U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday proposed a $24-billion US increase in military spending from Congress as part of a $2.9-trillion budget plan for the 2008 fiscal year.

A child left alone in a minivan was unharmed Monday morning after a thief stole the vehicle and was then chased down by the father in another vehicle.

Blistering cold winds kept much of Ontario in a deep freeze Monday and meteorologists say there's no relief in sight.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is calling for a "soft landing" in the new housing market with starts expected to slow down this year and in 2008.

U.S. authorities have laid criminal misdemeanour charges against both the captain and the cruise line owner of a tour boat that capsized in upstate New York in 2005, killing 20 elderly tourists.

Crude oil was close to topping $60 US a barrel Monday as frigid weather boosted heating oil demand.

Britain pushed ahead Monday to finish off its cull of nearly 160,000 turkeys, gassing and shipping out truckloads of poultry following the baffling discovery of the H5N1 virus among birds in a sealed shed.

A controversial pathologist from Ontario has been fined and reprimanded by the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital offer $24 US in cash per share for Mills Corp., topping Brookfield Asset Management's bid of $21 US a share.

A fire swept through a small hotel in Chile early Saturday morning, killing a Canadian woman vacationing in the southern city of Punta Arenas.

A man arrested twice in connection with the 2006 bombing that killed a Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan says he's innocent and blames police for his detention.

Two Ontarians wounded in a drive-by shooting outside their hotel in the resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, say they feel fine and will stay in the country for the rest of their vacation.

Two Ontarians wounded in a drive-by shooting outside their hotel in the resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, say they feel fine and will stay in the country for the rest of their vacation.

A letter bomb sent to an insurance company in London exploded, injuring a female employee on Monday.

The Toronto Raptors continued their winning ways Sunday, defeating the Los Angeles Clippers 122-110 at the Air Canada Centre.

At least 25 people have been killed and 340,000 forced from their homes in the Indonesian capital Jakarta because of flooding caused by torrential rain.

U.S. Gen. Dan McNeill took over command of NATO-led troops, including about 2,000 Canadians, in Afghanistan in a ceremony on Sunday.

Mortar bombs exploded near offices of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza Sunday morning as fighters from rival factions exchanged fire for a fourth day.

A senior NATO official said Saturday that NATO troops are preparing to launch an operation to recapture a southern Afghan town seized by Taliban militants this week.

The Battle of Ontario added another thrilling chapter on Saturday as the Toronto Maple Leafs outlasted the Ottawa Senators in a shootout by a score of 3-2 at Scotiabank Place.