WINNIPEG - A key member of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet could be parachuted into a judgeship in Manitoba, a Conservative Party source has told the Canadian Press. Treasury Board Presiden...

SASKATOON - A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for an alleged graffiti artist over fears that he might be trying to leave the country. Police allege samples of graffiti tags by Victor Briestensk...

EDMONTON - An encroaching wildfire fanned by high winds forced an emergency evacuation Friday night of 150 residents of a hamlet north of Edmonton. Candace Revega of the County of Thorhild said the...

OTTAWA - Canada is contributing $1 million to support the International Red Cross emergency quake relief effort in China. International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda and Foreign Affairs Minister Ma...

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police used tracking dogs and called for help from the public Friday to help solve the apparent kidnapping of an aide to a high-profile provincial cabinet minister. "We...

EDMONTON - Alberta's highest court has upheld a ruling that the widow of one of four Alberta Mounties killed by a gunman in Mayerthorpe may decide where his body will rest, even if that means disinter...

VANCOUVER - Aging B.C. Place Stadium will receive a major facelift to keep the facility viable for the next 30 years, but the centrepiece of the project, a new retractable roof, won't be installed unt...

OTTAWA - The Harper government says Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier's recent romantic liaison is no threat to national security, despite a news report that said his ex-girlfriend's links to th...

CALGARY - Thousands turned out Friday to say farewell to a paramedic and reservist killed in Afghanistan with a service that mirrored his life - quiet and dignified. His wife, Nicole Starker, and s...

VANCOUVER - The Metro Vancouver transit police force recently changed its policy on using Tasers after it was revealed some fare-evading transit users had been zapped with the stun gun, the force's de...