The Liberal government's long-awaited announcement to legalize marijuana was met with mixed reaction. Some hailed the bill as an end of pot prohibition while others criticized restrictions within the bill.
Transport Minister Marc Garneau issued a pointed warning Thursday to all airlines operating in Canada: forcibly removing passengers from overbooked airplanes will not be tolerated by the federal government.
Police are investigating the death of a young boy who was run over by a piece of heavy farm equipment early Thursday.
President Donald Trump is sending North Korea a fresh warning, calling it a "problem" country that "will be taken care of."
U.S. President Donald Trump's tweets are adding fuel to a "vicious cycle" of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea's vice foreign minister told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Friday. The official added that if the U.S. shows any sign of "reckless" military aggression, Pyongyang is ready to launch a pre-emptive strike of its own.
North Korea's vice foreign minister on Friday blamed U.S. President Donald Trump for building up a "vicious cycle" of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, saying that his "aggressive" tweets were "making trouble."
A doctor was charged Thursday with performing genital mutilation on two young Minnesota girls who travelled to Michigan with their mothers, the first federal prosecution of what the government describes as "horrifying acts of brutality."
Police east of Toronto say a man charged in the death of his nine months’ pregnant wife is now facing a first-degree murder charge.
The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State group target in Afghanistan.
A Nova Scotia man suffered severe injuries in an apparent hit-and-run with a vehicle while vacationing in Florida last week.
The passenger dragged from a United Express flight suffered a "significant" concussion and broken nose, and he lost two front teeth, one of his lawyers said Thursday.
NASA is expected to make an announcement about water in our solar system that they say will help inform the future of ocean world exploration.
A moon orbiting Saturn could harbour favourable conditions to support life, according to new information released by NASA.
Nova Scotia's highest court today quickly dismissed a convicted killer's appeal in the death of a young Inuit university student.
An Alberta man has been handed a four-and-a-half year prison sentence after admitting to meeting a teen online and then twice travelling to Ireland to have sex with her.
A Halifax woman is facing a slew of charges after allegedly colliding head-on with a car, causing another vehicle to swerve out of the way and trying to ram a police car before veering off into a ditch.
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, Health Minister Jane Philpott and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale will be among those at a noon news conference to talk about one of the most anticipated packages of legislation in recent memory: marijuana legalization.
The federal government is steering Canada into a bold and risky social experiment with proposed new laws legalizing recreational marijuana for those aged 18 and older -- and stringent new criminal sanctions for those who break them.
Adults aged 18 and older will be legally allowed to buy and cultivate a limited quantity of marijuana for personal use under a long-awaited suite of bills introduced Thursday by the federal Liberal government.
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the case of a man convicted of murdering his three sisters and another woman.
U.S. President Donald Trump hasn't been in the White House for 100 days, yet he's already reversed himself on many of his key campaign promises.
A national recall of flour due to E. coli contamination, which was first announced last month and is the subject of a class-action lawsuit, is being expanded to cover additional products.
New images from NASA have revealed the clearest view yet of the Earth at night, according to the U.S. space agency’s researchers.
Large parts of Kenya have been impacted by an intense drought and it’s not just in rural areas. Food prices in the country are soaring due to crop failure and lack of water, leaving Nairobi’s poorest residents struggling to get by.
Russia vetoed a UN resolution Wednesday that would have condemned the reported use of chemical weapons in a town in northern Syria and demanded a speedy investigation, triggering clashes between Moscow and the measure's Western backers.