Peter Kaludjak of Arviat, Nunavut, caught a beluga whale in Hudson Bay this week, only to have a polar bear also take an interest in it.

A Via Rail train that left Ottawa Friday afternoon was involved in a collision with a derailed CN train near Gananoque, Ont., stopping train service between Toronto and Montreal just ahead of the long weekend. Service is also cancelled between Ottawa and Toronto.

North American stock markets slumped again on Friday, a day after big losses sparked by news of Argentina's default and other bleak economic news.

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt says the government will “look after the best interests of taxpayers,” if band councils of First Nations don’t. Valcourt made the comment in response to revelations that the chief of a community with only 81 registered members made nearly $1 million last year.

Toronto police Chief Bill Blair is threatening legal action against Doug Ford over his claim that a police investigation involving his brother, Mayor Rob Ford, was motivated by revenge against the mayor.

For the first time, waves rearing as high as the second-floor windows of a building have been detected in a part of the Arctic Ocean that's normally calmed by ice.

A hospital in Atlanta was preparing for the arrival from West Africa of two people infected with the deadly Ebola virus.

The federal Liberal party appears to have lost some of its fundraising momentum while the New Democrats are gaining ground. Newly released fundraising numbers, called "scary" by the Liberals' fundraising director, show the party raked in more than $2.8 million in the second quarter of this year.

A "scheduling conflict" will keep Justice Minister Peter MacKay from attending this month's annual legal conference by Canadian Bar Association, an organization that has been openly critical of the minister and the Harper government in recent months.

Tesla stock was up five per cent on Friday morning after CEO Elon Musk said the electric-car company would deliver 100,000 vehicles next year.

The obesity epidemic that has soured consumers' tastes for high levels of sugar and carbohydrates is hurting the financial health of cereal companies.

The Burlington Skyway will be closed for the entire weekend, forcing tens of thousands of holiday weekend travellers to find alternate routes around the vital artery into Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe.

Robert Campbell, a 42-year-old Ottawa man, faces nearly 200 charges of identity fraud, defamation and criminal harassment involving 38 people across Canada, the U.S. and U.K.

The Burlington Skyway crash yesterday has created a storm of travel questions ahead of the busy August holiday weekend. Here's what you need to know about the crash and the closure of the bridge.

U.S. President Barack Obama has called for the release of an Israeli soldier who was abducted in southern Gaza on Friday as renewed violence broke a 72-hour ceasefire that had been agreed upon by Israel and Hamas.