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Budget leaks play into last-minute election gamesmanship

The minority Conservative government will extend a popular program in its budget on Tuesday and offer $400 million in subsidies for homeowners who do renovations that reduce their energy costs and...

Mark Strahl wins right to step into dad's shoes in Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon

Two new Conservative candidates were elected Monday night to replace outgoing members Chuck Strahl and John Cummins.

Re-trial of men accused in Toronto student's shooting begins

Four years and one mistrial later, the two young men accused of first-degree murder in the shooting death of high-school student Jordan Manners were back in court Monday.

MPs enjoyed 99 lobbyist-paid international junkets in 2010: commissioner

MPs accepted more all-expenses-paid trips to Taiwan and Israel than any other destinations last year, according to figures released by the ethics commissioner Monday.

Kenney's ex-staffer breaks silence on letterhead flap

An ex-member of Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's staff who quickly resigned after the department faced a firestorm of criticism for using parliamentary letterhead to raise money for the...

Flawed information laws make it difficult to ensure accountability: Commissioner

Canada's current information laws make it difficult to ensure that political staff members are held responsible for their actions, the nation's information watchdog said in a report released Monday...

Taxpayers to fund Buddhist-inspired stress course for civil servants

Stressed-out employees at Justice Canada in Ottawa will soon be able to seek relief in a taxpayer-funded program that uses the Buddhist concept of mindfulness to help them cope with personal and...

Japan fallout: Canadians question safety of nuclear power

Canada's nuclear future is facing uncertainty as fears of a Chernobyl-like disaster in this country have led some Canadians to question the safety of the power source.

As Harper government faces dissolution, Layton holds most of the cards

NDP leader Jack Layton adopted a conciliatory tone Monday that suggests he might be poised to support the federal budget and avert a spring election.

Drug combination increased kidney damage: Canadian study

Combining two commonly prescribed blood pressure drugs increases the risk of kidney failure and premature death, results of a new Canadian study show

Vancouver tops list of Canadian cities taking action on climate change

Bike lanes and backyard chickens may have outraged critics of Vancouver's civic leadership but they're part of the reason the city topped the World Wildlife Fund's first-ever Earth Hour List of...

Decision to sell off nuclear agency puts Canada at risk: experts

The Conservative government's decision to sell off its nuclear agency may put Canada and other countries at risk, the association representing its engineers and scientists warned Monday.

Newfoundland Throne Speech highlights lower Churchill project

Premier Kathy Dunderdale’s government signals a new tone with Ottawa as it touts a megaproject that could use federal help

Debt-burdened New Brunswick faces tough budget

First-year Premier urged to rein in deficit despite all but promising not to raise sales tax

Tories lament mad dash to place candidates in B.C.

Party organizers want all 36 B.C. ridings set before Tuesday’s federal budget brought down

Quebec’s $2.2-billion beef with Ottawa

Federal budget unlikely to resolve issue of harmonization of the provincial sales tax with GST

Canadians don’t share Harper’s zest for fighter jets, debt reduction, poll shows

Most place health care at the top of national concerns and think now is not the right time to spend billions on aircraft

Christy Clark ponders date of provincial election

Premier notes her mandate is from the BC Liberal party, not the people

Does the Anderson acquisition mean Bryan Murray is staying?

Time is now for Leafs’ top two lines to step up

CURLING: Canada's Holland back in the win column at worlds

Flames fail to find winning script in L.A.

TSX soars to 1-week high on commodities, banks

Budget showdown? No worries, say investors

Bay Street's budget wish list

Budget renews eco retrofits, but no HST deal

Car thief trashes newspaper carrier’s car

Man in hospital with serious injuries after shooting in North Preston, N.S.

Teen didn't help murder girl, court told

Crime boss bought guns from cops, trial told

France fines Google over Street View privacy breaches

Google Accuses China of Blocking Gmail Amid Unrest

Playbook to launch April 19

Jawbone Jambox Bluetooth speaker

LEVANT: Why is Iggy trying to revise history?

The Liberal Party has released new TV ads featuring Michael Ignatieff talking about his family.

PALMER: New premier hits ground running in effort to win points with electorate

Clark looks like she's preparing for a provincial election, whenever that may be

MACPHERSON: Neither party in a position to please students, voters

As expected, students were quick to target the governing Liberals to protest against the university-fee increases announced last Thursday in Finance Minister Raymond Bachand's budget.

MARTIN: Grit game plan: Goodbye, high road

Michael Ignatieff was in high dudgeon, incensed at a Conservative-backed website alleging that his father wasn’t the poor immigrant the Liberal Leader has made him out to be. Mr. Ignatieff...

KHEIRIDDIN: For the Tories, a spring election looks good

Last week, I joined the ranks of pundits predicting a spring election. Why? In a word, numbers. Since January, the Tories have consistently outpolled the Liberals by at least seven or eight points,...

COHN: Budget Tour 2011 pits Ottawa against Queen’s Park

If this is Tuesday, it must be Ottawa — and budget day. A week from now, Budget Tour 2011 continues — same time, different government — at Queen’s Park.

NeNe Leakes Spending Time With Enemy Star Jones' Ex Husband

Experts: Lindsay Lohan's Hard Partying Could Trigger a Relapse

Schwarzenegger set for TV role

Martin Sheen Calls Charlie 'Emotionally Crippled'

OMG: Naked thief breaks into preschool

"Red" rocker Sammy Hagar says abducted by aliens

NASA tests Mars space suit in Argentine Antarctica

Men accused of assaulting man who tried to snap a mohawk photo

Interest rate expectations fade

Expectations for a mid-year Canadian rate hike are being pushed back by global turmoil, weak inflation and the possibility of a federal election, analysts said Monday

Budget showdown? No worries, say investors

Budget battles and tottering governments have rattled investors from Dublin to Wisconsin. So Canada’s looming budget showdown ought to have money managers eyeing the exits

TSX to hit 15,000 by end of year

TSX to hit 15,000 by end of year

Quebec coroner calls for more police training

Laval police officer Valérie Gignac lacked the proper training when she tried to break down a suspect's door and was shot to death, a Quebec coroner has found.

Cats on nighttime mice patrol at Calgary store

A Canadian Tire in Calgary has reached a compromise with provincial officials after the store's use of cats to control its pest problem ran afoul of Alberta Health Services.

Ontario expands cancer drug access

The Ontario government announced Monday it will expand access to certain cancer medications for patients who may benefit from the drugs but who do not meet strict clinical guidelines for their use.

CMA head urges students to aid homeless

The head of the Canadian Medical Association says he'd like to see more medical and nursing students and doctors offering their services to homeless patients.

MPs set to debate Libya mission

Defence Minister Peter MacKay is expected to lead off a debate on Libya in the House of Commons Monday.

Committee finds Harper government in contempt

A Commons committee has found the minority Conservatives in contempt of Parliament, essentially charging the ruling party with breaking the rules of government.

Canadian CF-18s fly first mission over Libya

Canadian fighter jets have flown their first mission in the international effort to enforce a no-fly-zone over Libya.

Flaherty mum on details for crucial budget

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty posed Monday for the traditional photo with the shoes he'll wear when he tables the 2011 budget Tuesday, made a donation to help Japan relief efforts, but shrugged off...

Body found north of T.O. identified as young escort

Police in Ontario are asking for the public's help to track the final moments of an escort's life.

Diplomat sues Ottawa hospital for $33 million

A diplomat from Cameroon is suing the Ottawa Hospital and four doctors for over $33 million after his wife's limbs had to be amputated in 2010.

Baby Joseph gets tracheotomy

Baby Joseph is expected to get a long-awaited tracheotomy Monday morning at a Missouri hospital, a source close to the family told QMI Agency.

Tory funding sets tone for election's law-and-order debate

In March the Harper government committed $37.5 million to combat youth gangs in B.C., nearly $10 million for crime-prevention projects in Sask. and Man., and hundreds of thousands of dollars to boost...

Inmate dead after 'altercations' in Ontario prison

One prisoner is dead and two others are injured after "serious altercations" at a maximum-security prison west of Kingston, Ont., on Sunday.

Fraudster Raymond Lavigne resigns from Senate to protect his pension

Red Chamber was about to debate ways to suspend former Liberal MP’s salary

Banning gay-straight alliances goes against equity grain, McGuinty warns

Premier stops short of accusing Catholic school board of violating provincial policy

TTC appoints its first-ever ‘chief of customer service’

Chris Upfold previously worked at the London Underground as head of revenue and inclusion

Why the ‘minister of weasel words’ should not be found in contempt

Bev Oda’s alleged transgressions are sins of omission not commission, NDP MP Pat Martin argues

Impossible to get an audience with Harper, Guergis recalls

Helena Guergis says it's no surprise Prime Minister Stephen Harper won't explain why he dumped her from cabinet because that's "his style."

APTN 'shocked' by PMO's swift response to Carson story

The Prime Minister's Office caught APTN off guard when it took their allegations in a story of illegal lobbying by Bruce Carson, a former senior adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper straight to...

Harper government could be defeated this week

If the opposition parties find Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government in contempt of Parliament for the sake of political theatre over documents not provided to the House, the vote will mean...

Access czar's report on political interference in access act could spark another House battle

Access to Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault's report to be released on March 21 on allegations of political interference with an access to information request could spark another round of a...

Opposition parties run higher risk of losing seats where incumbents aren't running

Opposition parties run the most risk of losing seats in the next election in the 17 ridings named so far where incumbent MPs are not running, say political observers.

Oda takes 14 weeks to answer one question, NDP likens it to pulling teeth, calls her minister of 'weasel words'

It took International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda 14 weeks to finally tell a Commons committee who altered the infamous memo denying $7-million for the human rights group Kairos and—when she...

Canada Post warns about virus-laced e-mails

Canada Post is warning the public to delete a virus-ridden e-mail that claims to be from the mail carrier.

Motorola Xoom touches down in Canada in April

Motorola Xoom touches down in Canada in April

Helmets-to-hardhats program for vets in budget: Minister

Tuesday's federal budget will include funding to help veterans get work in construction industry trades, QMI Agency has learned.

Firefighters lobby for tax credit

P.E.I.'s 1,000 volunteer firefighters are urging Islanders to show their online support for a national tax credit.

Labrador Inuit vote down auditor general idea

A majority of members of the Nunatsiavut Inuit government of northern Labrador voted against appointing an independent auditor to look at its finances.

Water access 'a disaster' on northern Man. reserves

The CBC's Karen Pauls travelled to a remote Manitoba First Nation where concerns over access to safe water have prompted a campaign in hopes of forcing the federal government to act.

Election threats loom as Parliament resumes

The fate of Canada's minority government is on the line this week, amidst the threat of several potential votes that could see the Conservatives toppled and Canadians called to the polls for a spring...

More 'average guys' turning to cosmetic surgeons

More and more these days, the patient consulting a plastic surgeon for cosmetic enhancement is often a man -- and not just for a little filler here and a bit of Botox there.

Young Ignatieff came under gaze of RCMP spies

RCMP spies kept a watchful eye over Michael Ignatieff as he organized a major academic conference during his student days, newly declassified records show.

Tories hold lead, Harper's leadership score down

The Conservatives have a strong lead with 39 per cent support ahead of a possible spring election, according to a new poll. However, However, the Nanos Leadership Index suggests that the raucous...

Ignatieff says PM 'spending like a drunken sailor'

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff takes aim at the Conservatives' ethics and spending habits while side-stepping questions on triggering an election.

Canadian families fight tears during visit to Kandahar

Anna Miok kissed her right hand, touched the monument that bears her son's name and wept in a gesture that symbolized the pain of a mother who has lost her child to war.

Canadian pilots to enforce no-fly zone within days

Canadian fighter pilots will be engaged in the Libyan battle and enforcing a no-fly zone above the country "within 48 hours," Defence Minister Peter MacKay said on Sunday.

Canadians appreciate water, but still waste it: Survey

Canadians say they appreciate the vast quantities of fresh water this country holds, yet they still regularly do things that unnecessarily waste it.

Federal arena funding could jack up ticket prices: Analysis

Federal funding for a National Hockey League arena in Quebec and a Canadian Football League stadium in Saskatchewan would have to be conditional on steep ticket surcharges of up to $42 apiece — a...

Discrimination to blame for prosperity gap: study

Visible minorities are not getting their fair share of Canada's economic pie, according to a study released today.

Feral pigs run rampant in picturesque B.C. community

A herd of 25 to 30 feral pigs is tearing up backyards and scaring locals and tourists near Christina Lake.

Canada must become world energy superpower: Shell

Growing world demand for sustainable energy puts a stable producer of oil and gas like Canada in an ideal position to become a global energy superpower — if the country can embrace the right...

Tories considered most trustworthy: poll

Canadians believe political honesty should trump economic recovery as the main issue in the next election but voters rank the Tories as the best party to deliver a government they can trust.

Tories announce $1B worth of funding in one week

The Conservative government announced more than $1 billion in funding for social housing, the forestry sector and crime prevention, among other projects, in a five-day period last week, as election...

Harper gains advantage with Libya participation: experts

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to use Canadian military jets to help secure a Libya no-fly zone has given him the opportunity to stand prominently on the world stage, political experts...

Canadian companies urged to look at the cost of doing business with despots

They have invested billions of dollars in dozens of undemocratic regimes, from Congo and China to Russia and Zimbabwe. Now they face awkward questions - and perhaps a new assessment of what...

Harper has reason to worry: Nanos poll

New poll reveals a sharp drop over the past month in Harper’s leadership index score

B.C.’s NDP leadership race heats up with first official candidate debate

On April 17, the NDP will pick a new leader to succeed Carole James

Ottawa likely to hike Guaranteed Income Supplement

One policy possibility emerging from the pre-budget inter-party discussions is an increase to the GIS

Ignatieff draws a dual bead on Harper’s ethics and fiscal acumen

But Liberal Leader won’t yet commit to bringing down Tory government on either contempt charges or budget