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A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison after beating a teen, wrapping him in plastic, and smearing his face with dog feces.

"Somebody hates us."

Police have confirmed that the body recovered from the shore of the Gatineau River near Cantley on Sunday is Yves Cyr, 41.

VANCOUVER - Transit police are searching for three suspects believed to be involved in the assault of a Good Samaritan, who intervened in a sexual harassment on SkyTrain in Vancouver.

A Saskatchewan aboriginal group says granting parole to a man who sexually assaulted young boys at a residential school is "a slap in the face" to his victims.

Montreal police say they have launched a criminal investigation after a video was posted online showing a homeless man having a soft drink thrown in his face.

Relatives of a Canadian man slain by militants in the Philippines say they agree with Canada's policy of not paying ransom for hostages.

HALIFAX -- A family's bid to gain entry to a veterans' hospital for a 94-year- old man decorated for his service in the Second World War has been rejected.

Maureen Cassidy resigns deputy mayor post after an "inappropriate relationship" with Mayor Matt Brown

Severe flood events in Canada could lead to more than $13 billion in losses, with less than half of that amount covered by insurance, according to a new report authored by reinsurance company Swiss Re.

MARTENSVILLE, Sask. — When 10-year-old Jayden West started a lemonade stand to help out his parents, he never expected that thousands of people would hear about it.

An Alberta man was moving an injured deer off a highway in British Columbia when he saw a tiny hoof sticking out of its belly.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- A man accused of murder in an alleged high school love triangle told police his ex-girlfriend was "the mastermind" behind the plot.

OTTAWA -- The RCMP watchdog has launched a review of how well the Mounties learned the lessons of the Maher Arar torture affair.

A teenage boy who died in custody in Saskatchewan was sick and in pain but his medical concerns were ignored, says the province's children's advocate.

The federal government is setting up a satellite pay centre in Gatineau to help deal with the backlog of pay problems caused by glitches in the rollout of the Phoenix pay system for Canada’s public servants.Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote confirmed Wednesday the department expects to hire about 100 people to work at the new centre.

A Belgian man three decades into a life sentence for rape and murder wanted doctors to help him die -- and he nearly got his wish.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- A Saint John, N.B., courthouse has done away with Courtroom 13 after complaints that it felt unlucky.

There can be little doubt Montreal politicians knew what they were doing when they approved the renaming of Vimy Park to Jacques Parizeau Park.

OWEN SOUND, Ont. -- A woman in southern Ontario made a late-night call to police to corral a potentially dangerous intruder -- a 20-centimetre scorpion that had made its way into her bedroom.

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