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A civil servant drafted six fellow employees to pose as new Canadians when not enough newly naturalized Canadians showed up for the TV shoot.

Canada is marking the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's ascent to the throne with a series of celebratory gestures in Ottawa and across the country.

In a statement, the family says it doesn't understand why a private helicopter was able to fly last Monday and join the search for Burton Winters but the military says the weather prevented them from deploying search and rescue aircraft.

Canada's national wealth-sharing scheme violates the Constitution with a half-baked equalization formula that shortchanges provinces like Ontario, a major new study has found.

As it hauls its billions in profits south of the border, Caterpillar executives should make a detour and stop in Ottawa to drop off the money they owe Canadian taxpayers.

Media reports that some pot growers will face harsher mandatory-minimum sentences than child rapists under the Conservative government's new crime bill were enough to catch the attention of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird invoked images of the Holocaust in defending the notion of possible Israeli military action against Iran.

Indigineous groups, environmentalists, and other concerned Canadians took to the streets in the British Columbian town of Prince Rupert on Saturday to protest the construction of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.

Canada's highest court is set to hear arguments over whether it's a crime for people with HIV to keep their condition from their sexual partners if the risk of transmission is low.

When Princess Elizabeth succeeded to the British throne in 1952, Canada hailed her as the country's queen even before the declaration was issued in her homeland.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says Canada 'will stand with the people of Syria in their efforts to achieve for themselves a brighter future for all Syrians.' Canada is "disappointed in the extreme" over the UN Security Council's "paralysis" over the crisis in Syria after two of the world body's permanent members vetoed a resolution calling ... (more)

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A Federal Court judge has refused to remove the federal government's third-party manager appointed to handle the affairs of a northern Ontario reserve.

When you think of cruise ship destinations, Atlantic Canada might not immediately come to mind, but a growing number of Americans and Europeans are eyeing Atlantic Canada as a choice destination for a summer or fall cruise getaway.

Major changes in the makeup and population of the Canadian federation will come into sharp focus next week as Statistics Canada unveils the first results of its 2011 census.

Boys worked alongside the horses in Cape Breton mines in Pit Pony. (CBC)

Joyce Barkhouse wrote eight books and many children's stories. (CBC)

A scene from CBC series Pit Pony, based on Joyce Barkhouse's book about the horses of Sable Island ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seeking opposition input into the next federal budget, even though he no longer needs opposition support to ensure its passage.

A scene from Hard, a French TV show streamed on tou.tv, a web site that Radio Canada runs with international partners.

Inclement weather was the reason why the military could not immediately deploy an aircraft in the search for a missing boy in Labrador who later died, the Canadian Forces said Friday.

Canada to keep frigate on Mediterranean patrol

21 Nov 2011 - Canada will maintain a warship in the Mediterranean Sea until the end of 2012, Nova Scotia Atlantic Ocean Defense Minister Peter ...

HMCS Nanaimo conducts hoist training with a Canadian Forces Sea King helicopter off the coast of Vancouver Island during a coastal defence exercise in this undated file photo ...