Alberta has called in hundreds of extra firefighters to fight a fire that's still out of control after destroying 40 per cent of the town of Slave Lake - and forcing thousands of people to flee their...
Thrashers president Don Waddell said Monday the team is exploring "all options" for new owners as there are reports that for the first time those options include a group interested in moving the team...
Newfoundland RCMP didn't have to go very far to arrest a drunk driver on the weekend - he came to them.
Ottawa is confirming it will appeal a Quebec court ruling ordering it to give $8.6 million to a Laval man who spent years in prison for armed robbery he didn't commit.
An Ottawa woman has launched a $975,000 lawsuit against the Ottawa police, alleging officers roughed her up during a 2008 arrest, then stripped and assaulted her in the cellblock.
U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal an American perspective on Canada's 'inferiority complex' when it comes to its powerhouse neighbour.
Canada's fiscal advantage will only go so far in protecting the country against a debt crisis growing in the world's advanced nations and Asia's emerging economic powerhouses, Bank of Canada governor...
Rescuers have suspended the search for a Canadian man who has been missing in the rugged, high desert mountains of northeastern Nevada since March.
Many of the makeup products that Canadian women apply every day contain a number of toxic heavy metals - and some contain arsenic and lead levels that exceed Health Canada recommended limits,...
Canada's post-election political lull will soon come to an end, as Parliament resumes sitting on Thursday, June 2, Government House Leader John Baird confirmed.
Is it the popularity of 'extreme couponing' shows? Or perhaps just the thrill of the hunt? Whatever the reason, Canadians are using coupons more these days, a new survey finds.
Canadian businesses have accumulated wads of cash through prudent practices during the recent economic recovery, but they are now ready to spend some of it, according to a new study.
In the Manitoba flood zone, all they can do is wait. They've moved their belongings from the basement to the main floor. They've protected their homes the best they can.
Ontario utility company Bruce Power has withdrawn its request for approval from the U.S. to transport 16 decommissioned nuclear reactors across the Great Lakes for recycling, despite permission from...
A British Columbia woman has been charged with human trafficking after she was accused of bringing a young woman over from Africa and forcing her to work — in demeaning and slave-like conditions...
A judge has ruled that an Edmonton man who killed his wife is not criminally responsible due to heavy metal toxicity caused by the man’s exposure to lead, cadmium and manganese.
Atlantic Canada's premiers emerged from a two-day meeting with a tentative agreement on cardiac surgeries and a pledge to work together on federal transfers, among other items.
A set of 3,000-year-old bronze artifacts from ancient China, held for decades by a Canadian family, has sold at an auction in Britain.
Seven former Liberal leadership candidates — four of whom lost their seats in the May 2 election — still owe almost $800,000 from their 2006 party leadership bids.
There was never any question the Arctic storm was brutal, whipping up the Beaufort Sea with 70 kilometre per hour winds and sending sea water surging onto the low-lying river delta.
While governments say librarians are necessary to teach the skills needed to navigate today's information environment, schools aren't hearing the message, a report released Monday suggests.
It's no surprise that one of the first issues Canada's new official Opposition plans to tackle is that of funding for the arts.
Canada's foreign aid funding for sub-Saharan Africa has been modest at best and plans to cap development assistance in the pending federal budget is a mistake.
Five months after a judge declared him a terrorist threat to national security, Ottawa's Mohamed Harkat is still waiting to plead his case in the Federal Court of Appeal.
A sweeping publication ban should be placed on all evidence heard at the coroner's inquest into how 19-year-old Ashley Smith died in an Ontario prison, Corrections Canada argued Monday on the first...
A woman who contends Ottawa police officers broke her arm and wrist and mistreated her in the cells is seeking nearly $1 million in damages in a civil lawsuit.
A vocal advocate for victims of crime is calling on the Conservative government to fast-track a promise to make convicted offenders pay financially for their crimes.
$50,000 Bloomberg-Manulife Prize will be awarded annually to academic whose work has contributed significantly toward changing lifestyle attitudes
The New Democrats are out front on many issues, but they face huge disadvantages
Debate raged on Facebook and news sites including CNN and Huffington Post
Its just an anathema to so many people to say the word let alone put an X beside it, federal Tory says of word Liberal
Construction on the bicycle and pedestrian bridge was about to get under way when mayors allies passed motion ordering city staff to look for cheaper alternative
Urban wastelands offer little opportunity for active, social lifestyles
Mix of human waste, manure and pesticides poses ecological threats to waters in Quebec and Manitoba
Cummins calls on Premier to take stand against race-based fisheries
Search warrant says Adriano Furgiuele given $150,000 from president of company after favourable tax ruling
The consortium suggests that the integrity of Canadian stock exchanges would be at risk if TMX merged with a firm from across the Atlantic, London Stock Exchange PLC.
Ferhat Assam, 54, faces five counts of sexual assault
Rod Mickleburgh and Justine Hunter take your questions
Salt water that swept inland in 1999, killing Mackenzie Delta vegetation, was ecologically unprecedented
The Canadian forces’ best weapon may be Don Cherry and the particular brand of combat patriotism that he pushes on Hockey Night in Canada, according to a new study.
The national police force is studying the use of head-mounted video cameras to record confrontations with suspects.
Public records show that's just what Jack Layton and Olivia Chow did last summer. The New Democrat power couple stayed at a Disney World resort, where Mickey and Minnie Mouse mingle with guests,...
B.C. Premier Christy Clark announced $870,000 in funding for a hydrogen production facility in North Vancouver Monday. (Sun News)
Parliamentarians will be back to work Parliament back to work on June 2 and job #1 will be to elect a new Speaker. (Sun News)
"It was like it was out of a horror movie. It looked like the whole town was on fire." (Sun News)
A new provincial law will force cellphone providers to lower contract cancellation fees. (Sun News)
Flooded-out residents of southern Quebec braced for more bad news on Monday. (Sun News)
More than 100 forest fires continue to burn across Alberta - 36 of them out of control, including three around the already almost half-destroyed town of Slave Lake.
Group-buying websites are the fastest growing player in online shopping, but with so many companies joining the action, some customers are paying the price for deals that go wrong.
A missing British Columbia journalist is alleged to have committed several violations, a spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry said Tuesday.
It is expected to be a prosperous 25 years to come for Alberta oil sands development. (Sun News)
Comment: The Green Energy Act was proposed as both an environmental policy and a job-creation policy. It is misguided on both scores
As the votes were still being cast in the Vancouver-Point Grey byelection last week, the newest contender for the job of premier in B.C., John Cummins, delivered a get-toknow-me address at the...
After the Bloc Québécois was obliterated by the New Democratic Party in the May 2 federal election, some commentators in English Canada were quick to pronounce the Quebec sovereignty movement dead...
There are many reasons – until you look at certain realities – for the blossoming of hope among Canada’s political left.
Who's in? Who's out? Cabinet speculation has reached a fever pitch, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper set to announce his new A-team this week.
It’s begging season in Atlantic Canada, so two of our region’s premiers have stepped up to do their job.
Here's some blunt advice for the Third Party: forget the mountaintop musings about what it means to be Liberal, get behind your star player and immediately try to recruit new members with cheeky,...
To hear Dalton McGuinty tell it, life has never been better in Ontario. He’ll walk and talk you through an upbeat speech and slide show he’s road-testing ahead of the Oct. 6 election.
When the new House of Commons convenes June 2, Canada’s MPs will find themselves in a slower, simpler, world than the one left behind in March.
The same day Canada publicly refused to join the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a high-ranking Canadian official was secretly promising the Americans clandestine military support for the fiercely...
Drivers had better keep their eyes on the roads today – and off their mobile devices – because the O.P.P. has begun a safety blitz to crack down on distracted drivers.
A government controlled spill of the Assiniboine River has slowed the rate of the river's rise downstream, Manitoba flood officials said Sunday.
TORONTO — The Canadian dollar fell against the U.S. currency Monday morning as the greenback strengthened against other currencies and commodity prices weakened.
Wildfires have destroyed hundreds of buildings in the northern Alberta town of Slave Lake, where thousands of people were forced to flee on the weekend.