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The number of complaints about fraudulent or misleading telephone calls in last year's federal election has almost doubled, according to court documents filed by the Commissioner of Canada Elections.

The deaths of three people from legionnaires' disease have prompted public health officials to urge a scrubbing of cooling systems in tall buildings near the provincial legislature.

Naval planners have started to lay the groundwork for the possible replacement of the country's second-hand, glitch-prone Victoria-class submarines, arguing such warships are a necessary part of Canada's arsenal.

Police are linking several body parts found in east Toronto to a woman's head, foot and two hands discovered in a river west of the city - and investigators believe they're closing in on her identity.

Canada's future lies in the development of the North, the prime minister said Monday at the start of his annual Northern tour.

The one thing John Baird has rarely done in his 15 months as Canada's top diplomat is sow doubt about where he stands on an issue.

It's a unique campaign message: A man who aspires to be premier of Quebec has compared the province's young people, unfavourably, to Asian kids.

Two security breaches at Canada's spy agency prompted employee suspensions last year, newly released documents show.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admits he was "probably" reading at the wheel during his morning commute but says it didn't affect his driving. Photos posted on Twitter appear to show the mayor reading a document while driving on the Gardiner Expressway.

Youths jeered and jostled France's interior minister Tuesday in the northern city of Amiens when he promised to restore law and order at the scene of overnight riots in which police were fired at with buckshot and pelted with missiles.