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Canada has joined its allies in dusting off a Cold War playbook to push back against Russian influence in Ukraine, but the advance of democratic ideals is fraught with contradictions and qualifications.

When the owner of Ollie's Garage got an odd package in the mail about two weeks ago, he joked with his co-workers that it might be a bomb.

Canada and Ukraine have concluded negotiations on a free-trade pact, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday, a deal that affects only a tiny slice of Canada's commerce but should still be politically significant in both countries.

The head of an undercover terrorism investigation says he was unaware that a target of the operation feared death for not following through on a mission to blow up the British Columbia legislature, but that information would have been important.

A Conservative MP is backtracking on her claim that Canada's spy agency knew there was a bomb on an Air India plane that exploded in flight, killing 329 people.

Four children of a woman who was killed when an ice cave collapsed in Washington state suffered another tragedy when their father was shot and killed in Southern California in the same week.

The Northwest Territories government has been talking to pipeline companies about shipping crude oil through the Arctic, according to the territory's minister in charge of resource development.

The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador says Canada's premiers support all 94 recommendations arising from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and will work to implement them in their own provinces.

You might say they're a little bit country, a little bit Christian.

Apprentices will find it easier to move between the provinces and territories while they are doing their training under an agreement signed by the premiers on Thursday.

A dozen environmental groups across Canada say there should be no role for oilsands growth in a Canadian energy strategy.

Neglected for decades, underground caves in a small village in France's Somme valley contain a treasure trove of hundreds of engravings by First World War Canadian and British soldiers as they sought refuge from German assaults.

The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador says progress has been made on a national energy strategy, but talks among Canada's premiers will continue for at least another day.

A one-time Conservative senator is now facing two ethics probes for his conduct inside and outside the Senate -- the first senator to face such investigations since the upper chamber added more teeth to its ethics code last year.

The premiers of British Columbia and Saskatchewan would like to see a national approach to fighting forest fires, fearing this year's wildfires are the new normal.

Nexen Energy apologized on Friday for an oilsands pipeline leak in Alberta which is one of North America's largest-ever oil-related spills on land, and said its clean-up crews were working around the clock.

The Canadian military's new top commander has delivered a clear, tough message, saying bullies and abusers have no place within the ranks and, where they exist, they'll be weeded out.

Canada's premiers reached a deal Friday on a national energy strategy that supports both project development and the need to act on climate change, ending days of bickering over finding a balance between economic growth and environmental protection.