A family in B.C. feels little comfort after Scouts Canada says it was wrong to welcome a twice-convicted pedophile back into an alumni association.

Dustin Paxton has been found guilty of assault with a weapon and uttering threats against his former roommate Abraham Chutta, but the Calgary judge still has to rule on aggravated assault, sexual assault and forcible confinement of another former roommate.

A Saskatchewan law limiting the ability of public sector workers to go on strike has been ruled unconstitutional by a Queen's Bench judge, but the provincial government says it is still committed to having essential services legislation.

The Criminal Code's justification for physical punishment of children such as spanking should be removed, Canadian researchers say.

Canadian oil and business executives are well-represented in the delegation travelling to China with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, with oil exports expected to be high on the government's agenda.

A Conservative MP wants a special committee to look at when life begins, citing a Canadian law that he says limits it to birth.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a byelection for the Toronto riding of the late NDP leader Jack Layton, who died last August from cancer.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's comments that he wants Research In Motion to keep growing as a Canadian company makes a hostile takeover of the BlackBerry maker less likely, analysts said Monday.

Modular homes en route to the northern Ontario First Nations community of Attawapiskat have been delayed because their lots are not yet ready, CBC News has learned.

A Fredericton woman wants an apology from Statistics Canada for the way it treated her profoundly deaf parents after they asked for an interpreter's help with a survey.

Students at Sacred Heart High School in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Stittsville are mourning the 15-year-old student from Richmond, Ont., who collapsed during a hockey game in Carp on Sunday night and died just hours later.

Two customers say the Bank of Montreal violated their privacy and trust by allowing sensitive financial information to get into the wrong hands, then failing to address their complaints.

A French citizen will appear in Richmond provincial court Tuesday to face charges of human smuggling.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston has presented the first 60 Diamond Jubilee medals to Canadians at a Rideau Hall ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne.

The Canadian Auto Workers union is threatening to occupy the Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., if parent company Caterpillar doesn't offer the out-of-work employees a severance package it deems reasonable.