The Canadian military has expressed shock at the murder charges laid against Col. Russell Williams and says it will appoint an interim commander to replace him as head of 8 Wing/CFB Trenton.

Canadian military commander Col. Russell Williams has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two eastern Ontario women.

Two men have pleaded not guilty to all charges against them in connection with a shootout in downtown Toronto on Boxing Day 2005 that left 15-year-old Jane Creba dead and six others injured.

RCMP in Richmond, B.C., have arrested a woman after finding a baby's body in a landfill south of Vancouver.

The federal government has so far allocated $113 million to match individual donations made by Canadians to the Haiti relief effort, International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda says.

A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.

Three people are arrested as China's largest training website for hackers is shut down, state media reports.

An influential group of MPs and peers says the government's plans on illegal file-sharing could breach the rights of net users.

The US space agency (Nasa) has launched its shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

A 17-year-old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft's February security update.

Revenue staff tip off Radio 4's Money Box that there are more tax code problems than their bosses are admitting to.

The US Department of Justice says that it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow Google to build a digital library.

Facebook accounts for nearly half of all the time people in the UK spend going online using their phones, according to figures.

The European Environment Agency launches a web tool to encourage citizens to log air and water quality in their area.

A selection of props and costumes from BBC One's Doctor Who are to go under the hammer in London later this month.