Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised Quebec City as the "most beautiful" city in Canada, as thousands celebrated the provincial capital's anniversary. But the festivities also drew protests.

A B.C. priest who is returning his Order of Canada because the same award was given to Dr. Henry Morgentaler has a controversial past of his own.

Momin Khawaja personally outlined the workings of an electronic detonation device to the British-based leader of a terrorist bomb plot, the Ottawa software designer's trial has heard.

Thick, choking smoke from forest fires is forcing more evacuations in northern Saskatchewan on Thursday, as fire-fighting crews brace for an approaching storm with a strong wind that could whip up the flames.

The Crown is seeking at least five years in prison for a Belgian man who has pleaded guilty to half a dozen sex charges involving a 13-year-old Montreal girl.

Pollution charges have been laid in connection with a barge that overturned in a sensitive killer whale reserve off Vancouver Island.

Jazz Air is cutting 270 employees as the regional airline operator reduces capacity by five per cent. Jazz has already made fuel-saving changes and recently froze hiring and non-critical overtime.

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan expressed confidence Thursday that Ontario will avoid a recession even though fresh numbers indicate the province is already halfway there.

It was almost 5 a.m. when a suburban Vancouver police officer nearing the end of his shift watched a car's uncertain journey down a street a few kilometres north of the Canada-U.S. border.

A new study suggests Canada ranks second to last among G8 countries when it comes to addressing global warming.

Two Toronto police officers and three corrections officers are among 20 people charged in a large-scale marijuana drug trafficking operation in the Greater Toronto Area.

RCMP closed access roads at an Edmonton-area chemical plant after a storage well began leaking at a Dow Chemical facility.

Canada's auto industry took another hit Thursday after Progressive Moulded Products Ltd., a Toronto-area manufacturing company, announced it would be slashing 2,000 jobs.

A new report predicts Canada's economic growth rate will slow to 1.4 per cent in 2008 but an RBC economist says "the surprise economic contraction will be short-lived."

Doctors and scientists say they will continue to monitor an Ontario woman who developed an Atlantic Canadian accent after suffering a stroke.

Things will continue perking at all Starbucks in Canada. The coffee company says none of the 640 company operated outlets in this country are being shuttered.

An Ottawa barber and one of his longtime customers are set to share a $32 million cash prize after winning Saturday's Lotto 6-49 jackpot.

Dr. Henry Morgentaler says he is proud Canada has "finally" recognized his contribution to women's rights. The Governor General announced his appointment to the Order of Canada Tuesday.

On his first day as the head of the Canadian military, Gen. Walter Natynczyk says he expects Canada will be out of Kandahar in 2011 as scheduled.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised the shared values of Canada and France Wednesday, on the eve of celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of Quebec City.