Earl brings high winds and heavy rain to Nova Scotia, knocking out power to thousands of people.

It could be days before a fuel tanker carrying 9.5 million litres of diesel is dislodged from a sandbar in the Northwest Passage.

The B.C. government says it won't tolerate threats of violence from a First Nation community over a proposed copper and gold mine near Williams Lake.

Police allege a 24-year-old man had illicit sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl in Castlegar, B.C., and posted photos of her on her Facebook site.

A group of Muslims in Sydney, N.S., has bought a church hall to convert into a mosque.

The B.C. government is using a new piece of legislation that allows it to recover medical expenses to sue the pilot and others involved in a fiery balloon crash that killed two people and injured several others.

RCMP are warning Nova Scotians to stay away from the water Saturday morning, when Hurricane Earl is expected to reach the Maritimes, and the province has closed 125 parks in anticipation of the storm.

A Calgary family has won a lawsuit against a prestigious high school that expelled a student for allegedly having sex at a dance.

A Quebec man is in hospital with injuries to his hands and face after a package left on his doorstep exploded Friday morning.

Two men and one woman are facing charges for allegedly holding another man captive in a downtown Vancouver luxury high-rise on Thursday evening, say police.

Dustin Paxton must undergo a psychiatric evaluation as he awaits trial on charges of forcible confinement and assault in two separate cases, a Calgary judge says.

A teen who admitted spraying anti-Jewish slogans in southwest Calgary is the first person in the city to be convicted of a hate crime.

A school board in Gatineau, Que., is reviewing its busing policy after one of its buses carrying children home from the first day of school got lost and ended up near Gatineau Park.

People in the Orangeville, Ont., area who may have encountered someone with "unexplained blood" on their footwear or clothing earlier this week have been asked to call police as they continue to investigate the disappearance of a local nurse

Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean presides over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony in Ottawa, bestowing the honour on four companions, 19 officers and 30 members.

A video recording of two women having sex in the Kamloops RCMP drunk tank is not going to turn up on YouTube anytime soon, if the RCMP have their way.

The journalists locked out by French-language daily the Journal de Montréal will start publishing a free weekly tabloid at the end of October.

A man received first-degree burns to his face and hands when an explosion in his basement shook homes in Edmonton's northend Thursday night.

A company planning to mine for iron ore in western Labrador and eastern Quebec said Friday it has reached a deal with Quebec Innu to remove barricades to proposed sites.

The Bloc Québécois MP who accused the prime minister of sending propaganda to high school students says Stephen Harper is taking the opportunity to indulge in "Bloc bashing."