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Debt levels, changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and jobs were the top priorities for provincial and territorial finance ministers, who were in the capital to discuss economic concerns with Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty this weekend and Monday.

The brief escape of an institutionalized killer in Calgary has sparked calls from a Wildrose critic for a review of government policy.

Changes in medical marijuana laws are coming as the federal government gets out of the weed business.

Conservative Conference champion Sir John A. Macdonald fended off Liberal Conference champion Lester B. Pearson to take the title as Greatest Canadian prime minister - as voted by you.

Several people were injured, one seriously, when dozens of cars and transport trucks smashed into each other along a snow-covered stretch of highway Monday morning.

Richard Henry Bain, the accused in the deadly election-night shooting at the Parti Quebecois' victory rally, hasn't been evaluated by a psychiatrist because he refused to speak to a French doctor, a court heard Monday.

The impartiality of the Bank of Canada governor's office has taken a hit because of what can only be described as a lack of judgment by its current occupant, Mark Carney, to accept an invitation to stay for nearly a week last summer at the Nova Scotia house of Liberal MP and finance critic Scott Brison.

espite dropping a sponsor with ties to a terrorist group, critics still have serious concerns about the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference.

Bullets continued to fly in Montreal's escalating Mob war as Rizzuto bodyguard Giuseppe Fetta was shot several times in the city's north end on Monday.

Central banker Mark Carney didn't breach conflict of interest ruleswhen he vacationed at the home of a Liberal MP last summer, the Bank of Canada says.

The only Canadian on death row in the U.S. has had another plea penned on his behalf by the Canadian government.

A former Kanata, Ont., girl is among the survivors of one of the most "horrific" shooting sprees in U.S. history.

Changes to the Canada Pension Plan are coming - but Canadians will have to wait until June to learn how much it could cost and when they could kick in.

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Canadians in much of B.C., southern Ontario and Atlantic Canada are going to have to keep dreaming until next year, as the forecast suggests a snowy Dec. 25 is not in the cards.

A Slave Lake, Alta., man's frozen body was found in his backyard 18 hours after he'd been dropped off following a night of heavy drinking at his office Christmas party.

Quebec provincial police say they've solved a massive maple syrup heist.

Accusations that non-profit group IRFAN-Canada has links to terror organization Hamas are unfair and unfounded, the group's lawyer says.

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney will face a "rigorous" grilling before a panel of U.K. parliamentarians next February.

A security expert says Canada needs to go beyond screening for terrorists landing on our shores and consider the religious beliefs of some prospective immigrants.

A local man who has vowed to continue fighting to get "Merry Christmas" off city transit signs isn't getting much support -- not even from people he says he represents.

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