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Cops say new scams on horizon

An alleged Ponzi racket that's bilked up to $400 million has spawned other alleged scams that continue to lure victims, say police and a private watchdog.

Tories mum over vanishing Harper photos

Call it the case of the missing mug shots.

Out-of-control' Winnipeg teen attacks senior with machete

He slashed a 67-year-old man with a machete in what police and justice officials say was a random, unprovoked attack.

RCMP shouldn’t investigate itself: top Mountie

Amid conflicting internal accounts, disappearing e-mails and disastrous publicity following the death of Robert Dziekanski, a top Mountie admitted at the Taser inquiry Tuesday that the RCMP...

Calgary panhandler gets jail for killing stranger with one punch

A Calgary panhandler is going to jail for fatally punching a stranger who refused to give him 50 cents.

Top judge warns against overzealous anti-terrorism measures

Canada's most senior judge cautioned Tuesday against going overboard in the fight against terrorism by putting too much emphasis on the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. at the expense of sacrificing civil...

Harkat revels in new found freedom, vows to clear his name

Smiling broadly at reporters, Mohamed Harkat explained Tuesday how much he enjoyed his first day of relative freedom after a Federal Court judge lifted the strict bail conditions the terrorism...

Homemade bomb found in Ottawa schoolyard

An improvised explosive device was found Sunday morning in the schoolyard of an Ottawa elementary school.

Ex-KGB officer loses latest fight in court to avoid deportation

No errors were made in decision to send man back to Russia, judge rules

RADWANSKI: 'Premier Dad' adopting hands-off approach

McGuinty has slowly but surely shifted away from nanny-statism

Harper has key role in shaping G8's future

As host of next year's meeting, Prime Minister will have a chance to influence the composition of geopolitical summits to come

Mountie stands by e-mail at taser probe

Chief Superintendent's e-mail to superior in November 2007 suggested officers planned to use taser while en route to Vancouver airport

Phone number detailing lobster aid package actually a sex line

Maritime fishermen confounded by breathless female voice promising ‘tantalizing fun'

Harper makes donut run

PM heads for Tim Hortons in Oakville instead of taking in Obama's big speech in New York

Environment Minister unmoved by China's climate pledge

Calling UN presentations by Beijing and Washington ‘pivotal,' Prentice notes binding targets for emissions reduction have not yet been set

IVISON: Ignatieff tacks to left in hopes of finding tailwind

Michael Ignatieff's choice of green jobs as the topic of his speech to the Toronto Board of Trade this week was unfortunate. It's true he landed a couple of zingers - "We're investing less in...

ARNOLD: Ignatieff stumbles into Battle of the Plains of Outremont

Remember the fun times Stephane Dion had figuring out who to run in Outremont, and the calamity than ensued? Well... it's baaaaaaack Martin Cauchon, the former justice minister who made history with...

Heads roll as scandal hits Montreal city hall

With a municipal election looming, Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay has cancelled the biggest contract awarded in the city's history after a scathing auditor general's report and months of damaging...

Michael Ignatieff, Dalton McGuinty reap HST agreement

It took a plowing match in northern Ontario to bring together two Liberal leaders to talk about the HST.

Ford of Canada faces $1.8-billion pension plan shortfall

Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. is facing a $1.8-billion shortfall in its pension plan — a demonstration that the healthiest of the Detroit Three auto makers in Canada has been unable to avoid one...

Bank of Canada begins winding down cash stimulus injections

The Bank of Canada says financial conditions have improved enough to allow it to withdraw from some of its measures aimed at increasing lending and borrowing.

Harper, Bloomberg talk skiing, economy

Skiing, the economy and energy issues were all on the menu during Stephen Harper's first meeting with New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Prime Minister is in town attending the climate change...

Prentice: Canada, U.S. must work closely on climate change

Canada has to work closely with the United States when it comes to climate change and push for developing countries like China and India to adopt firm targets to reduce greenhouse gases, Environment...

Politicians get earful about HST plans

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty seem to have mended fences over tax harmonization.

Twitter holds its first conference

Twitter is officially the talk of the town as a two-day conference dedicated to the micro-blogging site gets under way at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

Old pics of mullets, leotards return to haunt online

Such long-lost looks were never meant to be seen by anyone except those flipping through the pages of an old family album or studying the photo frames on the fireplace mantel.

Girl, 15, charged with bank heists

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with robbing two Ottawa banks on the same day.

Ignatieff clears air with McGuinty over HST

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's pledge to honour a contentious tax harmonization deal with Ontario was welcomed yesterday by Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Immigration minister supports francophone refugees

Canada's immigration minister will announce funding today to assist French-speaking refugees resettle in Winnipeg. Jason Kenney is scheduled to make the announcement at 10 a.m. at L'Accueil...

Miss. Police Use Taser, Handcuffs On Wayward Emu

Shakespeare's grave in peril from roof rot

Pair trying to catch fish net $87,000 in cash

At least the Emmys didn't get worse

Bono has 'a lot to learn from Andrew Lloyd Webber'

Women dominate 2009 Giller long list

Hardcore punk band wins Polaris prize — and a free iPod

Alberta, Texas harness 'science of small' in energy efforts

Facebook Sets Deal to Provide Ad Data to Nielsen

Netflix awards $1 million prize

Pull the plug on Pandas, declares BBC man

Public Awareness Campaign on Cell Phone Ban Begins

BELINDA: Investing in girls pays off in social and economic progress

Despite demonstrable evidence that countries enjoy comparatively greater economic growth if they choose to invest in improving and protecting education for girls and young women, too little is still...

MCQUAIG: U.S. debate on health care is a warning to Canadians

I'm inclined to believe the fierce resistance to health-care reform in the United States is the work of a small fringe. The other possibility is that there's something deep in the psyche of...

SIMPSON: What did NATO expect in Afghanistan, anyway?

Almost eight years after the United Nations first authorized an international military force for Afghanistan, the “overall situation is deteriorating,” reports the top commander of those forces,...

MPs ask why Royal LePage unit lone bidder on relocation deal

The biggest employee relocation contract of its kind in Canada went up for grabs this summer and attracted only one bidder. That result concerns MPs who want to know why, after so much controversy...

Halifax to host global security talks

Senator John McCain and other politicians from the United States and Europe will meet in Halifax in November to discuss global security and foreign policy. The German Marshall Fund of the United...

Dhalla complaints not followed up

More than four months after two Filipina caregivers who worked in the home of MP Ruby Dhalla complained of mistreatment, they say their complaints have not been investigated.

Recession only 'technically' over, Harper says

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the recession in Canada appears to be technically over. But Harper stresses that if you're in the automotive or forestry sectors, you wouldn't know it.

Canadians' net worth still rising, despite recession

It's hard to feel rich right now when your paycheque just doesn't seem to stretch as far. But, according to a new article in MoneySense magazine, you may be doing better than you think.

Edmonton pedophile gets 12 years

An Edmonton pedophile who molested two boys and sexually abused a young girl has been handed a 12-year penitentiary sentence and tagged a long-term offender.

Harper takes pass on addressing United Nations

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is off to New York City and Pittsburgh this week to hobnob with world leaders, but he won't address the opening of the United Nations general assembly.

Cat stuffed in bag and beaten against a wall

The cat is out of the bag but its owner may be looking at a life behind bars.

Harper to polish Canada's image in the Big Apple

Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicks off a string of international meetings Tuesday that will address climate change, trade relations with New York, peace in Pakistan and recovery from the global...

Gay strip club to allow women

Ontario's only gay strip club is allowing women inside its doors for the first time in the establishment's 16-year history -- but only during certain hours.

Quebec might scrap seasonal flu shots

The Quebec government is expected to announce that it will scrap or delay the seasonal flu vaccination campaign in favour of a mass inoculation against swine flu. Also under consideration: giving a...

Pine beetle epidemic is over: B.C. minister

The mountain pine beetle epidemic is over, B.C. forests minister declared Monday.

Hopeful families vote yes to Imagine Adoption cash bailout

Hundreds of hopeful Canadian families voted Monday in favour of reviving a defunct adoption agency — and committed $4,000 apiece to re-start adoption proceedings stalled when Imagine Adoption...

Environment minister tells cities to 'wait and see' about sewage policy

The Harper government suggested Monday that municipalities should not jump to conclusions about the financial impact of regulations it is drafting to crack down on raw sewage.

'Canada should be doing much more' on climate change, expert says

Canada should be doing much more to tackle climate change, and consider closing down the oilsands projects in northern Alberta, the head of an international scientific panel on climate change said...

2 men found dead in Montreal suburb

Two men in their 40s have been found dead in a residential dwelling in the Montreal suburb of Longueuil.

Girl, 14, charged in fatal beating of Toronto homeless man

A 14-year-old girl was charged Monday with first-degree murder in connection to the beating death of a homeless man in a Toronto cemetery earlier this month.

Canadians feel confident about economic future: survey

Canadian economic optimism is hitting levels not seen in nearly two years, according to a poll released Monday that suggests an increasing number think the economy will gain ground in the next six...

Police appeal to missing Toronto teen's classmates

Police, school officials and the parents of missing Toronto teenager spoke to hundreds of her fellow students at her high school Monday morning, one week after the 17-year-old disappeared.

Man arrested after mother of five found dead

Children unharmed; police say suspect and dead woman ‘were in an estranged relationship'

Weather trumps homeless rights: Attorney-General

Mike de Jong confident B.C. can draft a law that would allow police to compel people into shelters

Second Toronto 18 suspect pleads guilty

Young man enters guilty plea to one count of participating in a terrorist group

Autopsies awaited in Montreal deaths of father, daughter

Police say there were no traces of violence on the bodies of a 46-year-old father and his young daughter, who were found in a hotel room

Canadian charity worker shot in Honduras

Saskatchewan man who moved to Honduras to help charity working with children with AIDS killed in robbery attempt

U.S. debate doesn't change Canada's Afghan plans

In spite of a call for a troop surge, Ottawa intends to focus its effort in the war zone on a ‘humanitarian, development mission'

Ignatieff pushes 'good government' instead of tax cuts

'Recovery isn't good enough,' Liberal Leader says in unveiling economic plank of what would have been his election platform had NDP not propped up Tories

WILLIS: Ignatieff picks up Nortel gauntlet

In Nortel Networks, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff may just have a club he can use to pound out his party’s objections to the Conservatives' hands-off approach to business

Harper faces climate-change questions

PM's low-key environmental approach under scrutiny at United Nations soiree before he talks trade and economic recovery with G20 leaders

Cauchon rebuffed in Outremont

Woman will run for Liberals in former Montreal stronghold, Ignatieff announces amid feud between his Quebec lieutenant and Chrétien's former justice minister

Alberta launches borrowing plan for infrastructure projects

Progressive Conservative government issues $600-million in provincial bonds, within minutes of deal reaching capital markets, issue is fully subscribed

Ontario to spend $2.3B on renewable power

The Ontario government, keen to get more of its electricity from renewable energy sources, said Monday it would spend $2.3 billion over the next three years to expand and upgrade its power...

'Growth won't happen on its own,' Ignatieff says

Michael Ignatieff, the Liberal leader, says his party will spend money on everything from worker training to infrastructure while also carrying Canada out of deficit if it forms the next government.

JEDRAS: Liberals are making a mistake in Outremont

Quebec politics have always puzzled me and Quebec Liberal politics have always infuriated me. And I'm feeling both emotions the more I read about how the Liberal Party is blocking popular former MP...

MCPARLAND: Ignatieff's economic policy revealed. Feelin' lucky?

Here's Michael Ignatieff's big speech to the Toronto Board of Trade, in which he was expected to lay out the Liberal position on the economy. If you can find a platform in here you have greater...

JANKE: The Liberal plot to dupe Jack Layton

The political news of the day is not good for the Liberals.� They have nothing to offer but rhetoric, and that will lead to the party being devastated in an election, or so says a Liberal Party...

Can U.S. win war the Canadian way?

Canada is backing calls for an overhaul of the failing Afghan mission, but likely won't be around to ensure the success of a new strategy that appears to be based on its own counter-insurgency...

WALKOM: Michael Ignatieff dekes left, cuts to the centre

In an effort to differentiate himself from Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has veered – rhetorically at least – to the left.

Terror suspect's shackles loosened

Terror suspect Mohamed Harkat planned an outing with his 10-year-old niece to mark the return of simple freedoms he hasn't enjoyed since his arrest almost seven years ago.

TRAVERS: PM must grab G8 wheel or risk being run over

Stephen Harper is perfectly positioned to direct traffic at an historical intersection. As the host of next year's G8 summit the Prime Minister can set the speed for G20 countries as they travel...

Harper photos removed from government website

The Government of Canada website set up to promote the Conservative economic action plan had a leaner look yesterday: more than 30 photos of Prime Minister Stephen Harper had been removed.

Liberals will clean up economic 'mess': Ignatieff

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says the Conservatives have made a "mess" of Canada's economy and that his party will be the one to clean it up.

WESTON: Conservatives have motives to go to polls

Now that Jack Layton and the NDP have spared us all from a federal election this month, the big question is how long Stephen Harper will wait to engineer the defeat of his own government.[...]

Law society probes Senator over billing

Two days before Christmas in 2004, an angry Canadian Senator wrote to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in New Westminster, B.C. A Vancouver lawyer appointed to the Red Chamber in 2001, Mobina Jaffer...

TV anchor's flub becomes overnight sensation

Identical lottery draw was coincidence

Penn. man gulps 33 burritos, wins eating championship

Woman, 64, cards two holes-in-one

Michael Moore unveils 'Capitalism'

Edmonton gets glimpse of new gallery

Oprah-backed Precious is TIFF audience favourite

Oprah came. Oprah saw. Oprah conquered. The talk show host with the hypnotic hold over millions of North Americans may only have paid a brief visit to the Toronto International Film Festival to...

Microsoft Begins Free Office Online Trials

Panasonic's bed-shaped robot to help disabled

Less is more as Halo: ODST focuses on storytelling

Sony to use Google's library for their e-readers

FRUM: Obama didn't snub Harper

The Prime Minister of Canada visits Washington. He gets a forty-plus-minute meeting with the President and the balance of the hour as a media availability session in the Oval Office. He meets with...

'Mad Men,' '30 Rock' take top prizes at Emmys