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Members of Winnipeg's Somali community are looking for answers after two young men were pulled from a car at gunpoint in an apparent case of mistaken identity.

Two people were taken to hospital in Ottawa and a Natural Resources Canada building was evacuated after a hydrogen fluoride leak in a lab.

A Siberian tiger at the Calgary Zoo has unexpectedly given birth to two cubs, one of which was found dead Tuesday morning.

Quebec's public hearings into euthanasia began on Tuesday in Montreal, with testimony from several groups holding differing views on the controversial issue.

Dozens of drug squad officers have launched seasonal raids on marijuana grow-ops in Nova Scotia.

Former B.C. cabinet minister Blair Lekstrom says Premier Gordon Campbell needs to tell British Columbians he's retiring from politics, and the sooner he does so the better.

The Bank of Canada should boost interest rates one more time on Wednesday and then could leave rates alone for as long as a year, according to many economists.

A 911 call was made to Calgary's Public Safety Communications centre in February from a man alleging that Dustin Paxton had threatened him.

The next Ontario election campaign doesn't officially begin until Labour Day 2011, but Premier Dalton McGuinty got the ball rolling a full year early Tuesday by throwing down the gauntlet over all-day kindergarten.

A fuel tanker that ran aground in the Northwest Passage will be joined later this week by a second tanker that will help siphon some of the 9.5 million litres of diesel on board.

A lawsuit claiming more than $1 million in damages has been launched against Toronto police by one of the G20 protesters.

A building was evacuated at Carleton University on Tuesday afternoon after staff discovered two suspicious envelopes, one with the word "bomb" marked on it.

The bail hearing for a driver charged with hitting and killing 15-year-old Ronia Mansourian in Laval, Que., last week has been postponed until Sept. 17.

The federal government is partnering with Crime Stoppers to enlist the Canadian public's help in detecting and reporting signs of potential human trafficking.

An autopsy has confirmed that the human remains found near Orangeville, Ont., on the weekend are those of Sonia Varaschin.

Police in southwestern Ontario made a daring and dramatic takedown of a vehicle travelling in the wrong direction at 200 km/h on Highway 401 near Windsor.

NDP MP Glenn Thibeault says he will switch his vote to oppose a Tory backbencher's bill to repeal the federal long-gun registry.

A former programs officer for the federal heritage ministry has been charged with fraud and breach of trust in connection to money granted to a Winnipeg-based aboriginal arts collective run by her and her family, RCMP said Tuesday.

A newly released study says one in five Canadian teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 was no longer pursuing a formal education in 2008, a higher percentage than a global average of 31 countries.

A new road safety campaign in Vancouver uses a 3D image of a young girl chasing a ball to jolt drivers into slowing down.