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A 16-year-old boy was sleeping on the streets of Halifax when he awoke to find himself in a van and was taken to a home where two men kept him captive and sexually assaulted him earlier this month, the RCMP say in court documents.

A teenage girl allegedly defamed on a bogus Facebook page can proceed with a lawsuit without revealing her name, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday.

Rejects calls for her resignation as minister for status of women

The swelling ranks of aboriginal women in the federal prison system amount to "nothing short of a crisis," says a report commissioned by the Public Safety Department.

Niagara regional police have charged a 35-year-old man with murder in the death of Shana Carter of Grimsby, Ont. Carter was reported missing by her sister to Peel regional police on Dec. 11, 2010, and her remains were found on Sept.

A southern Ontario police force has charged one current and one former officer in a "largescale" scheme to smuggle cheese and other food items into Canada. Niagara Regional Police say cases of cheese and other foods were purchased in the U.S.

A Swedish celebrity gossip magazine published topless photographs of the wife of Prince William, the former Kate Middleton, on Wednesday and a Danish sister journal followed suit on Thursday.

An American soldier who sought refuge in Canada after becoming disillusioned with the Iraq war has been arrested after turning herself over to the United States.

A two-year-old Edmonton girl allegedly abused by her parents has died after the Supreme Court of Canada rejected a request to keep her on life support.

A soldier tasked with reviewing an investigation into an Afghan vet's suicide defended himself Thursday against allegations of bias. Sgt. Scott Shannon led the final investigation into how the military handled the life and death of Cpl.