Canadian man, 2yr old son, plunge to their deaths on Story Bridge in Australia

A Canadian man and his two-year-old son have died after falling off a bridge in Australia. Police in Brisbane say they are investigating the deaths after

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Man shot during an altercation with police in the city’s west end

A man who was shot during an altercation with police in the city’s west end Monday morning is dead, the province’s police watchdog says.EMS officials

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Man shot during an altercation with police in the city’s west end

A man who was shot during an altercation with police in the city’s west end Monday morning is dead, the province’s police watchdog says.EMS officials

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Milos Raonic defends his title at SAP Open championship

Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., has served notice: He’s healthy again and one of the most unstoppable forces in tennis is back.Raonic captured a second

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10-year sentence sought for Liza Belcourt's murder-for-hire plot

The Crown wants a Surrey mother to spend up to a decade in prison after hiring two gang members to kill her ex-husband, it

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Key players in Shafia trial react to verdict

Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya and their son Hamed were convicted of four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of four

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Canada's  Police Chiefs Back Online Surveillance Bill

Canada's Police Chiefs Back Online Surveillance Bill

Canada's top cops defended the federal government's proposed law that would help investigators track people's online communications, at a news conference in Vancouver Monday.Vancouver police... Full story 0 comments
Quebec student strike protesting tuition-fee hikes grows

Quebec student strike protesting tuition-fee hikes grows

About 36,000 post-secondary students in Quebec will have deserted their classrooms by the time the school day starts Tuesday in strikes over planned tuition-fee hikes.The... Full story 0 comments
Clato Mabior, HIV sex offender deported from Winnipeg

Clato Mabior, HIV sex offender deported from Winnipeg

A Winnipeg man convicted of sexual assault for failing to inform his sexual partners that he has HIV has been deported to Sudan.The Canada Border... Full story 0 comments

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Simon Fraser University

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Alleged B.C. rave rape victim urges witnesses to speak

A young woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted at a notorious Pitt Meadows, B.C., rave is urging witnesses to come forward. At a media conference Wednesday ...

Mississauga house collapses during renovation

What began as a renovation ended as a surprise demolition for a 70-year-old Mississauga house on Wednesday morning. Ontario Ministry of Labour investigators and Mississauga's building ...

Maid of the Mist loses Niagara Falls contract

The Maid of the Mist Steamboat has lost the contract to operate the famous tour boats in Niagara Falls that have ferried Canadian and American ...

Canada's 'riskiest online cities' ranked

Symantec gathered the cybercrime data by monitoring the customers that use its own internet security software, Norton. (iStock)Burlington, Ont. has been named "Canada's riskiest ...

Santorum to face debate spotlight

U.S. Republican presidential hopefuls are again preparing to face each other onstage, with Rick Santorum expected to get intensified scrutiny from rivals in an Arizona ...

Kickboxing Ontario to oversee children's mixed martial arts

Kickboxing Ontario will now oversee amateur mixed martial arts in the province. The Liberal government has given its stamp of approval to the group's application to ...

Argentina train crash kills 49, injures hundreds

A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning ...

TTC commission must be more 'cohesive,' Stintz says

TTC chair Karen Stintz says the city’s transit commissioners must find a way to work together, so that plans for transit improvements stay on track ...

Raw milk illness rates in U.S. prompt CDC warning

Consumers can't always tell if bacteria levels in raw milk products such as cheese are dangerous by smelling or tasting them, says the U.S. Centers ...

Trial begins in death of 13-year-old Ontario girl

A trial has begun in a Brampton, Ont., courthouse for two people accused in the 2008 killing of a 13-year-old Mississauga girl whose body was ...