A Pond Inlet, Nunavut, hunter is recovering at home after his snowmobile fell through thin ice, plunging him into frigid water and forcing him to walk five hours back to town in wet clothes in below-freezing temperatures.
Canada closed its embassy in Iran in 2012, citing concerns for the safety of its diplomats in Tehran. But a security report completed nine months earlier said the biggest threat to their safety was earthquakes.
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RCMP officers too often break rules governing the way they take notes and keep often sensitive handwritten material, says an internal audit. A review of more than 200 notebooks found missing pages, improper corrections, little oversight and no clear rules on whether retired officers can keep their notebooks at home.
Now that oil prices have started to tumble, everyone from oil producers and bankers to home builders and environmentalists is holding their breath to see how far oil prices will fall.
A new Environics poll suggests a majority of Canadians worry about how climate change will affect their children and grandchildren, although two-thirds of respondents feel Canada is doing at least as well as other countries in controlling emissions.
Houses on Gerrard Street, a painting by Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris, was the star attraction Thursday at the Heffel Fine Art Auction House fall auction.
A Calgary judge lifted a publication ban Thursday that will allow media to identify Glen Gieschen. He was the 45-year-old man who pleaded guilty to firearms and explosives charges earlier this month linked to a plot to attack a downtown building.
In mid-October, Ontario elementary school teachers were offered a workshop in a subject that still proves controversial: white privilege.
Marie Henein has been described by her legal colleagues as" fearless and brilliant" and "as fine a criminal lawyer as this country has." The Toronto lawyer is a key go-to barrister for high-profile accused, including Jian Ghomeshi.
Not long ago in North America, moustaches were the preserve of "fops, foreigners or fiends," one cultural historian says. Now they have become part of an annual Movember ritual that raised globally over $131 million for men's health last year alone.
Health Canada has issued warning letters to 20 medical marijuana companies demanding they tone down their advertising to bare bones. The firms have been given until Jan. 12 to comply or face possible revocation of their licences.
The night sky in the Fredericton area took on an eerie blue-green glow overnight, apparently from power transformers on utility poles blowing and cutting off power to thousands of NB Power customers.
With Hamilton and Calgary set to square off in the 102nd Grey Cup on Sunday in Vancouver, here are the players whose performances could decide the CFL title game.
More than four decades after Yvonne Leroux was found dead in York Region, police have not given up their attempts to find out who killed her.
DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, Lou Williams added 22 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Atlanta Hawks 126-115 on Wednesday night for their sixth consecutive victory.
As inflation creeps higher, central banks would like to delay interest rate rises until the economy takes off, but waiting too long risks closing the barn door after the horse has bolted, Don Pittis writes.
