A former senior Lamont, Alta., town official has been arrested and awaits charges for allegedly attempting to extract kickbacks from a Quebec property developer who had fled construction-industry corruption in his home province.
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A Tunisian-born man who "previously resided" in Canada has been arrested in the U.S. and is being linked to a man who was arrested in Canada in connection with an alleged plot to derail a Via Rail passenger train.
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A former Canadian Food Inspection Agency researcher had been travelling frequently to China on business before he was arrested for allegedly trying to export CFIA property to Asia, according to an acquaintance.
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California Highway Patrol officials say they have released most of the 72 people who were arrested during protests over funding for higher education at the state Capitol.
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AP - Authorities arrested a man Monday in connection with dozens of suspected arson attacks that destroyed parked cars, scorched buildings and rattled much of the nation's second-largest city over the New Year's weekend.
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AP - As government troops advanced on a village in northwestern Syria, activists say the terrified residents fled into a valley for fear of being arrested or worse. What happened next, one of the activists said, was "an organized massacre."
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AP - A man with an apparent obsession with President Barack Obama has been arrested in Pennsylvania after the Secret Service discovered two bullets struck the White House while the president was away, authorities said Wednesday.
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Phoenix student, claiming that he is one of the LulzSec hackers responsible for a database attack on Sony Pictures computers that claimed more than 1 million victims.
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John Michael Osbourne - born outside Birmingham, England and better known by rock and TV fans as Ozzy Osbourne - has been arrested other times. But this mug shot of the Rock-n-Roll living...
A man wanted for attempted murder in Minneapolis has been arrested in Brooks.
Earlier this year investigators discovered the 29-year-old man had been living in Calgary under an alias.
Members of the Southern Alberta Integrated Fugitive Apprehension unit worked with the U.S. Marshals Service...
TOKYO, -- One man was arrested and another placed on a nationwide wanted list in the alleged robbery of more than $7 million, officials in Japan said.
The Metropolitan Police Department said it arrested Hideaki Ueki on suspicion of breaking into a security office last month in western...
Germany said it had faced a "concrete and imminent danger" after police arrested three suspected members of al Qaeda on Friday.
The Bild newspaper reported that officers had seized large amounts of explosives when the three were arrested.
"We succeeded in preventing a concrete and imminent...
Toronto police say three people were arrested Wednesday afternoon following an alleged gas bar robbery.
Police originally said the suspects fired at officers, but later clarified and said the shots were fired into the ground.
No one was injured in the robbery in the Adelaide and Niagara...
Harpal Sandhu holds up a photograph of her relative, Amanpreet Kaur Bahia, who was killed in 2007.
Amanpreet Kaur Bahia, 33, was found dead inside her home in 2007.
CBC News has learned three people have been arrested in connection with the 2007 slaying of an Indo-Canadian woman who was...
Victoria police have arrested a 24-year-old man after finding a three-month-old pit bull beaten to death in a hotel room on Saturday.
Police were called to the hotel at about 1 a.m. PT after guests reported hearing a puppy cry while it was being beaten.
Officers found the puppy motionless on...
The RCMP have arrested a second person in connection with the robbery of a convenience store in Mitchell, Man.
RCMP said Saturday they have an 18-year-old man in custody. Earlier, they had arrested a 13-year-old boy.
The Express Foods store in Mitchell was robbed of cigarettes and an...
London -- British counter-terror police arrested 12 men early Monday in a "large-scale, pre-planned, intelligence-led" operation, they said.
The suspects, aged from 17 to 28, were arrested in London, Cardiff in Wales and Stoke in central England. They are due to be questioned Monday, West...
Singer held on $2,500 bond in Texas before being released a short time later.
The Hollywood Reporter - November 27, 2010
Country music legend Willie Nelson was charged with marijuana possession on Nov. 26 in Texas after police confiscated 6 ounces of cannabis from aboard his tour bus.
The bust...