Shelley Jordan

IQALUIT, Nunavut – There's a smell that brings it all back.

LONDON – It was not what Derek Nash expected to find in his 5-year-old's school bag: A bill demanding a "no-show fee" for another child's birthday party.

KARACHI, Pakistan – Muslim anger flared over a French satirical weekly's latest caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, with four people reported killed and dozens injured at a protest Friday in the West African country of Niger, and violent clashes between demonstrators and police in Pakistan, Jordan and Algeria.

TORONTO – This year's flu vaccine is offering limited protection in the United States against the virus responsible for a major wave of illness currently crashing over North America, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control suggests.

TORONTO – Sears Canada is reaching out to workers affected by the exit of American retailer Target from the Canadian market.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – A bestselling account of a 6-year-old boy's journey to heaven and back has been pulled after the boy retracted his story.

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government plans to hunt as many as 184 wolves in an attempt to save five dwindling caribou herds. There are just 18 South Selkirk caribou left, down from 46 animals in 2009, and the government says evidence points to wolves being the leading cause of the deaths. In four caribou...

TORONTO – Canadian Graham Annable learned of his first Academy Award nomination at a rather inopportune time.

HALIFAX – The young Halifax-area man who posed for an explicit photo showing him having sex with 15-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons apologized in court Friday to her family but said he wasn't a bully as he was sentenced to a year of probation for distributing child pornography.

VANCOVUER, B.C. - Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the government still plans to balance the budget and keep its commitments despite the collapse of oil prices. Oliver’s remarks follow recent expert warnings that the steep slide in crude prices could erase the government’s projected $1.6 billion surplus for the 2015-16 fiscal year. Since the...

Complete list of 87th annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1.Best picture: "American Sniper"; "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"; "Boyhood"; "The Grand Budapest Hotel"; "The Imitation Game"; "Selma"; "The Theory of Everything"; "Whiplash." 2. Actor: Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"; Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"; Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"; Michael Keaton, "Birdman or (The Unexpected...

TORONTO – In most flu seasons, getting a flu shot will actually lower most people's risk of developing a rare neurological condition that has been linked to the vaccine, a new study suggests.

TORONTO – Canadian banks are taking a hard look at their energy and consumer loans as they brace for the possibility of a prolonged period of depressed oil prices.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – "Transformers: Age of Extinction" is rolling out with the most nominations at this year's Golden Raspberry Awards.

CALGARY – Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU), known for its huge presence in Alberta's oilsands, is reducing its workforce by 1,000 and cutting $1 billion from its capital budget as the company grapples with plummeting crude prices.

VICTORIA – British Columbia's prisons are overcrowded, tension-filled facilities that do little to prevent inmates from returning to crime when released.

VANCOUVER – Two First Nations have launched a court challenge against the B.C. government, saying the province shirked its responsibility by failing to make a decision on the Northern Gateway project.