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A Canadian civil liberties group is accusing Dalhousie University of censoring the political expression of a student leader under investigation for her social media comments.

Britain says it will give Canada the two shipwrecks once commanded by John Franklin that lie at the heart of one of this country’s most compelling Arctic myths.

The Trudeau Liberals may have promised to ramp up Canada’s involvement in peacekeeping, but new UN figures show that Canada had fewer peacekeepers deployed on missions in September than at any point in recent memory — including under the Harper Conservatives.

A Canadian newborn developed a life-threatening infection after being delivered in a hot tub, according to a Western University researcher’s case report that may offer fresh evidence against women delivering babies in water.

Two Ontario Liberals were acquitted of Election Act bribery charges Tuesday in a case the party and one of the defendants suggested was only brought to trial because of political motivations.

t is uncomfortable to watch. And no doubt more difficult to endure.

Not everyone wants to own a home these days, Evan Siddall concedes — not even his own millennial-age son. For the head of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., that's really saying something.

Three Canadians who were tortured in Syria have received just over $31 million in federal compensation.

A Quebec man has been charged with allegedly assaulting his teenage daughter for a year in what police are calling “honour-based” violence.

A Canadian pilot who landed a plane carrying 290 pounds (132 kilograms) of cocaine in Ohio because of engine problems has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Canada supports an undivided Spain, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday as he was asked about the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona passing a motion unilaterally establishing a new country.

Stephen Harper has expressed alarm over his successor’s handling of NAFTA negotiations with the United States, with the former prime minister declaring the negotiations in real peril in a memo titled, “Napping on NAFTA.”

The federal Liberals plan to shift just over $2 billion in planned infrastructure spending to future years, reflecting slower-than-anticipated spending on the file, The Canadian Press has learned.

The parliamentary budget overseer is predicting a budget deficit in the current fiscal year that’s almost $2 billion higher than was forecast in the government’s fall fiscal update last week.

An Algerian man is set to sue the federal government for the abuses he says he suffered at the hands of American security forces after he left Canada 15 years ago.

The Canada Revenue Agency says it won’t hesitate to investigate new evidence of offshore tax evasion in the wake of a second massive leak of tax haven financial records.

Valerie Plante scored a stunning upset in Montreal’s mayoral election on Sunday, defeating incumbent Denis Coderre to become the first woman to win the post.

Police say 16 Remembrance Day poppy donation boxes have been stolen from businesses in Sudbury over the past few days.

If there’s a growing divide between haves and have-nots in this country, our federal government is doing what can only in fairness be characterized as a piss-poor job of helping the have-nots.

Anyone planning to purchase legal marijuana next year better be prepared to pay the taxman as well, to the tune of at least $1 for every gram — plus GST.

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