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Joseph Boyden, the award-winning author whose work vividly documents the complexity of Canada's indigenous history, is among the latest appointments to the Order of Canada in a year when aboriginal issues have dominated the national agenda.

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. -- It sounds like a horror movie -- two dogs get into a home and attack the man and woman inside.

The federal government appears likely to miss its target of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year.

A Chatham man is facing a litany of charges after Chatham-Kent police were called to a residence to investigate a domestic-related complaint Wednesday evening.

Severe turbluence has left at least 20 passengers with various injuries on an Air Canada flight from Shanghai to Toronto that was diverted to Calgary.

HAMILTON — A 17-year-old is facing charges after allegedly stealing a school bus and taking his friends for a ride through the streets of Hamilton.

RICHMOND, B.C. -- A woman who was bitten more than 100 times while protecting her three-year-old nephew during a vicious dog attack near Vancouver remains in critical condition in hospital, say RCMP.

OTTAWA -- Mining magnate and philanthropist Peter Munk has admitted he donated more than the legal limit to the Conservative party three different times.

A Quebec government plan to introduce new welfare rules to get people back into the workforce has anti-poverty advocates warning the measures could leave many even more destitute.

A former Crown prosecutor has been tasked with examining the Saint John Police Force's handling of the Richard Oland murder investigation.

When the Conservative government promised, in January 2015, to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees over three years, Liberal MP John McCallum didn't buy it.

A mishap on a chair lift at a Saskatchewan ski hill left a seven-year-old dangling from the restraining bar by her helmet.

Canadians across the country are participating in a frosty New Year's Day tradition -- the polar bear dip.

A man serving a prison sentence for his involvement in the the so-called "Toronto 18" bomb plot has been granted day parole.

BAGHDAD -- Canadian fighter jets taking part in the air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have had a busy start to 2016.

OTTAWA -- The federal government is decrying a mass execution in Saudi Arabia which killed 47 people, including a prominent Saudi Shiite cleric.

OTTAWA -- Wonky weather conditions are prompting aboriginal leaders to raise concerns about the impact of climate change on winter roads, which serve as lifelines for food, fuel and other necessities in several northern communities.