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A plaque at Collingwood's harbour commemorates the departure of Canada's first Mounties in 1873. From the plaque's location, there is an excellent view.

Spies have fascinated people for many years, however at the beginning of WWII Canada still did not have active foreign intelligence agencies gathering data.

Richmond, BC-based store fined $25,000 after RCMP finds counterfeit copies of Finding Nemo DVD's.

Fort Calgary is the site where the North-West Mounted Police built their fort. Over time the city of Calgary, Canada grew up around the fort. Open daily for visitors

The CPC House Leader wants a contempt of Parliament charge brought against Jack Layton after his invited guests disrupted proceedings and forced a brief shut down.

Distractions while driving cause as many collisions as DUI, leading some areas to ban use of cell phones while on the road. Here are wake-up tips to help you focus.

Fly into Regina airport and visit the RCMP Heritage Centre, Government House Museum and Heritage Property, and the local farmer's market.

This documentary follows a two pronged approach. A forensics team tries to identify the outlaw from his remains while dramatic reenactments detail his reign of terror.

The North-West Mounted Police built Fort Calgary and later served as some of Canada's first soldiers in a foreign war.

BC's birthplace provides children with many early Canadian things to see, learn and do at this beautifully restored and preserved fur-trading fort on the Fraser River.

Twenty years ago, the first Canadian dollar coin was introduced. The Loonie was considered a "loonie" proposition by some, small change and heavy in the pockets.

Previously unseen footage of the "Toronto 18" has been released. The clips included an explosion detonated by the RCMP.

The first recorded fatal attack by coyotes in Canada is a warning for people venturing into areas where eastern coyotes are found to treat them with extreme caution.

The 2008 Greater Vancouver International Chinese Lantern Festival, with its scenes from Chinese history, science, folklore, mythology, and cartoons, is the oddest fluff.

Sexual harrassment and child molestation charges are part of a government strategy to attack Onkwehonwe men. Guestwriter Kahentinetha Horn explains.

Taser International, manufacturer of the stun gun issued a directive that the controversial weapon should not be aimed at a target's upper chest.

After a six-year investigation, Rwandan immigrant, Jacques Mungwarere,became the second person to be charged under Canada's Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.

After nearly 13 years of delays, Claude Robinson's plagiarism lawsuit against disgraced production company Cinar begins.

Staff and volunteers from Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital recently participated in its largest and most in-depth functional emergency exercise in preparation for 2010.

Chaos ensues when giant space lobsters mistakenly believe that legalese is the best way to communicate with the folks from Planet Earth.

Also known as 'The Gentleman Bandit' he achieved almost folk hero status due mainly to his demeanor and lack of violence in his robberies.

The old drill hall on the fairgrounds at Medicine Hat, Alberta is one of the few buildings left from the Second World War prison camps for captured Germans.

Find our more about this fascinating and untouched territory, as well as how to get to and around Nunavut.

An introduction to sealing a criminal record in Canada including the process for seeking a pardon as well as the benefits and limitations of obtaining a pardon.

The Templars were famous long before Dan Brown's novel "The Da Vinci Code" cast them as goddess-worshipping protectors of the secret of the Grail. But who were they?

Many Canadians volunteered to fight fascism in Spain's Civil War from 1936-1939, but grappled with democracy and communism also, in a preview of both WWII & the Cold War.

Creepy crawly bugs are put to good use by forensic entomologists, who use flies and beetles to help law enforcement officials catch criminals.

"99.8% of children who go missing do come home," reports the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 3% are abducted by non-family members.

Street gangs in Canada use drug trafficking to finance a potential hold on criminal power. They contain many nationalities and are often violent, but they can be stopped.

The analysis of hair left behind at a crime scene has put many a bad guy behind bars; some of those "bad guys" weren't bad guys at all.

Police usually send out media releases that are long and wordy for radio writing. Learn how to turn them into succinct and interesting radio news stories.

A farmer and lobbyist for rights, James Gladstone of Alberta's Kainai Reserve arrived in the Senate of Canada with one big problem - First Nations people could not vote.

Some people only go for the thrill of it. Some go for the beauty of the horses. Some go for the sport. Some go for the theatricality. Some go to horse shows for it all.

Satanism is at the root of ritual and satanic ritual abuse. Some people dispute the existence or in some cases the validity of ritual abuse. Evidence proves it is real.

Some of the most vulnerable people are subjected to human rights abuses because they are powerless to resist.

Scammers frequent internet dating sites trying to get money for nothing other than writing a few letters and saying they love someone here in North America.

This is not the first time gold has gone missing from the high security vaults of the Royal Canadian Mint but this time no one knows where it has gone or how it was taken

Global warming is causing the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean to melt and this is bringing on renewed interest in exploiting the resources of the region.

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has served notice he intends to defend the country's claims to northern oil and minerals.

A Montreal court has ordered Cinar to pay cartoonist Claude Robinson $5.2 million in damages for stealing his idea for the show Robinson Sucroë.

Troubled animator Paul Boyd was shot and killed last Monday after an altercation with Vancouver police. Boyd had a history of mental illness.

One of Calgary's most significant historic sites is just east of the downtown core. Fort Calgary has life-size replicas of the original buildings and a museum.

The Gentleman Bandit, Bill Miner held up stagecoaches and trains with varying success. Spending most of his life in prison, escape was always possible, even in Canada.

Toronto will play host to the G20 in June 2010. The meeting, co-hosted with South Korea, has been relocated from Huntsville over security concerns.