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Insiders at Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin say the company is in turmoil over its involvement with Cyndy Vanier, a hired consultant now facing serious charges in Mexico.

Key elements of a sweeping publication ban have been lifted on divorce proceedings between convicted sex killer Russell Williams and his estranged wife.

Three Canadians have been rescued at sea after a storm left their sailboat without power or sails 700 kilometres off the coast of Mexico.

In a joint statement highlighting over 20 developments made over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's two days in Beijing, the two countries say they'll wrap up a joint economic study by May.

RCMP divers have recovered the body of a man who fell through the ice while cycling on a lake north of Kelowna, B.C.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford calls his council's tumultuous debate on the future of the city's transit "irrelevant" after it deals him a major defeat on his plans for transit.

A professional photographer described by acquaintances and neighbours as quiet and non-violent is now the focus of an Alberta RCMP search in connection with a shootout that wounded two officers on Tuesday.

The driver of a van involved in a crash that killed 11 people in southwestern Ontario on Monday failed to obey a stop sign and was not licensed to carry his passengers, police say.

The latest census figures show Canada's population at 33.5 million, with more people continuing to migrate to the West.

Serial murderer Robert Pickton claimed in a 2000 video interview with police that we was the victim in a confrontation with a sex worker at his B.C. pig farm in 1997.

Alberta MP Blake Richards says he is confident about his bill that would make it illegal to wear a mask or disguise during a riot. The bill was debated a second time in the House of Commons Wednesday.

Police have charged two people in connection with trafficking ecstasy laced with PMMA in Calgary.

A mother convicted of killing four family members has filed an inmate notice of appeal.

Air Canada and Porter Airlines have begun advertising all-inclusive airfares that include taxes, fees and surcharges months before Ottawa drafts legislation making the practice mandatory.

Three Grand Manan fishermen had to be rescued Wednesday morning after their boat caught fire not far from where the ship's captain's father drowned years ago.

Quebec NDP MP Sana Hassainia says she was told to remove her baby from the House of Commons Tuesday after she needed to bring him with her for a vote.

The Canadian Forces followed established procedures in the search for a missing 14-year-old Labrador boy, though a top military official says those practices may be reviewed.

A new computer game about Arctic warfare will be released this spring. The game pits countries against each other in a sea battle over resources and sovereignty.

Debate at second reading on the copyright reform bill will be limited to two more days following a vote Wednesday. Conservative MPs pushed a time allocation motion to limit it.

A national panel on first nation elementary and secondary education released a long-awaited study Wednesday, saying there really is no national system for aboriginal education.