TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began today, but they won't be going to Pearl Harbor.

Brynessa Gradley's life changed just over a year ago when she scratched an itchy spot on her leg as she came out of the shower.

WINNIPEG a ' A convicted sex offender from Iran will be allowed to stay in Canada because of fears he would be killed if deported to his homeland.

A North Vancouver woman might well be saying "D'oh" after she was allegedly caught at the U.S. border with 100,000 pills of ecstasy shaped like Homer Simpson and the Transformers.

Canada swapped its economic blues for a rocking national birthday party that dressed up cities and towns across the country in red and white.

LeBlanc remembered as 'one of us' by N.B. mourners People pay their respects while standing next to the casket containing the remains of Canada's former governor-general Romeo LeBlanc as he lie in state at the chapel on the Memramcook Institute in Memramcook, N.B. State funeral for former governor-general, Liberal cabinet minister is being held in ...

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in April.

Trooper James Lavoie, of Calgary, shows his true Canada Day colours on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Canadian forward operating base Ma'sum Ghar, Afghanistan.

REGINA a ' Regina Qu'Appelle MP Andrew Scheer struggled for words as he spoke about the death of his good friend Dave Batters.