Toronto gang's leaders 'surgically removed' in 60 police raids

About 600 police officers from several forces arrested 78 people after carrying out dozens of raids with "military precision" in northwest Toronto early Thursday, the city's police chief said.

Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair commended his officers for carrying out the raids. (Frank Gunn/ Canadian Press)

Alberta forest fire grows overnight

An out-of-control forest fire burning in central Alberta grew overnight as hundreds of people remain on evacuation alert.

Slain soldier was eager to go to Afghanistan, says husband

The husband of the Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan says his wife understood the risks of her job but wanted to serve her country and help out in less fortunate parts of the world.

Jason Beam, husband of Capt. Nichola Goddard, said his wife was a very competent soldier. (CBC)

Funeral held for Sault Ste. Marie officer who died on duty

Hundreds of police officers have gathered in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., to honour a fellow officer who died while on duty.

Union to protest Australian PM's visit

Australian Prime Minister John Howard may face a rude welcome when he arrives in Ottawa Thursday to visit Parliament.

Ottawa outlines how $1.5B will help farmers

The Harper government has followed through on its election promises with two new programs that it says will put $1.5 billion into farmers' pockets.

Missing B.C. girl found alive

Carmen Kados, an 11-year-old British Columbia girl who had been missing since Tuesday, was found alive but injured on Thursday morning.

Carmen Kados, 11, was found in Armstrong and appears to have remained in the immediate area the whole time she was missing. (RCMP/CP)

Ottawa children died in plot to silence mother, Crown alleges

The 2004 firebombing that torched two children in their Ottawa home was meant to kill their mother for fear she would reveal that one of the accused was a pedophile, prosecutors allege.

Chelsea Rodgers, 10, and her brother Cole, 7, were burned alive in their home in 2004.

Counsellors to help B.C. town cope with mine tragedy

Grief counsellors will offer services Thursday to residents of a small British Columbia town where four men were killed, apparently by toxic fumes, at a decommissioned mine.

(CBC)

Woman used car as weapon, police charge

A woman has been charged with assault with a weapon, following an incident in which witnesses said a driver deliberately struck a child with a car.