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After an early morning news conference advising calm, Mayor Denis Coderre has declared a 48-hour state of emergency for the island of Montreal.

Caring for aging parents costs Canadians $33 billion a year in direct out-of-pocket expenses and time off work, a new study by CIBC says.

REGINA — A former teacher and principal in Saskatchewan has had her teaching certificate suspended for six months after complaints that she forced players to strip during basketball practices.

Quebec’s public security minister is saying water levels across the province are expected to peak between today and Wednesday.

Federal health officials say Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is recalling various breaded chicken products because they may contain a toxin produced by Staphylococcus bacteria.

A Canadian has been accused of killing a Mexican woman who was slain in a hotel room at a Cancun resort last month.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been devoting one day each week to showcasing his idea for reforming question period, standing in response to all queries from opposition party leaders and backbenchers alike.

The Liberal government is blaming its Conservative predecessor for the fact Don Meredith will be able to collect an annual pension now that the disgraced Ontario senator has formally resigned his seat in the upper chamber.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leading one of the the costliest governments since 1870, according to a study by the Fraser Institute released Thursday.

Pierre Beaudoin, the scion of the family that controls Bombardier, is relinquishing his role as executive chairman, the plane and train maker said Thursday after he became a focal point of public protests and shareholder frustration.

Joshua M. Ferguson’s Ontario birth certificate says male but that could soon change.

Demanding a breath sample from a motorist is no different than asking for their licence and registration, Canada’s justice minister argued Thursday as the federal Liberal government defended its proposed new crackdown on impaired driving.

David Vigneault, a senior government official with experience at several federal security agencies, will be the next head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

The 20th edition of this country’s largest annual anti-abortion gathering had a particularly political bent, given the ongoing leadership race in the Conservative Party of Canada.

Some of Canada’s closest allies are growing impatient for an answer on whether the Liberal government will send peacekeepers to Mali.

WestJet Airlines — the Calgary-based carrier that has made non-unionization part of its corporate brand for more than 20 years — is set to become a union shop.

The Canadian man described by cops as a person of interest in the grisly double slaying of Francesca Matus and her American boyfriend in Belize was released on bail Friday.

Hundreds of Quebec forestry workers are experiencing the first sour tastes from the softwood lumber battle with the United States as they prepare for the start of layoffs.

Canada’s telecom regulator says all wireless service providers must be able to send emergency alerts to customers’ cellphones, and has set a deadline for it to happen.

The garish yellow storefronts promising quick and easy cash are starting to dwindle in Alberta as the payday loan industry says provincial regulations put in place last year have made its signature product unsustainable.

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