Christopher Alexander Falconer, a convicted killer who was on parole when Amber Kirwan disappeared seven months ago from a New Glasgow, N.S., street, has been charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder of the 19-year-old.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay's response to questions tabled in Parliament reveal that 2006 promises for 5 Wing Goose Bay are no longer part of the military's plans.
A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers — suggesting they may be at risk of developing the same degenerative brain disease as some retired football and hockey players.
Canada's Science and Technology Museum has raised the age limit for a controversial sex exhibit after complaints about the content.
UN special rapporteur for food Olivier De Schutter has sparked a debate over whether Canadians have trouble affording to feed themselves, with the government arguing he's wasting his time and advocates for the poor urging a national strategy.
Thousands of students protested in Montreal's downtown overnight and dozens were arrested after the Quebec government said it would suspend the current semester for many college and university students until August.
Ottawa police are investigating an alleged hate crime at Carleton University involving a student who was the target of memes — an internet term for spreading an idea, often with an image — with the hope it'll go viral.
Jenna Talackova is set to make history as the first-ever transgendered contestant to compete at the Miss Universe Canada pageant.
Premier Alison Redford used Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday to call federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair "divisive and ill-informed" for his recent comments about the Alberta oilsands.
Documents show the Harper government called in the RCMP to investigate a politically embarrassing story involving the decision to sole-source the purchase of the F-35 stealth fighter, claiming it was a breach of national security.
A B.C. coroner's jury has made 15 recommendations following an inquest into the deaths of three workers at a Langley mushroom farm.
Enbridge is planning to reverse the flow of a key oil pipeline to boost the supply of Western Canadian oil to markets in Ontario and Quebec.
The death of a longboarder in downtown Toronto after an apparent altercation with a cab driver has fellow riders thinking about their safety when travelling on city streets.
A suspect has been arrested in the beating of a woman in a wheelchair and the theft of her iPad at a SkyTrain station last week, Vancouver police say.
A Nova Scotia man charged with murdering his fiancée has been found guilty of manslaughter. James Leopold said he accidentally killed Laura Lee Robertson during a night of drunken sex.