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A 39-year-old Chatham, Ont., woman has been arrested after police say she nearly ran down a security guard while trying to make away with allegedly stolen items from a local Walmart.

While many have concerns about legalized marijuana, alcohol is still the biggest problem among impaired drivers.

Canada's foremost constitutional authority predicts the federal government's proposed new law on medically assisted dying will be struck down by the courts as unconstitutional.

An Ottawa man who went on a bender in Halifax has reached out to Reddit readers: "Please help me find my pants."

A sperm donor billed as a genius turned out to be a convicted felon with serious mental health problems, according to lawsuits filed in B.C. Supreme Court.

Melissa Carson was eight years old when the badly decomposed remains of her mother were found in a rural area of central California known as French Camp.

When an experienced Surrey, B.C., pilot agreed to take a friend and a Polish visitor on a short sightseeing flight over the snow-covered mountains north of Vancouver, he had no idea they would soon be landing on top of a glacier.

Former Liberal senator Rod Zimmer died Tuesday at the age of 73, but his pension lives on. According to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Zimmer's controversial young wife - Maygan Sensenberger - will collect $19,700 a year for the rest of her life. Considering she's only 27, that could mean millions to Canadian taxpayers.

Come Canada Day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family will be down to one publicly funded nanny.

An avid eBay bidder in Halifax has won a legal battle against Canada Post over a mangled Connor McDavid hockey card.

A decorated 94-year-old war veteran who was initially refused admission to a federally funded hospital is now being assessed for entry after a public outcry over his treatment.

The federal government's proposed new law on medically assisted dying is entering uncharted parliamentary waters, where the only certainty seems to be that it will not come out in the same shape in which it goes in.

In the most precise study yet on vegetation growth trends across North America, researchers from America’s space agency have found that nearly a third of the land cover in Canada and Alaska has greened in recent decades as a result of climate change.

OTTAWA -- Federal officials used photo-matching technology to identify 15 high-risk people -- all wanted on immigration warrants -- who used false identities to apply for travel documents.

The House of Commons has a new official scotch -- bottles of which are popping up around official Ottawa this month at annual end-of-the-political season receptions.

GAGETOWN, N.B. -- An East Coast chef has made a luxury item of the humble french fry, triple-cooking it in imported goose fat, serving with his own merlot ketchup and available by reservation only for a cool $12.99 per serving.