TORONTO — An appeal by an Ontario woman who killed her two young daughters more than eight years ago had been dismissed.
A Canadian law professor has resigned as the head of a UN commission tasked with investigating possible war crimes in Gaza last summer.
OTTAWA — John Baird, one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's most trusted and high-profile cabinet ministers, is resigning his foreign affairs post and will not seek re-election later this year.
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Rob Nicholson says Canada is joining the US-Ukraine Joint Commission on Defence Reform and Bilateral Co-operation.
TORONTO — Former U.S. intelligence contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden says citizens of the world, including Canadians, should be "extraordinarily cautious" when their governments try to pass new laws under the guise of an increased threat of terrorism.
TORONTO — A plan to derail a train travelling between Canada and the U.S. was a "very simple" idea that would kill scores of people and pave the way for more acts of terrorism, the trial of two men accused in the alleged plot heard Tuesday.