A custody hearing is taking place this afternoon at CFB Petawawa, Ont. for a Canadian Forces officer charged with second-degree murder.

At least 34 people were killed Tuesday when an Israeli bombardment struck near a United Nations school where hundreds of Palestinians had taken shelter.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he's been hearing in his pre-budget consultations the need for additional tax reductions, investment in infrastructure and better access to credit to help stimulate the economy.

Two people are dead and two others are critically injured in hospital after a small plane crashed southeast of Quebec City Tuesday morning.

Roland Burris announced Tuesday he was rejected for Barack Obama's Senate seat, in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gavelling of the 111th Congress into session.