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Five stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 4 ___ LAWMAKERS TO RAISE IMPRISONED CANADIANS IN CHINA   While it was not the initial reason for the trip, a group of six MPs and Sen...

TORONTO - Police and the public need to be able to clearly distinguish between valid street checks by officers and random stops that should be abandoned altogether, a judge tasked with revie...

EDMONTON - Alberta's environment minister has cancelled public information sessions about proposed new parks in a region known as Bighorn Country, citing "bullying" and "abuse" which she says mak...

OTTAWA - The federal government's big-ticket efforts to support high-growth tech firms are offering little for emerging companies that have already outgrown the fledgling start-up phase...

MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was travelling in Burkina Faso with a friend hasn't been heard from in three weeks and is feared missing, her family said Saturday. Sherbrooke native Edith Blais and her ...

DONKIN, N.S. - Operations have been suspended at Cape Breton's Donkin coal mine after a "roof fall," the latest in a string of incidents since last July, according to the provincial Labour Department....

WASHINGTON - Nancy Pelosi, a veteran Democrat brawler and vocal critic of Canada's trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, resumed her role Thursday as Speaker of the U.S. Ho...

VANCOUVER - A municipality and a non-profit foundation in British Columbia are shutting down clothing donation bins and looking at options to either make them more secure or remove...

A judge has found the enforcement powers held by Ontario's private animal welfare agency to be unconstitutional, saying the province must re-write laws governing the orga...

OTTAWA - Fearing that technologically demanding jobs will force "vulnerable" workers out of the labour market - and strain government benefits programs - federal officials have quietly looke...