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The last time Christine Youssef saw her cousins, they were in Damascus, and civil war hadn't yet broken out in Syria.

The federal Liberals say they are poised to restore refugee health benefits trimmed by the previous Conservative government.

A Nova Scotia judge struck down a law inspired by the death of Rehtaeh Parsons on constitutional grounds Friday, ruling it violates Charter rights to freedom of expression and liberty.

MONTREAL -- A second federal government planeload of Syrian refugees arrived in Montreal Saturday night.

VANCOUVER -- The aunt of a Syrian toddler whose lifeless body pictured on a Mediterranean beach sparked worldwide outrage over a refugee crisis says the flights have been booked to bring some of her relatives to Canada.

For years, Bernadette Smith says, she felt like she was waging a battle on her own.

Police in Grenada have charged a man in the death of a New Brunswick woman who disappeared more than a week ago after going jogging on the small Caribbean island.

The privacy czar says there are instances -- albeit very limited ones -- when police may not need a warrant to obtain some Internet customer information.

Canadian household debt hit a new record in the third quarter, as borrowing rose faster than income.

One of Dennis Oland's defence lawyers told jurors Monday they are no closer to knowing who killed his father than they were when his client's murder trial began.

Police in Quebec are continuing their search today for clues into the death of a girl whose remains have been found eight years after her disappearance.

The practice of physician-assisted dying should be publicly funded by Canadian provinces, should be available regardless of age and should not put doctors at risk of criminal prosecution, an expert advisory group on the issue said Monday.

A Canadian man pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Monday for his involvement in a ring that used low- flying helicopters to smuggle cocaine and marijuana across the U.S. border in 2008 and 2009.

Harjit Sajjan, the new federal defence minister, is uniquely qualified to know how Ottawa's abstract policy decisions can be bent, twisted and mangled in the far-flung corners of the globe -- sometimes to the detriment of those in uniform.

OTTAWA -- Donald Trump may be running to lead America's right-wing political party, but his views aren't welcome by Canada's right-wing party, the interim leader of the Conservatives says.

Mike Duffy says former prime minister Stephen Harper conceded the senator had never broken any Senate expense rules, but was adamant that Duffy admit fault to keep Conservative supporters happy.

OTTAWA -- The federal finance minister is seeking to clarify the new Liberal government's position on the GST.

OTTAWA -- When Justice Murray Sinclair formally ends the six-year Truth and Reconciliation Commission later this morning with the release of its final report, he'll be setting a high bar for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

A Calgary man has suffered life- threatening burns after he escaped a house fire only to go back in an effort to save his three pet cats.

LONGUEUIL, Que. -- Authorities say seven Quebec men from the same family are facing sex charges for alleged offences against four minors in the 1960s and 1970s.

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