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An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison on Saturday for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt, a case that has stirred an international outcry.

Stephen Harper says laws that prohibit people from taking alcohol across provincial borders are "ridiculous."

Ottawa has formally asked Egypt's president to pardon imprisoned journalist Mohamed Fahmy or allow his deportation to Canada, his wife said Monday as she implored Prime Minister Stephen Harper to secure her husband's release.

Tom Mulcair has announced measures aimed at ending violence against women.

The lawyer for a British Columbia man wrongfully convicted of sexual assault says the his client's 27 years behind bars devastated his family and also caused serious harm to the integrity of the judicial system.

A lawyer for Sen. Pamela Wallin says she has not heard anything from the RCMP after nearly two years of being under investigation.

What's a few bad months ahead of an election? That summed up Stephen Harper's approach Tuesday to new Statistics Canada data showing the country fell into a technical recession in the first half of the year.

The RCMP is laying a torture charge against a former Syrian military intelligence officer for alleged involvement in the brutal treatment of Ottawa telecommunications engineer Maher Arar.

An RCMP officer was injured after being dragged across the Confederation Bridge while dealing with a man who was reportedly going to jump off the link between P.E.I. and New Brunswick, police said Tuesday.

HALIFAX -- A Dalhousie University medical student who was facing expulsion told a psychiatrist he would obtain a gun and kill up to 20 people and himself, court documents allege.

A mistake by Air Canada in offering a package of flights at just 10% of the value has triggered a proposed class-action lawsuit by customers who thought they got an amazing deal.

Justin Trudeau says former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin made the right decision when he moved to slash transfers to the provinces to balance the books, but says he will not be following the same path.

Police say a man was prevented from entering a courthouse in St. John's, N.L., on Wednesday as he approached the building with a revving chainsaw.

Stephen Harper and Tom Mulcair found themselves in unfamiliar economic territory Wednesday -- sharing the same page on when they think it is acceptable to plunge the country into a deficit.

A Portuguese man has been fined $1 by a British Columbia court and ordered to donate $5,000 to a wildlife trust for hitting a swimming deer on the head off the province's northwest coast.

"Despite Stephen Harper's promise of balanced budgets, he has run eight straight deficits..." -- Liberal Party news release distributed Tuesday.

A New Democrat government would work with the provinces to bolster Canadians' retirement security rather than charting a course alone and saddling future generations with massive debt, Tom Mulcair said Thursday.

Stephen Harper got choked up as he described his and wife Laureen’s reaction to the photo of Alan Kurdi, 3, face down on a Turkish beach.

Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is asking a Canadian court to ease his bail conditions to allow him to fly to Toronto to visit his family.

Like countless others around the world, Tima Kurdi and Rocco Logozzo had seen the horrifying image -- that of a little boy, his body limp and lifeless, face down on a Turkish beach.

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