Canada

A high-profile former sex worker who led a successful challenge of Canada’s prostitution laws was kicked out of a Senate hearing after running afoul of committee rules – and threatening to make public a list of politicians who hire prostitutes.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been admitted to hospital following a diagnosis of a tumour, Humber River Hospital officials and Ford’s family confirmed Wednesday, but there is no sign Ford intends on dropping out of the mayoral race.

After being expelled from Germany and banned from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, a Canadian Muslim preacher was detained in the Philippines on Wednesday for “inciting and recruiting people to conduct terrorist activities.”

A man who tangled with a police dog in Prince Albert following a wild car chase is facing a number of charges, including animal cruelty. Police say he was nude at the time of the encounter.

Halton police say a wanted U.S. fugitive has been spotted in Oakville. Anthony Maiorano, 32, has been serving a 20-year prison sentence in Savannah, Ga., for aggravated assault and robbery charges.

Cochrane RCMP are comparing a tow truck driver to a superhero after a daring, high-speed confrontation with a thief. Brody Leimer, 23, was hooking up a vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway three kilometres east of the Stoney Nakoda Casino early Monday morning when a man jumped into his truck and started driving away.

A 33-year-old woman, described by her own daughter as ‘the worst mother ever’, has been sentenced to just over 11 years in jail for charges stemming from years of abuse against her children.

An Edmonton woman died after a plane crashed on a golf course beside the Crawford Bay Airport in the Kootenays in British Columbia.

The province has finally passed though the $10 dollar mark when it comes to the general minimum wage. Alberta is the last province to do so with Labour Day Monday the start of the new to $10.20 an hour rate, up from $9.95 an hour.

Huron OPP say they’ve located the body of a 39-year-old man who went missing after going into Lake Huron to rescue his son.

Officials are investigating after a CN train derailed northwest of Edmonton.