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Ontario man suspect in international Mafia sweep

Man's robbery attempt foiled

Refugee hopeful pleads guilty to mail theft in Windsor court

Man charged in city murder

Canadians spend more time online than those in other countries: Survey

YouTube Buys Original Video Producer

Discovery heading back to Earth for retirement

Facebook gets a $30 dedicated keyboard

Nicole Scherzinger reveals new details on Men In Black III

'Old Spice Guy' Isaiah Mustafa Declares He is Single, Says Kathy Griffin is 'Amazing'

'Real Housewife' Reveals Roofie Incident

Charlie Sheen Turns His Wrath Towards Jon Cryer

The 7-year itch is now the 3-year glitch

Female 700-Year-Old Mummy Discovered in China

Lawyer who targets drunk drivers guilty of DUI

Woman Charged with Keeping Son in Dog Crate

HEBERT: Liberals set the stage to bring down the government

If the words of federal politicians have any meaning, the final act of the 40th Parliament is already underway.

YAFFE: Liberal plan for higher taxes will be a tough sell

The Ignatieff Liberals have dangerously positioned themselves as the only federal party proposing to increase taxes.

LILLEY: Real straight talk

A recent poll claimed only 15% of Canadians care about federal politics. I don't believe that and never will.

MACDONALD: For Harper, it's a question of trust

Bulletproof on the economy, Tories have let opposition change the narrative to one of integrity, transparency

FRANKS: Why do MPs still sit in this House?

Apart from the well-attended occasions of Question Period, major debates and roll-call votes, the House of Commons is nearly deserted.

MASON: Who Clark might pick to lead the Big Four ministries

Besides devouring three-inch-thick binders stuffed with classified information, B.C. premier-designate Christy Clark has been spending time since winning the leadership of the B.C. Liberal Party...

GRAY: Watson must lead, not follow, on light-rail plan

Usually Mayor Jim Watson has sweet dreams: visions of sugar plums and Timbits dancing in his head. But this night is different.

AKIN: Spreading out immigrants key for Canada

Nova Scotia has an immigration problem. As that province's opposition leader, Progressive Conservative Jamie Baillie, told a breakfast crowd in Ottawa Tuesday, there simply aren't enough...

JAMES: Attacking city’s auditor to get at Ford is wrong

In most homes around town, Jeff Griffiths’ name is gold.

Ford Factor driving tax anger in Ontario

The Rob Ford factor is driving province-wide dissatisfaction with Ontario's municipal tax levels, Leger Marketing pollster Dave Scholz says

CBC van spotted in disabled parking spot

One of the public broadcaster's news vans was spotted parked in a disabled spot in downtown Toronto Monday.

Groups ready to do 'whatever's necessary' to halt nuke-generator shipment

OTTAWA - Environmental and aboriginal groups say they'll do whatever is necessary to stop the shipment of 16 nuclear-plant generators through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Clinton Philips of the Mohawk...

Bloc questions need for weather-warning radios after schools complain

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Peter Kent says he will look into whether little weather-warning radios for schools and Scouts were a waste of money. The federal government spent nearly $900,000 to...

Athabasca expands outside oil sands

Western Business Roundup: Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. said Tuesday it has acquired more than one million acres of oil and natural gas rights in the Deep Basin areas of northwestern Alberta through...

Clement's telecom confusion

Paul Beaudry and Martin Masse: With his erratic decisions, Industry Minister Tony Clement has made a mess of what should be a clear telecom policy

Air Canada details Toronto Island service

Air Canada details Toronto Island service

Ontario grad rates soar

Ontario graduation rates have jumped to 81%, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Tuesday

Quebec readies shale gas report release

The Quebec government will release a report Tuesday into the environmental impact of the shale gas industry following months of public hearings.

Homeless patients cost hospitals more: study

Homeless patients cost hospitals an extra $2,500 each, often because there is no place to send them after they've been treated, a new study suggests.

New 'consumer friendly' rules announced for banks

Canadian banks will face more restrictions on how they handle their customers' money, under new "consumer-friendly" measures announced by the government on Tuesday.

Anti-bullying activist unhappy with CRTC ruling

An anti-bullying activist says he's disappointed with a ruling by the federal broadcast regulator that found MTV's "Bully Beatdown" doesn't break industry rules on the portrayal of violence...

Critics sound alarm over Environment Canada's spending on weather clocks

It detects extreme weather and has a snooze option just like any alarm radio, but Environment Minister Peter Kent isn't sure why his department spent nearly $1 million to send it to schools, guides...

TSX down, U.S. markets up in early Tuesday trading

The Toronto Stock Exchange was down modestly early Tuesday despite some better-than-expected bank earnings and data on housing starts that surpassed forecasts.

Ottawa cuts funding to asbestos-industry group

After years of criticism from Canadian and international health organizations, the federal government has quietly cut off taxpayer funding for an asbestos industry lobby group.

Access-to-information woes grow ever more absurd

Government decides to abandon some requests entirely: ‘Once a file is late, it’s late’

Jason Kenney’s performance shows some ministers aren’t created equal

Immigration Minister gets to defend himself from scandal but his colleague Bev Oda doesn’t

Opposition parties: Scandals could topple Conservatives

The Liberals, NDP are looking for alternative options to taking down the minority Conservative government other than the budget.

Two Canadians held on gun charges at Maine border

Two Canadians are being held without bail on charges they arrived at a Maine border crossing with firearms and illegal drugs in their car.

Sun TV is launching its new right-wing television network on April 18

Sun TV's brand of right-wing television news is set to launch April 18, the Quebecor parent company has confirmed. Company spokesman Serge Sasseville told The Canadian Press that the Sun News Network...

Liberals discussing unusual confidence motion to defeat Tories, confirms Grit MP Brison

Liberal MP Scott Brison acknowledged Monday the Liberal Party has been discussing the possibility of using an unusual confidence motion to bring down Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government, but...

Huge beer price hike brewin'

First pump prices, then coffee prices, now beer prices! Where does it stop?

B.C. more sypathetic to poor, poll says

B.C. residents are more sympathetic towards the poor than other Canadians, according to a new Angus Reid poll.

Scotiabank boosts dividend

Scotiabank raised it dividend to 52 cents a share Tuesday after posting a 19% rise in profit

Iron ore on the cusp in Canada

With China's helping hand, Canada is poised to be a major player in iron ore for the first time. Chinese money is pouring into greenfield iron ore projects in the Labrador Trough

TMX-LSE tie up needs 'specific conditions': CIBC

CIBC vice-chairman Jim Prentice is set to make the first public intervention into the TMX-LSE merger debate by a senior banking executive when he tells a business audience in Toronto that the deal...

Quebecor profit falls 41%

Media and communications group Quebecor Inc posted a 41% fall in its quarterly profit hurt in part by higher expenses

'Regional' TSX may not survive: RBC

The head of Canada’s biggest bank is warning that unless the merger with the London Stock Exchange goes through, the Toronto Stock Exchange may not have much of a future

McGuinty minister calls sex-ed opponents 'homophobes'

Ontario's revamped sex education curriculum fell victim to "right-wing reactionary homophobe" attitudes, Research and Innovation Minister Glen Murray told Xtra! news.

Feds open to dialogue with Libyan rebels

The federal government isn't ruling out opening a dialogue with the Libyan rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi's regime, says Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon.

MP wants to ease the burden on grieving families

When someone dies, the last thing grieving family members want to do is wade through bureaucracy to tell the federal government their relative is dead.

Bill would protect workers in bankruptcy

MPs are getting set to vote on a bill that would make termination pay for workers of companies going bankrupt a priority.

Omar Khadr gets an education behind bars

Providing Omar Khadr with a formal education should help allay fears expressed by many Canadians that he will return to Canada an angry and perhaps dangerous young man with a grudge against society,...

Election speculation rampant in Ottawa

The Liberals say they are open to bringing down the Conservative government even before the March 22 budget, Terry Milewski reports.

Asset-freeze legislation clears first hurdle

A bill that would make it easier for Canada to freeze the assets of foreign dictators will be back in the House of Commons for a final vote as early as Tuesday.

Agent Orange calls flood hotlines

Calls have flooded provincial hotlines in the wake of recent revelations that Agent Orange was used in Ontario for more than three decades.

In-and-out spending up for Commons debate

The House of Commons will continue the fight over the Conservatives' 2006 in-and-out election financing with the Liberals putting up a motion that the government should fire any officials charged in...

'Corrective action' taken on letter, Kenney says

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney defended himself in question period Monday for the first time since opposition parties started calling for his resignation last week.

Italian cross-border mob crackdown reaches Canada

Police conducted a major crackdown on the 'ndrangheta crime syndicate Tuesday, arresting scores of suspects in Italy and Germany and seeking more in countries as far away as Canada and Australia.

'National dialogue' to help kids battle the bulge

Kids sitting in front of their computers are being encouraged to talk, tweet, type and text about childhood obesity, a problem that is becoming an epidemic, Canada's health minister said Monday.

Asian carp seized, U.S. firm fined

An Indiana company caught bringing live Asian carp into Canada was fined $20,000 Monday in Sarnia, Ont., court.

BCE purchase of CTV approved

Regulators have approved BCE Inc.'s purchase of CTVglobemedia Inc. and have ordered the company not to promise exclusive access to video content to mobile providers until public hearings are held...

'Steady' Canadian job market predicted for second quarter

Canada should see a "steady hiring climate" in the second quarter of this year, according to survey results from staffing agency Manpower.

Housing starts edge up in February

Home construction edged up more than expected in February, led mainly by multiple-unit starts in Ontario and the Prairie provinces.

Dragons' Den star rebuked by CBC ombudsman

The CBC's ombudsman has blasted businessman and commentator Kevin O'Leary for using the term ''Indian giver'', denouncing the term as "unambiguously offensive."

Hockey stars visit Kandahar, likely for last time

In what could be the last event of its kind, a group of former National Hockey League stars have come to Kandahar Airfield to visit with Canadian troops.

Union concerned about Air Canada job transfers

A move to transfer employees from Air Canada to the company now doing the airline's long-term maintenance work has union officials in Winnipeg fearing the worst.

Rights advocate claims he was approached about ads criticizing Martin

An advocate for citizenship rights alleges a law firm with ties to the Conservative party approached him during the 2006 election and offered to pay for ads highly critical of then-prime minister...

Plyscrapers? Future office towers could be built of wood, study concludes

A study funded by the B.C. government to help promote the province's forestry sector will conclude that buildings as tall as 30 storeys could be made almost entirely out of wood, says an...

Board orders Tamil migrant released after he's cleared of terror claim

The Immigration and Refugee Board ordered the release of a Tamil migrant Monday, just days after he was cleared of being a security threat to Canada.

Canadian companies lag in developing female leaders: study

The "glass ceiling" keeping women out of leadership positions appears to be made of steel, according to a new survey released to coincide with International Women's Day.

Homeless patients cost $2,500 more per hospital stay, study finds

Toronto research suggests homeless people have more health problems and stay in hospital longer

NDP leadership candidate in B.C. settles social-media dispute with party

Simons says his sites never had any privacy settings to begin with

Tories sidestep semantic row over use of ‘Harper Government’ on federal documents

Privy Council denies it was a directive, but insists there’s nothing wrong with use of the term

Alberta MLA promises ‘proof’ of deaths but hasn’t provided it yet

Raj Sherman has yet to back up his explosive claim that 250 people died on a cancer waiting list and doctors have been paid for their silence

Ottawa rumour mill in overdrive about plan to take down the Tories

Many expect opposition to defeat government - the only question is exactly how

Kenney fends off demands for resignation over fundraising letter

Opposition asserts conflict of interest in dual ministerial and partisan roles

Tories play to misconceptions on Arctic with jet-thundering photo-op

Poll finds Canadians see threat to sovereignty and security, contrary to defence officials’ views

Commons committee keeps MPs' legal fees under wraps

The Board of Internal Economy has opened its doors a crack, but it still keeps much of the information related to politicians’ expenditures under wraps

CRA to spend $42,900 to help dyslexic worker learn French

Federal agency turns to private school for one-on-one training to help staffer pass government language test

Ministers’ ‘national dialogue’ on obesity falls short for health advocates

Time of talking is over, experts say. Politicians must take urgent action

Reporter's 'kneecap' query raises Thomas Mulcair's hackles

Testy exchange about deputy NDP leader's ambitions could also foreshadow what’s to come from Sun TV News

Kenney faces new accusation of partisanship

Correspondence by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is attracting new accusations of partisanship.

Conservatives say no ‘Harper Government’ rebranding

Despite their assertion the phrase continues to balloon on government websites.

Harper government won’t act on anti-poverty plan

The federal government has no plans to act on an exhaustive House of Commons plan to fight poverty.

Opposition to ‘golden handshake’ payout grows

Thirty accountability groups are pushing for the Conservative government to cancel a controversial payout to a disgraced senior public servant.

Saskatchewan keeps smiling after falling 2-3 at Brier

Canada defeats England to earn trip to Cyprus Cup final

Young Leafs shake off Blackhawk beatdown

Canada gets first cricket win at World Cup

Scotiabank boosts dividend

Sun TV sets April launch date for new network

$1.3-billion CTV sale wins approval

Canadian consumers now more confident in financial well-being, Canadian economy

Cops seek help finding stolen van linked to bungled car theft