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Almost as soon as it had begun, the trial for a young man accused of playing a role in the death of 16-year-old Hannah Leflar came to an abrupt end — for now.

Hugo Tremblay wore a wire twice in two days in May 2013 in an attempt to get the mayor of Montreal to incriminate himself on bribery charges.

The first beluga whale born in captivity in Canada has died at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Four men have lost their fight in the B.C. Court of Appeal for a judicial review of their extradition to California.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a group of Cuban students today that he won’t change Canada’s stance on Cuba, even though his views are at odds with the man set to lead Canada’s biggest trading partner.

The federal Liberals are providing $25 million to a UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees that was cut off by the previous Conservative government for alleged ties to Hamas.

Infamous Maple Leaf Gardens pedophile Gordon Stuckless has been hit with new sex charges.

OTTAWA — Smart, hardy and friendly — the Royal Canadian Geographic Society says its choice for Canada’s national bird epitomizes the best of the country’s national traits.

CALGARY — A student’s cellphone goes off in the middle of class.

A seven-year-old Ontario girl who was being sexually assaulted, photographed and offered to others for sex in an online Craigslist ad has been rescued, police in Hamilton said as they outlined a disturbing case in which eight men and women — including the girl’s mother and her mom’s boyfriend — were charged.

Much negativity and outrage has erupted out of Montreal — and rightly so — over a tax accountant’s plan to build a housing project in the borough of Brossard strictly for Muslims.

If it's too cute to be true, it probably is.

Jacqueline Michel was flanked by a dozen aboriginal women Thursday in Val-d’Or, Que., as she described the sense of fear that dominated the room.

A Quebec Superior Court judge has set Richard Henry Bain’s parole eligibility at 20 years.

Seven people are facing a string of charges after a police investigation uncovered numerous guns and drugs in four Grande Prairie homes, including one house in which young children were living.

An appeal has been launched by the Crown after an Ottawa man accused of first-degree murder walked free because his case took too long to get trial.The Crown alleged the judge erred by “mischaracterizing” the trial delays and by failing to hear the prosecution’s arguments.

A Scarborough man allegedly offered more than once to pay tens of thousands of dollars to a hired gun to have his wife, their kids and a lawyer killed, sources tell the Toronto Sun.

A man convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl at a beach in the UBC area fired his third lawyer on Friday, then claimed he was represented by Jesus Christ and forced the adjournment of his sentencing hearing.

A dead humpback whale has been found stuck in equipment at an empty fish farm on B.C.’s central coast.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and leaders from 20 other Asian and Pacific nations were huddled in closed-door meetings Sunday, trying to come up with a plan to salvage world trade amidst rising anti-globalization sentiments.

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