal beef inspectors deny a news report that they were told to ignore contaminated carcasses intended for Canadian consumption from XL Foods, home of the recent E. coli outbreak that caused Canada's largest meat recall.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is seeking input on next spring's budget - as long as Thomas Mulcair and Bob Rae leave their shopping lists at home.

The government says it's set to begin fast-tracking the removal of bogus asylum seekers and speed up the process to approve legitimate applicants.

A former Quebec high school teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to using a school computer to access child pornography as well as hundreds of other porn sites — sometimes while his students were in the same classroom.

The union representing a Halifax bus driver who was sacked for swearing at teenagers who were fighting on the school bus has filed a grievance to get her job back.

Canada is reviewing its relationship with the Palestinians before it decides how to retaliate after the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to give new status to the Palestinian Authority.

The mayor of a Montreal suburb, who faces six criminal charges in an alleged kickback scheme, quit his job Friday afternoon.

The postal union will deliver a grievance to Canada Post if it refuses to pay for a delegation to attend a conference critics have slammed as anti-Israel.

The shooting of a woman who says her breast implants saved her from serious harm should be ruled an accident, a defence lawyer said Friday.

A fire in east Montreal Friday afternoon destroyed an oil and fuel delivery business, and caused flames and plumes of smoke so large they could be seen from kilometres away.

After following Justin Trudeau's Liberal leadership campaign tour around eastern Ontario Friday, two things stood out.

Stonewall’s George Johannesen can walk, talk, and the last time he checked, he had a pulse.

Staff at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights may be dropping like flies, but don't worry. CMHR brass are replacing them as fast as -- or faster than -- they're leaving.

The former fire chief of a southwest Quebec city still seemed shaken Saturday after being interrogated by the FBI in connection with a mysterious case of child abduction that ultimately proved to be a hoax.