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Health Minister Jane Philpott says Canada will introduce legislation in the spring of next year to begin the process of legalizing and regulating marijuana.

When Bruce Richter lived in Scarborough, Ont., in the early 1990s, he occasionally saw Paul Bernardo walking around the neighbourhood with his girlfriend, Karla Homolka.

A new report suggests Canada ranks 14th among 16 peer countries when it comes to environmental performance, with only the United States and Australia doing worse.

Quebec MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau is not closing the door on the idea of running for NDP leader.

Plaintiffs leading a lawsuit against online dating website Ashley Madison over a security breach that exposed the personal data of customers must publicly identify themselves to proceed with the case, a U.S. judge has ruled.

The frame of a warehouse being built in the 700-block of Kapelus Road just north of the Perimeter Highway was blown down by heavy winds Wednesday night.

Sen. Mike Duffy was cleared of bribery and fraud charges on Thursday, marking the end of a high-profile trial that helped ensure the defeat of the ruling Conservatives last year.

Fingerprints at the U.S. border were the downfall of a 29-year-old African man who allegedly entered Canada illegally and spent months posing as a Windsor high school student.

A Winnipeg woman says she was reported to and investigated by Child and Family Services simply for letting her children play in her backyard.

MONTREAL -- Ex-Quebec union leader and Liberal MP Yvon Charbonneau has died at the age of 75.

An 18-year-old man has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder after police found a bag of guns earlier this month near a Halifax-area high school.

CFB Wainwright — The scenario is this: a Canadian military convoy carrying ammunition, fuel and food to combat units grinds to a halt after one of the trucks strikes a buried improvised explosive device.Deep in enemy territory, force protection teams travelling in Light Armoured Vehicles take up defensive positions around the convoy, scanning the b

HALIFAX -- Hundreds of people chanting "Keep the Peace, Stop the Violence" marched through downtown Halifax on Sunday to protest a recent series of violent deaths in the city.

ATTAWAPISKAT, Ont. -- Thirteen-year-old Sheridan Hookimaw killed herself on the banks of the river that flows through Attawapiskat, ultimately sparking a crisis that has now drawn international attention to her isolated First Nations community.

As part of efforts to cut costs, the Canadian Forces is looking at options to revamp its Alberta-based aerospace test facilities, including transferring some of the work to private industry or moving the organization to a more accessible location, such as the Ottawa area.

Provincial governments are being told the first phase of the Liberal infrastructure program will cover the cost of new projects, as long as they are completed in three years.

A Halifax man who advocates on behalf of airline passengers argued in Federal Court on Monday that even though he is not overweight himself, he should have the right to file a complaint about a carrier's "discriminatory" practice of bumping obese travellers.

The guilt or innocence of a couple charged in the bacterial meningitis death of their toddler son in Alberta four years ago will soon be in the hands of a jury.

Canada has recorded its first confirmed case of the Zika virus transmitted through sex.

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