Investigators in Ontario are trying to determine the cause of a collision between a flatbed truck and passenger van that killed 11 people ? most of them migrant workers from Peru ? but it's suspected one of the vehicles missed a stop sign.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's trip to China comes amid a renewed focus on Canada's ability to serve the country's increasing thirst for oil.

A wide field of Canadian talent is in contention for Canada's Juno Awards, with City & Colour, Dan Mangan, Drake, Feist, Hedley and Nickelback earning a leading four nods apiece.

Anonymous and other so-called hacktivists with underground origins have entered mainstream political culture, buoyed by a year of successes and increasing availability of technologies that have made it easier to participate in online activism campaigns.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has reversed Canadian policy, quietly directing Canada's spy agency to use information that may have been extracted through torture in cases where public safety is at stake.

The six member nations of the Gulf Co-operation Council are pulling their ambassadors from Syria immediately because of President Bashar al-Assad's refusal to accept Arab attempts to end the country's bloodshed.

With the summer driving season approaching, energy analysts expect the cost of gas to rise by between five and 20 cents per litre across the country.

Pressure from home and abroad is intensifying on Greece's political leaders as they prepare to meet Tuesday to decide on harsh cutbacks to secure a ?130 billion ($172 billion Cdn) bailout and avoid a potentially disastrous default.

A Newfoundland teacher who sprayed one of her students with air freshener has been suspended with pay from her job, according to a statement from the school board responsible for Twillingate Island Elementary School.