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RIM recalls about 1,000 PlayBook tablets

What Microsoft's online outage says about its cloud strategy

'Upgraded' Apple iMacs lock out hard drive replacement

Canada Pension Plan buys into foreign shopping malls

Maple Group looks to deflect ‘monopoly’ criticism

The next question: Who will replace IMF's Strauss-Kahn?

TMX Group gets Canadian bid

Teens robbed at gunpoint

Barrie man charged with fraud has Hamilton victims

It was a violent week in northwest Toronto neighbourhood

Niagara Falls man charged with attempted murder

JACOBS: Unwanted pregnancies key to issue 6

The perennial debate over abortion obscures a much more important and often ignored issue -- that almost half of pregnancies in Canada are unintended.

TODD: National election jolted Canadians' passion for politics: poll

The federal election campaign appears to have revived Canadians' passion for politics.

GAGNON: Quebeckers have a mental Bloc

The Bloc Québécois might be near-extinct, but its philosophy is still very much alive in Quebec. It is striking to see how many people naively assume that the NDP, because the majority of its...

WHITAKER: Is the government party over?

In the 1970s, I wrote a book on the Liberal Party in the Mackenzie King-Louis St. Laurent era. I titled it The Government Party, a phrase that has in various forms entered the lexicon of Canadian...

JACKSON: Cheque, please: MLA wants to get her pay the old-fashioned way

Here’s a strange one for you. Halifax Atlantic MLA Michele Raymond hasn’t been paid since December because she refuses to hand over banking information to allow for direct deposits.

LEGER: The magic of budgets and politics. Or is it witchcraft?

People just can’t see the magic in politics. Not the chanting incantation kind of magic, although you hear both during election campaigns. And not the curse kind: the dark magic that calls down...

PAPE: Rise in tax-free savings limit on the way

We’re going to be able to put even more money in our Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). But it will be a few years before that happens.

Air Passenger Busted After Leopards Found In Luggage

'Magnetic boy' steels the show

Man practicing gun skills shoots neighbor's TV

Burglar took empty gumball machine

Gordon Ramsay to Be Sued by Mother-in-Law

'Thor' Maintains Box Office Throne

Rihanna Defends Following Chris Brown on Twitter

Housewives of NYC may be fired for not being "rich enough"

Charlie Sheen: Ashton's Going Down With the Ship

B.C. Liberal Party eyes name change

Hoping to further distance itself from an unpopular past, the B.C. Liberal Party is contemplating a name change.

Cabinet maker Harper facing tough decisions in his first shuffle of a majority

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is poised to put a face next week on the newly elected majority Conservative government when, in his first critical postelection move, he will announce a new cabinet.

Party leaders wield too much power: Milliken

Peter Milliken, the soon-to-be-former Speaker of the House of Commons, says Canada's political party leaders have more authority than they need.

Election defeats put 400 staff out of work

The drastic change in the Liberal Party and Bloc Québécois seat count following this month's election has left more than 400 people out of work.

Recount confirms NDP win over Tory in Quebec riding

A judicial recount has confirmed an NDP victory in the northeast Quebec riding of Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup.

Toronto buses in head-on crash

Fourteen people were sent to hospital after two Toronto buses hit head-on near Wilson station Friday morning.

Government allowed some secrets: Supreme Court

It turns out the government is allowed to keep some things a secret after all.

Three B.C. Mounties, jail guard charged after women watched having sex in cell

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Breach of trust charges have been laid against three Mounties and one jail guard accused of watching two women having sex in a Kamloops, B.C., jail cell last summer. The B.C....

Low supply of some cancer drugs is a concern for hospital pharmacies

TORONTO - Hospital pharmacies are keeping a careful eye on certain cancer drugs that are in short supply, hoping to ensure that Canadian patients who need chemotherapy treatments don't face...

No wining: DJ carries wine between B.C. and Alberta to flout Prohibition law

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - There were no red-coated Mounties waiting to throw him in the hoosegow as a radio DJ and admitted wine lover symbolically flouted a liquor law that dates back to...

Shatner, 80, says life ain't over as he receives lifetime achievement award

OTTAWA - TV star William Shatner says he plans to get the last laugh as he's feted in Ottawa with a lifetime achievement award from the Governor General. The 80-year-old former "Star Trek" captain...

Prosecutors want Conrad Black in jail for defiance

Conrad Black may have been a model inmate while in prison but he should go back to serve out his 78-month sentence because of his defiance and steadfast refusal to show remorse, say U.S. prosecutors

TSX losing streak continues

The losses continued on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Friday as it suffered its fourth consecutive daily loss and third-straight weekly decline

Power Corp quarterly profit rises

Power Corp quarterly profit rises

Canadiens president to lead PE firm Claridge

Pierre Boivin was confirmed as the new president of Claridge Inc., the family private-equity business founded in 1987

Loonie hits six-week low on risk aversion

Canada's dollar hit its weakest level against the greenback in more than six weeks on Friday, tracking a selloff in the euro and retreating oil prices and North American stocks, as economic worries...

OSC to hold hearings on TMX/LSE merger in July

OSC to hold hearings on TMX/LSE merger in July

Race for Commons speaker? What race?

A few MPs are hoping to get the big job that you're not supposed to want. (Sun News)

Ottawa protest turns violent

A police officer is hurt after a protest outside the Libyan Embassy in Ottawa turned violent. (Sun News)

Shooting galleries before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the operation of a Vancouver heroin-injection facility Thursday. (Sun News)

Top court protects parliament's privacy

It turns out the government is allowed to keep some things a secret after all. (Sun News)

Beer league beers canned in Calgary

Outdoor beer league players who enjoy their suds on the field have struck out with city officials. (Sun News)

Reimpose Conrad Black's sentence: prosecution

The U.S. Attorney says former media mogul Conrad Black's original sentence of 6 1/2 years should be reimposed despite a decision by a U.S. appeals court to overturn two of his four convictions.

Increase duty-free limits, U.S. urges Canada

The United States is calling on Canada to raise its duty-free limits for day trips to the U.S., but the idea isn't getting a warm reception from retailers or government officials north of the border.

Daily Show mocks Asbestos, Que.

Asbestos, Que. is taking another beating on the international stage, this time from American news satire program, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Inventor claims 'Moosedar' reduces collisions

A former Newfoundland man is trying to market a device that he claims will warn drivers when a moose is nearby.

Vote recount set for Winnipeg federal riding

Canada's chief electoral officer says there will be a judicial recount in a Winnipeg riding the Liberals won in last week's federal election.

Lake Manitoba swells with diverted water

The flood crisis has expanded into areas around Lake Manitoba as more water from the raging Assiniboine River is sent there by the Portage Diversion.

U.S. urges Canada to increase duty-free limits

The United States is calling on Canada to raise its duty-free limits for day trips to the U.S., but the idea isn't getting a warm reception from retailers or government officials north of the border.

SCC justices announce plans to retire this summer

Two Supreme Court justices have announced they will retire this summer, allowing Prime Minister Stephen Harper to begin reshaping the country's highest court.

Jet lands safely in T.O. after electrical smell reported

An overheating cabin light forced an American Eagle Airlines plane to land unexpectedly in Toronto Friday morning after a flight attendant reported an electrical smell in the cabin.

Cop sues CBC over Tasered teen story

Edmonton police officer Mike Wasylyshen has filed a $100,000 defamation lawsuit against the CBC regarding a TV broadcast about him repeatedly Tasering a city teen.

New Orleans cop from Winnipeg convicted of covering up man's death

A former professional hockey player from Winnipeg is facing up to 25 years in an American prison after being convicted of trying to cover up a man's death while working as a police officer in New...

Ontario city poised to ban shark fin

An Ontario city, known for being the hometown of hockey great Wayne Gretzky and the place where Alexander Graham Bell made the first long distance call, wants to make history once again.

B.C. companies, directors plead guilty over deaths of 3 mushroom-farm workers

Two companies and three individuals pleaded guilty Friday to failing to ensure the health and safety regulations in connection with a 2008 incident at a mushroom farm in Langley, B.C., which saw...

Expect ‘even greater secrecy’ in wake of court ruling on PM’s agenda

Landmark decision spurs critics to sound alarm on government transparency

World’s largest boring machine finishes tunnel under Niagara Falls, Ont.

‘Big Becky’ digs 10-kilometre channel for hydroelectric project

Vancouver actor suffers stroke during performance of ‘Hairspray’

Jay Brazeau hit with minor stroke backstage, forcing cancellation of show

Full audit of Ford’s campaign expenses ordered

Mayor could choose to appeal decision of the compliance audit committee in the courts

Release Afghan detainee files now, NDP tells Tories

Defence critic renews call after panel of judges said vetted documents couldn’t be released during campaign

Video: Jon Stewart takes aim at Asbestos

The Quebec town of Asbestos has become an object of ridicule on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." The popular comedy program presented a sometimes tongue-in-cheek report on the town's...

Tory MPP stands to cash in on green energy deal his party wants to axe

Veteran MPP Frank Klees' financial interest in a green energy project conflicts with his party's policy of trimming such deals.

Liberals downplay leader speculation before B.C. convention

A town-hall meeting on the harmonized sales tax is set for Saturday, and new premier Christy Clark will make her first party address.

BELL: Premier Stelmach slinks back to obscurity

Ed Stelmach could not do it. Ed was said to be salt of the earth but he never seemed comfortable or confident at the head of the table.

JOHNSON: How Mulroney killed the Liberals

It seemed impossible. Now it's a fact. The Liberal Party of Canada is a ghost of its former glories and the search is on for the culprit.

CFL: Als turn page on 2010

San Jose vs Canucks: Get ready for hard-fought series

Packers, Bears on collision course to decide NFC title

NHL Playoffs: Canucks get another shot at solving netminder Niemi as Sharks advance

Big Oil bashing a craven sideshow

Food, gas costs lift U.S. inflation rate

CPP pays $700M for German, U.S. mall stakes

How big-brand ads attract attention, and hold it

Edmonton inmate slain, cellmate charged

OPP looking for driver who sped down 401 wrong way

Metal blamed in Edmonton murder

Saskatchewan woman charged with attempted murder after baby stabbed

Reports Say iPad Vendor Is Having Supply Problems

Developers hit by legal threats over iOS in-app purchases

Kodak wins over Apple in patent infringement lawsuit

LimeWire settles with record labels, to pay $105m for copyright hurt

Chinese Stewardesses Learn Kung-Fu

Man accused of feeding parakeet to pit bull

Topless woman leaves baby in car

Teacher, 64, arrested after punching student

Chelsea Handler Pokes Fun at Kirstie Alley's Weight

'Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection' coming to Xbox 360, PS3, PC

Report: Ashton Kutcher Will Replace Charlie Sheen on 'Two and a Half Men'

Live at American Idol: Did James' Elimination Bring Scotty to Tears?

PALMER: Opinion: B.C. Liberals sorely lacking accountability

Premier Christy Clark and her hand-picked minister Harry Bloy need to shape up

SIMPSON: Managing Tom Mulcair

What happens when the lieutenant has more troops than the general? We might find out as the years unfold for the federal New Democratic Party.

LE PIERRÈS: Bring back the blue Liberals or begone!

To be honest, I wasn’t exactly gung-ho to write about federal politics this week. But I wouldn’t be much of a columnist if I didn’t strike while the irony was hot. So what is this siren call...

RILEY: The Liberals don't have much time

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,...