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Ottawa police have taken over the investigation into a fire on the eighth floor of a Bell Street South highrise apartment building that forced the building to be evacuated on Saturday.

Quebec journalist Normand Lester is in critical condition after his car hit another vehicle in Outremont this morning.

Montreal police are asking for the public's help in finding Gracia Younes, a 14-year-old girl who is thought to have run away last Saturday.

There are several temporary road closures in the city during Ottawa Race Weekend.

A long-awaited audit of the controversial deal between the City of Ottawa and Orgaworld won't be released until an ongoing commercial arbitration process ends, likely in the fall.

The sister of an Ontario man who disappeared in Australia's Snowy Mountains nearly two weeks ago says she remains hopeful he will be found, partly because of his training as a Canadian Forces reservist.

A woman from Grand Falls-Windsor found herself staring at 55 bags of garbage this week — hoping to single out the bag that contained jewelry she'd accidentally thrown away.

The growing controversy over a purported video alleging to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine may be testing the faith of even his most die-hard supporters. But experts say Ford's policies may trump whatever personal issues he's facing, and that his supporters may rally behind him.

James Neal's hat trick helped the Pittsburgh Penguins end an impressive but improbable run for the Ottawa Senators in the top NHL playoffs stories from Friday.

The Ottawa Senators surprised a lot of people with a first-round victory over the Canadiens. The second round proved to be more of a challenge than the #peskysens could handle. Here's how the players themselves reacted to be eliminated by the Penguins.

The Rolling Stones take to the stage in Toronto Saturday night, accompanied by a Mississauga high school choir, for the first of three hotly anticipated Canadian concerts.

The Ottawa Senators can't hang their heads after a 6-2 loss in Game 5 ended their improbable run to the second round of the NHL playoffs, but questions abound whether their 40-year-old captain will hang up his skates.

When Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie was ejected from Friday's game against the Baltimore Orioles, his sister expressed her displeasure on social media.

Now that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has formally denied using crack cocaine, it's just Ford's word versus his accusers', unless the video surfaces.

CBC Montreal checked out a dress rehearsal Thursday for Dachshund UN, a Festival TransAmériques show featuring dozens of dogs impersonating members of the United Nations.