Two occupants of an SUV that crashed into the river near Mooney's Bay on Friday morning had to be pulled from the water to safety. The rescue shows how important it is to have basic swimming skills, according to one of the women who rushed to help.

A deluge exceeding 200 millimetres of rain has left some Nova Scotians dealing with power outages and isolating Cape Breton communities with washed-out roads.

You’ve probably seen them because they’re hard to miss–hundreds of large, white building blocks stacked several feet high near the new overpass project by Banwell Road and E.C. Row Expressway Interchange.

The City of Toronto has issued an "order to remedy unsafe building" to Live Nation Canada about the state of Rogers Stadium after the concert venue was damaged by Wednesday's severe thunderstorm.

A woman was taken to hospital on Friday after a bear attack in the backcountry near Whistler.

The 77th Canadian International Air Show is roaring back into the city this Labour Day weekend, with high-flying demonstrations at Toronto’s lakeshore.

An independence group has released a “transition plan,” sketching out what it sees as a roadmap should Albertans vote in the future to become a sovereign nation. Meanwhile, a federalist leader says the plan is akin to showing up for dinner after ...

From university halls to Metro garages, public institutions across Quebec are quietly locking prayer rooms and rewriting employee guidelines as the province’s expanded secularism law takes full effect.

Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies — with some critics calling them a tool for ‘mass surveillance.’ One company in ...

Vancouver police say a high-profile officer who was arrested on Thursday allegedly defrauded 19 victims of a total of about $3 million.

Hamilton-born NHL prospect Matthew Mayich 'needs a miracle' in hospital after he collapsed during a 'brutal' workout at Arizona State University last month, according to his family's lawyer. Rob Carey is calling for the university to investigate the ...

One person is dead and another is in police custody following a shooting in North Spirit Lake First Nation, a remote Oji-Cree community in northwestern Ontario. Here's what we know about the incident.

Toronto police say they have arrested and charged a man in connection to an arson investigation after several cars were torched at the home of a Scarborough MP last week.

Torrential downpours have dropped up to 200 millimetres of rain on Cape Breton, causing washouts and flooding in Richmond County and Eskasoni. While eastern and central Nova Scotia face ongoing rain and gusty winds, western areas will see milder temp...

Researchers used DNA and isotope analysis to figure out how the large cats survived in the far north.

The chief justice of Alberta, who also served as the chief justice of the courts of appeal of Alberta, Nunavut and Northwest Territories, has died after battling an illness.

A hiring boom across Alberta and Ontario health-care systems has been singlehandedly propping up Canada's national job market — but that growth may say more about the sluggish state of the rest of the economy than about improving patient outcomes.

Heather MacAuley and Chris Murphy recently stumbled across a rare North Atlantic right whale in the water off Blackhead Cove, marking a sighting of a critically endangered species of whale with only an estimated 384 individuals remaining.

A botched racecourse that was longer than it should have been for the Edmonton Marathon has cost 13 runners a chance to compete in the prestigious Boston Marathon.