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The Conservatives are anxiously hoping to sign off on a massive free-trade deal before kicking off an election campaign that's expected to start as early as Sunday.

Canadian Salim Alaradi has been held in a prison in the United Arab Emirates since last August without charge since last August and his family is pushing for his release.

A British Columbia man who alleges he was entrapped by undercover Mounties begged for religious guidance months before he was to carry out an attack on the provincial legislature, a court has heard.

Vancouver police are expanding their search across Canada for two suspects wanted for a home invasion where a gun was used to rob a seven-year-old girl of a change jar.

Investigators from Quebec's anti-corruption unit searched the home and cottage of former Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay on Wednesday as part of their probe into a water meter contract.

TORONTO -- Two Canadians stripped of the right to vote because of their lengthy stay abroad are hoping the Supreme Court of Canada will hear the case, their lawyer said Wednesday.

OTTAWA -- Stephen Harper is poised to fire the starting gun for the Oct. 19 federal election as early as Sunday.

TORONTO -- Health Canada has approved the drug RU-486, more commonly known as the abortion pill.

Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy must wait at least another week to learn his fate after a verdict he anxiously expected today at his re-trial in Cairo was suddenly postponed until Aug. 8.

A Canadian woman living in the United States is suing her former employer on the grounds that she was discriminated against because of her country of origin.

It was billed as Christmas in July.

QUEBEC -- Canada is prepared to give up to $8.3 million in additional funding to Iraq and neighbouring countries in the fight against Islamic State militants, Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson said Thursday.

VANCOUVER -- The wife of an RCMP officer who killed himself two years ago claims that her husband was used by the Mounties a scapegoat in the death of Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver's airport in October 2007.

Three senators will see their suspensions without pay come to an abrupt end once an election is called, but only one will get immediate, full access to perks and expenses.

An animal rights group is questioning the Calgary Zoo's connection to a hunting organization that has in the past included Walter Palmer, the American dentist who killed a protected lion while on a guided hunt in Zimbabwe.

The head pastor of one of Canada's largest congregations who has been detained by North Korea since February appeared before media in Pyongyang and confessed to crimes aimed at overthrowing the state, the North's official news agency said on Friday.

A passenger bus carrying dozens of people has been involved in a crash on Highway 1 south of Chase, in B.C.’s Shuswap region.

No winning ticket was sold for the $41-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.

A rally and march organized by three sisters who were stopped by a police officer for biking topless a week ago was held Saturday in Waterloo, Ont.

The Conservatives are finally training their sights on NDP Leader Tom Mulcair just as Prime Minister Stephen Harper is about to plunge the country into an 11-week election on Sunday.

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