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Police released a series of photos Friday in an effort to catch those responsible for vandalizing a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald and several plaques recently.

Three Canadians are feared dead after the wreckage of a small aircraft missing in Antarctica since Wednesday night was found.

Alberta's solicitor general's office is hoping a YouTube video will be enough to make a message sink in with highway motorists.

Chief Gilbert Whiteduck looks proudest when he's standing in front of the graduation photos that line the walls of the Kitigan Zibi school halls. That's because education has been the cornerstone of Whiteduck's four decades of work in this Algonquin First Nations community in Quebec, 100 km north of Ottawa-Gatineau.

Figures on aboriginal population from the 2011 census are not yet available, but the 2006 census showed nearly 1.2 million Canadians - about 4% of the population - claim to be aboriginal. Of these, fewer than a quarter (under 400,000) live on reserves.

The same day that Kathleen Wynne became Ontario's first female - and openly gay - premier, Daurene Lewis, Canada's first black mayor, died.

Tory House leader Peter Van Loan says the government will continue to prioritize jobs, growth and prosperity in this next parliamentary session, but his equivalent in opposition says it is these very things the Conservatives have handled poorly.

Jurors in the trial of Dr. Aubrey Levin said Sunday they are unable to reach a verdict on any of the nine sexual assault charges facing the psychiatrist.

The Embassy of Canada in Cairo is closed Monday due to the deteriorating security conditions in that country.

A Canadian robot named Dextre achieved a major milestone this weekend when it successfully refuelled a mock satellite on the International Space Station's exterior.

Investigators with the Transportation Safety Board are on their way to Fox Creek, Alta., to look into a fatal helicopter crash that may have happened Sunday.

More than a dozen hospital staffers at Bluewater Health have been fired for allegedly accessing password-protected patient information, including the files of two people accused of murdering kindergarten teacher Noelle Paquette, sources tell QMI Agency.

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is no fan of the Clarity Act, but he'll still tell MPs in his caucus to vote against a Bloc Quebecois effort to repeal it through Bill C-457.

MPs will soon debate Canada's involvement in Mali as the Conservative government continues to offer limited support to the French-led mission in the west African nation.

A judge has declared alleged separatist rally shooter Richard Henry Bain fit to stand trial for first-degree murder and 15 other counts.

About 400 First Nations protesters gathered on Parliament Hill Monday as MPs got back to business in the Commons following a holiday break.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motorcade didn't run any red lights Monday when he was driven to work by his security detail.

There's a pot industry ready to grow if the drug is legalized, an internal policy paper by the B.C. branch of the federal Liberals says.

The Embassy of Canada in Cairo remained closed for a second day in a row on Tuesday due to the deteriorating security conditions in that country.

A water main break caused massive flooding in downtown Montreal on Monday, wreaking havoc for traffic and the offices and shops along St. Catherine St.

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