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Release of budget details stokes opposition anger

The Harper Conservatives faced renewed opposition accusations Monday of showing contempt of Parliament for revealing broad outlines of what they called a do-nothing budget that does nothing to...

Harper ‘recycling’ money in Haiti

Politicians and NGOs have begun to wrangle over the nature of Canada’s aid commitment to Haiti, with the Liberals complaining that the government is recycling money, and one aid group worrying that...

Toyota Canada launches nationwide campaign to separate itself from U.S.

Automaker will tour major Canadian cities this week, hoping to put a positive spin on numerous troubles

'My heart, my choice,' Williams says

An unapologetic Danny Williams says he was aware his trip to the United States for heart surgery earlier this month would spark outcry, but he concluded his personal health trumped any public fallout...

Comedies earn nods for Canadian screenwriting

The feature film comedies High Life and The Trotsky have been nominated for best screenplay awards by the Writers Guild of Canada, signalling a renewed emphasis on comedy in the country's film...

Reward increased to $2,200 in death of fox: Many public comments "way over the top"

 The investigation into what is believed to be the deliberate killing of a fox by one or more snowmobilers earlier this month continues and the reward for information has grown to $2,200, says...

3 Toronto men charged in Ottawa homicide

A murder charge has been laid against three Toronto-area men in the slaying of a 19-year-old man at a home in Ottawa's west end early Monday morning.

Canada's Virtue, Moir win ice dance gold

Tessa Virtue of London, Ont., and Scott Moir of nearby Ilderton have won the gold medal in the ice dance at the Vancouver Olympics, Canada's first-ever gold in the figure skating event.

Ontario hasn't decided on Caledonia handover

Attorney General Chris Bentley says no decision has been made on whether the province will hand over disputed land in Caledonia to the Six Nations.

Snowplow deaths probed in Montreal

A coroner's inquest into the deaths of four Montrealers killed last year by snowplows got underway in Laval on Monday.

Canadians living longer, Statistics Canada reports

Life expectancy in Canada continues to rise, a new report from Statistics Canada finds. The average baby born between 2005 and 2007 in Canada can now expect to live to 80.7.

No flight, no bite: wingless mosquitoes the answer?

Researchers aiming to prevent mosquitoes from spreading disease are studying ways to create wingless female mosquitoes, since the females do the biting -- and if they can't fly, they can't zoom in on...

Thousands pay last respects to esteemed whale

Thousands of Vietnamese fishermen are giving a royal send-off to a 15-ton dead whale, gathering at a southern Vietnamese village to pay homage at a funeral for the creature they call "Your...

No new spending or tax breaks: Feds

Don't look for any new spending or tax breaks in next week's federal budget. That's the word from a senior government official.

Canadian death toll in Haiti set to jump: Cannon

Thirty-four Canadians have been declared dead in the Haiti earthquake, and another 50 remain missing, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Monday.

Developing nations face e-waste wave: report

Developing countries must improve their methods of disposing of old cellphones, computers and other consumer products, as their levels of electronic waste products soar over the next decade, says a...

Superman's debut comic book sells for $1 million

A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for US$1 million, smashing a record set just last year.

Peanut allergy treatment could be on the horizon

Doctors in Britain believe they may soon be able to cure children of peanut allergies, by feeding them tiny doses of peanut flour so that they eventually build a tolerance.

Motion picture academy honors nerds of filmmaking

Forty-five men you've probably never heard of were honored with an Academy Awards ceremony of their own that recognized scientific and technical achievements in moviemaking.

Feds terminate 'two-for-one' deal for pre-trial custody

Canadian prisoners can no longer count their pre-trial custody time "two-for-one."

Park ranger attacked by Komodo dragon

An Indonesian park ranger escaped an attack by a Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard species, when his colleagues heard his cries for help and drove the reptile away.

Drug lab at farm went 'kaboom'

You'd think Joshua Chladek might know better. A welder by trade, he should have known sparks and butane don't mix.

Mom goes online to sell breast milk

A Winnipeg mom is looking to move gallons of surplus mother's milk via the online marketplace.

Williams boasts confidence in Canadian health care

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams had his mitral valve repaired in Florida - a procedure he says was not offered in Canada.

Feds approve 6,000 infrastructure projects

The federal government says it has finished deciding who gets what under key parts of its massive stimulus program in a tidal wave of approvals that should propel a spring job surge.

Snowpocalypse 3: The Ontario edition

After what can only be described as a relatively dry winter, a low pressure system is expected to dump up to 16 centimetres of snow over parts of Ontario.

Man kills mother with sword in dispute

Police say a 29-year-old South Carolina man killed his mother with a sword after the two argued in the home they shared.

G8, G20 summits to be biggest security event in Canadian history

Surpassing the Vancouver Olympics and the Pope's visit, the G8 and G20 summits this summer will be the largest security event in Canadian history.

Tom Brokaw video a U.S. 'love letter' to Canada

We may hate to lose to them in hockey, but it appears we don't mind being the subject of America's online edification.

Put cameras on Mounties: Liberal senators

RCMP officers should wear "body cameras" to bolster their accountability, say Liberal senators in a report that warns there will be "horror stories" on the horizon unless sweeping changes are made to...

Politicians bicker over human-rights organization

Liberals and New Democrats immediately rejected a government proposal Monday to appoint lawyer and former Quebec politician Gerard Latulippe to head Rights and Democracy.

New social media site goes viral

Move over Facebook. Make some room, Twitter. Chatroulette, could be the next big Internet social phenomenon to go viral.

Vancouver police search for Star Trek star's son

Vancouver police are asking for the public's help in locating missing California actor Andrew Koenig, who was visiting friends in Vancouver.

TSX sees first loss in nine days

The Toronto Stock Exchange gave up some ground Monday as investors cashed in on the some of the profits made during an eight-day run leading up to this trading day, and some commodity prices fell.

Porter Airlines unveils new digs at island airport

$50-million terminal will pave the way for more commercial flights, two new carriers and enhanced passenger services

Miller calls for Ottawa's G20 commitment ‘in writing'

Motions authorize Toronto to secure federal funding for ‘largest security event in Canadian history'

Industry Canada asks for input on bandwidth spending

Federal agency invites education experts to weigh in on airwaves, once reserved for learning initiatives

Budget won't extend home renovation tax credit

Government official says 2010 budget won't include any new spending or tax measures like last year's popular home renovation program

Tory hopes for Olympic ‘bounce' are likely to fall flat

After the last spontaneous chorus of O Canada has faded – and the last medal awarded – will there be any lasting afterglow from the Vancouver Olympics that rubs off on Stephen Harper and his...

Tories erode gender equality, women's groups say

‘We need change for women in this country', leader says ahead of summit on maternal health

Finance Minister urges ‘cultural revolution' in Quebec

Province prepares residents for changes in cheap public service in effort to cut $3.9 billion from budget

Troops preparing for Haiti departure, Afghanistan deployment

Canadiand soldiers now providing emergency relief in Haiti will have 'two good weeks of leave' before beginning intensive combat training for a tour in Afghanistan

Tax system full of 'complexity,' 'confusing forms,' and 'unhelpful officials,' rules judge

A judge has awarded legal costs to an Ontario couple despite ruling against their case with the Canada Revenue Agency

NDP wants alleged Access to Information violations investigated

The federal NDP are calling for a formal investigation into allegations of violations of Access to Information laws by the governing Conservatives

McQUAIG: Restraint for everything but sports

No cost has been spared in mounting a giant spectacle of spandex-clad athletes performing dazzling feats in massive public venues. Certainly, nobody seems to be letting the $6 billion price tag...

WESTON: Olympic free-for-all

When the world’s greatest athletes aren’t going for Olympic gold on Canadian ice and snow, some of them are apparently going for free teeth. Canada may not be sweeping the medals, but the...

JACOBS: Abortion issue odd choice for Ignatieff

The Liberals don’t seem to know what they symbolize anymore. The big-tent party has lost its way. So what do they do? Pull out the old “hidden agenda” card. It didn’t work before but, in...

TRAVERS: Conservative motivations laid bare

Conservatives are out of their particular closet. Not since ripping into social and legal activists during a first year in power has the party so aggressively, or openly, imposed its...

D. MARTIN: Mountie report may bite Grit dust

The last ember of Liberal influence on Parliament Hill flared briefly yesterday, fanned by a dead-on-delivery report troubleshooting the RCMP, and then flickered out. The guard is changing and the...

IVISON: Manning's Reformers fade away

They may not be as rare as Canada's First World War veterans -- the last of whom, John Babcock, died last week -- but their numbers are thin on the ground and are about to get thinner. Preston...

Sports minister sees 'a lot of medals to win'

This has been the American Games so far and Canadian officials are doing their best to put a brave face on it. While U.S. athletes are cleaning up on ice rinks and on ski hills, Canadian Olympic...

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall makes most of U.S. trip

Although Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is calling a Council of Federation visit to Washington this weekend a "huge success," it may take some time to see tangible benefits from premiers chumming it...

Task force to study how Canadians make financial decisions

A task force charged with assessing the level of financial literacy among Canadians kicked off a major consultation exercise on Monday aimed at exploring how financial decisions are made here. The...

One-third of working Canadians say they will never retire

The majority of Canadians feel there is no appropriate age to retire, while nearly one-third of working Canadians say they will never retire, according to an annual RRSP poll by RBC. The poll,...

B.C. to lead provincial growth in Canada: Conference Board

Olympic spinoffs and an improved outlook for forestry and manufacturing will make British Columbia the leader in economic growth among Canadian provinces in 2010, says the Conference Board of...

Car flips onto Rideau Canal

A woman is in hospital and her son is recovering after she flipped her crossover SUV onto the Rideau Canal Sunday morning.

'Jersey Shore's' Ronnie Reunited with His Wallet

Student shot during gun safety class

Autographed card arrives -- 15 years late

Fluid Space: Architect’s Answer to Cramped Living Quarters

Japanese Sitting Dog Assumes Meditative Pose

Billy Talent gears up for Cdn. tour

Beck, Clapton bring oomph to ACC

Devo goes back to the future

Martin Scorsese sends US crazy with Shutter Island

Google Gets OK To Buy Cheap Energy

Canadians' health requires a secure source of medical isotopes

Cancer patients and their doctors must be wondering whatever became of the report commissioned by the Harper government on the issue of isotope supply. With the National Research Universal reactor...

3 In 4: Internet Makes Us Smarter

Adobe Photoshop at 20

US 'closes in on Google hackers'

RCMP probe suspicious death in N.L.

The RCMP in Newfoundland are releasing few details concerning a death they have labeled as suspicious.

Third man arrested for making counterfeit money

An 18-year-old Charlottetown man was arrested for making and uttering counterfeit money following a warranted search by the street crime unit of the Charlottetown police at approximately 6:40 p.

Quebec civil servants to protest

Quebec public sector workers say they will descend on the national assembly Monday morning to apply pressure in ongoing contract talks with the Liberal government.

Rescued students return to Canada

A group of Canadian students who survived the sinking of a Nova Scotia-based sailing ship off Brazil is back home.

Alberta Métis denounce MP's Riel letter

The Métis Nation of Alberta is condemning a Conservative MP's attack on Louis Riel.

Toyota saved $100M on recall

Toyota officials claimed they saved the company $100 million by negotiating with the U.S. government on a limited recall of floor mats in some Toyota and Lexus vehicles, according to documents shared...

'Growing Pains' actor missing in B.C., say parents

Andrew Koenig, the actor best known for a recurring part as "Boner" on the popular 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains," has been reported missing in Vancouver.

Man dead after Ottawa home invasion

Ottawa police are investigating an apparent homicide after a man was shot dead during a home invasion on Moodie Dr. early Monday.

RCMP needs more oversight, money

The RCMP needs more money, stronger oversight and more visible minority officers to become a 21st century police force, six Liberal senators said in a position paper Monday.

Sovereignty debate not over

It's a shot from inside the very heart of the sovereignty movement. One of nationalist Quebec's most respected separatists, questioning whether an independent Quebec is achievable and arguing that...

Cabbies assaulted, threatened

Winnipeg police were busy Sunday morning dealing with two more violent incidents against city cab drivers.

22 inch man seeks world record

A man who is only 22 inches (56 centimetres) tall left his home country of Nepal on Sunday in a quest to be recognized as the world's shortest man.

Kidnapped journalist says she pities ‘deeply wounded’ Somali captors

A Canadian freelance journalist who was kidnapped and beaten in Somalia says she bears no grudge against the war-torn country.

Tory insiders pursue lobbying jobs, despite crackdown

Despite the Harper government’s promise to close the revolving door between politics and Ottawa’s lobbying business, more than a dozen former aides to Conservative MPs have gone on to work as...

U.S. governors sing the praises of Canada at meet with premiers

Canadian politicians have long complained about the challenges of getting their voices heard in America’s halls of power. But for seven Canadian premiers, there’s no longer any reason to...

New MPP joins fight to preserve view of Queen's Park

Glen Murray is vowing to wade into a contentious battle over a proposed condominium development on Avenue Road

Canadian ambassador feared he was a 'NAFTAgate' scapegoat

Government memos shed light on scandal that put ex-envoy Michael Wilson in a diplomatic bind

Sex trade an open book during Games

'I want the sex trade to be talked about in an intelligent way,' says member of Downtown Eastside 'living library'

Canada favoured to nab UN Security Council seat: analyst

The statement comes after the Conservative government faced charges it dragged its feet over Canada’s Security Council campaign

Tories sniped at firearm data

The release of an annual firearms report last fall was delayed by testy officials in the public safety minister's office who demanded to know, among other things, details about an employee...

Ex-Reform Party MPs set to collect once-scorned pensions

Almost all the remaining MPs from the old Reform Party – including Stephen Harper – stand to collect more than $100,000 a year in pension benefits once they retire.

PM's Senate plurality doesn't guarantee smooth sailing for Tories' justice agenda

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his recent Senate appointments would help make Canada a safer place by allowing his government' s justice legislation to pass into law unchanged, but with the...

Feud in Anders' Calgary riding could signal growing divide among Tories in Alberta

The battle over control of Conservative MP Rob Anders' Calgary riding and support by federal Conservatives for Alberta's fledgling Wildrose Alliance may be signs of a growing divide among...

SOLBERG: Fence can't contain Olympic fever

As always, I am writing today about the number one, most important issue to all Canadians based on a weekly survey of what interests me. This week, the issue is the fence around the Olympic...

GEIST: Technology giants defend Canada's copyright law

Each April, the United States issues the Special 301 Report, which examines the intellectual property laws of its main trading partners. For the past 15 years, Canada has been included on the watch...

RADWANSKI: With friends like Kennedy, McGuinty needs no enemies

It was only a matter of time. Even when he's in your caucus, it's hard to keep Gerard Kennedy on message. Michael Ignatieff, who recently watched the Member of Parliament for Parkdale-High Park...

HÉBERT: Standing on guard for linguistic duality

To the dismay of a vocal section of his party base, Stephen Harper has upheld the federal commitment to official bilingualism since he came to power four years ago. To this day, the Prime Minister...

Cabinet ministers' offices regularly interfere in ATI requests, says Tory staffer

Cabinet ministers' offices had been under orders to pressure bureaucrats to pare down the amount of information released under the Access to Information Act up until The Canadian Press recently broke...

12 convicted in Pinot Noir fraud scheme

A French court has convicted a dozen people, from wine growers to a wine merchant, in a scheme that exported fake Pinot Noir from southwestern France to the United States, duping California-based...

Man arrested in spike-belt pursuit faces more charges in January stolen-car chase

WINNIPEG - A 20-year-old man is facing charges of theft, fleeing police and other offences in connection with two chases that resulted in damage to police cruisers. On January 12, police saw a...