Hundreds of family members, friends and teammates gathered in Port Perry, Ont., on Monday morning for the funeral of Don Sanderson, a senior hockey player who died after a fight during a game last month.

Homicide detectives are on the scene of the city's latest homicide. A woman's body was found slumped over the steering wheel of an SUV.

Peel Regional Police detectives say they are in the early stages of their investigation into the slaying of Amandeep Kaur Dhillon.

Ottawa should spend $32.9 billion, or 2.1 per cent of GDP, in 2009 to stimulate the Canadian economy in 2009, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives suggests. It says the economy would get a three per cent boost and 407,000 jobs would be created.

An innocent bystander fleeing gunfire that errupted in a Calgary restaurant was one of three people killed in the New Year's Day gang shooting, police confirmed Monday.

A Quebec mother accused of killing all of her children learned from her hospital bed Monday that she had been charged with three counts of first-degree murder.

Canada didn't just beat Sweden 5-1 in Monday night's gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. The Swedes said they wanted to learn what it takes to win, and the Canadians gave them a clinic.

Edmonton's Andrew Cogliano snapped a 2-2 tie midway through the third period, banging in a rebound to cement a 3-2 Oilers verdict over the visiting New York Islanders.

If it was up to IIHF president Ren� Fasel, Canada would become the permanent host of the world junior hockey championship.

A number of Canadians attempting to flee from the violence in the Gaza Strip with the help of the Canadian and Israeli governments remain stranded in the territory after it was deemed too dangerous to cross the border into Israel.

Russia's state gas company halted natural gas supplies to several European states Tuesday and severely cut back flows to other nations amid its price dispute with Ukraine, officials in those countries said.

World leaders called for a ceasefire in the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas as civilian casualties climbed in the Gaza Strip.