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Nova Scotians eye markets in U.A.E.

GM Canada chief says company renewal on track

Intel to buy Canada's CognoVision for undisclosed amount

Wal-Mart Canada takes bite out of food costs

Killer mom 'wasn't crazy'

EDMONTON: Man charged in brother's death

Results of jail drug-smuggling probe won't go public

First-degree murder charge laid against wife in death of husband

Accidental shooting injures teen, raises questions

Google Rocks Fashion, Personalized Shopping, And Like’s Visual Search With Boutiques.com

NPD: Xbox 360 beats PS3 and Wii in October

Panasonic pitches monster 3D plasma telly

Zuckerberg talks Facebook Messages, mistakes, social revolution

The Beatles tracks available to download from iTunes for the first time

Natalie Portman: Sex Scene With Mila Kunis Was 'Extreme'

Jay-Z's 'Decoded': The Five Most Revealing Excerpts

William and Kate adorn front pages

Upset! High-scoring Brandy axed from 'Dancing'

Tressa Amerson Tries to Cut Out Boyfriend’s Tattoo

Got a turkey? That'll get you into the strip club

Police say man swallowed his mom's rings

Dealer Offers Free AK-47 for Truck Buyers

A toast! Most expensive whiskey sells for $460,000

Attorney 'Cowboy Bob' takes on animal rape case

Ont. probes dropped charges in alleged Ponzi scheme

Ontario's attorney general says he is investigating why criminal charges were dropped against a Toronto man accused of operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

Riel a hero, not traitor: MP

He led two rebellions against the government of Canada, set up a provisional government for Manitoba and took part in the execution of Thomas Scott, but the NDP's Pat Martin says Louis Riel has been...

War hero dog mistakenly put to sleep

A dog hailed as a hero for alerting U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan to a suicide bomber was mistakenly euthanized by a county animal shelter worker in Arizona, authorities said.

Afghan training mission to involve 950 personnel

Canada will provide up to 950 military trainers and support personnel in Afghanistan until March 2014 after combat troops withdraw in 2011, the government announced Tuesday.

Ontario students who gamble have higher rates of substance abuse, suicide attempts

Study shows that nearly half of students took part in at least one form of gambling

Conservatives bump Afghan withdrawal date back three years

Government confirms details of training mission, which will keep 950 troops behind wire in Kabul at cost of $500-million a year

Afghanistan weighs heavy on Harper’s mind

The Prime Minister’s owes Canadians a clear explanation of his reluctant support for a seemingly indefinite war

Carleton anti-abortion group to have student club funding cut off

Pickton prosecution cost $105M

B.C. spent nearly $105 million to put killer Robert Pickton behind bars in a nine-year investigation and prosecution that began a year before his 2002 arrest.

B.C. Liberals pick new leader Feb. 26

The B.C. Liberals will vote to replace their leader, Premier Gordon Campbell, on Feb. 26, meaning the province will soon have a new premier.

Stocks tumble on economic fear

Canadian stocks tumbled Tuesday as global economic concerns lifted the U.S. dollar and drove down commodity prices.

Operational malfunction may have caused hotel blast, Mexican agency says

Delegation casts doubt on explanation by local officials that blast was ignited by trapped swamp gas

Tired of Commons ‘slime’? Try Hitchens and Blair instead

Liberal MP Marlene Jennings would be wise to track down a ticket to the Munk Debates

Correcting the record on Louis Riel and separatist coalitions

NDP wants House to reverse Métis leader’s conviction and Tories want Canadians to know they’re not in bed with the Bloc

Tories to confirm Afghan mission details

The federal government is expected to confirm on Tuesday the details of Canada's post-combat role in Afghanistan.

Homeowners out thousands despite warranty

A couple in Chilliwack, B.C., say they are out $78,000 to repair structural defects in their new home despite warranty coverage they believed would protect them.

Crown to defend France bombing suspect's extradition

Canadian Crown prosecutors will speak on behalf of France when they defend efforts to extradite a former Ottawa professor over his alleged involvement in a 1980 bombing.

B.C. jail sex incident prompts lawsuit

A woman involved in an incident in a Kamloops jail cell witnessed by Mounties and jail employees says she never consented to sex with another woman.

Former minister says he wasn't told of reno problems

A former Public Works minister says he wasn't told of problems with a company that went bankrupt a year after getting a big-money contract to renovate Parliament Hill.

Canadians increasingly using food banks: Report

Canadians turned to food banks in record numbers in March of this year, according to a coast-to-coast tally released Tuesday.

Factory sales fall 0.6 per cent in September

Factory sales fell less than expected in September, with the biggest declines seen in the transportation equipment sector, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday.

Third and final lawsuit thrown out in Manitoba judge sex scandal

Saga continues as law societies still investigating allegations

Niagara Parks Commission executive charged $395,000 on corporate card

Managers disagree about who was responsible for approving the charges

Toronto Police Want To Buy Surveillance Cameras Used During G20

Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair is hoping to buy back several closed-circuit cameras and other equipment used during the G20 summit last summer.

Heavy rain alert for GTA

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement because of "significant" rainfall in the forecast for the Greater Toronto Area and parts of southern Ontario.

NATO unit scouts Canadian battlefield sector

A scouting party from the NATO unit that could replace Canadian troops in Kandahar will be touring the area over the next few days.

Name change for the Navy?

Apparently quite a lot when you're in Maritime Command — the official name of the Canadian Navy.

Airport security profiling alleged

Yemeni citizens and some Arabs travelling through Pearson airport on their pilgrimage to Mecca are being racially profiled for secondary checks and interviews by national security agents, says the...

Online petition demanding Jean Charest's resignation nearly crashes from traffic

Union of Municipalities joins chorus calling for construction inquiry

Ont. not ready to ban electronics from landfills: Minister

Environment Minister John Wilkinson says he won't even consider banning TV and computer trash from landfills until the province's electronic waste diversion program is in stronger shape.

Northern Manitoba First Nations call for better access to fresh water

Speeding up construction of a $1.4 billion all-weather road from Norway House to Island Lake is the best way to ensure thousands of northern Manitoba First Nations residents get access to running...

Canadians spend more than they can afford during holidays: Survey

About one-third of Canadians say they buy gifts they know they can't afford during the holiday season, and about one-quarter finance such purchases with credit cards or by cashing in investments,...

Manufacturing sales decline in September

Manufacturing sales decreased 0.6 per cent in September to $45.1 billion, with the sales decline concentrated in Central Canada's transportation equipment industry.

Canadians return home after deadly blast in Mexico

Dozens of exhausted Canadians landed in Calgary on Tuesday morning, most of whom were unwilling to talk about the deadly explosion at the Mexican hotel where they had recently been staying.

How Harper can escape Afghanistan pickle

Put the new Afghan mission to a vote

Tories set to outline details of Afghan training plan

Three cabinet ministers are scheduled to outline Tuesday more details of the government’s plan for a Canadian military training mission and some humanitarian elements of Canada’s plans for...

Quick-flash, no-PIN bank cards on way

New bank cards are on the way to Canada that can simply be flashed in front of a reader for smaller point-of-sale transactions without requiring the cardholder to key in a PIN number.

B.C. jail sex incident prompts lawsuit

A woman involved in a widely reported incident in a Kamloops, B.C., jail cell witnessed by several Mounties and jail employees says she never consented to having sex with another woman.

Feds launch review of RCMP forensic services

The federal government has launched a wide-ranging review of the RCMP's long-troubled DNA labs and other forensic services, opening the door to possible private-sector delivery.

CAA: Texting bigger problem than drinking

Texting has become a bigger concern than drinking when it comes to getting behind the wheel, according to a new Canadian Automobile Association survey.

Winnipeg OKs $1.25M dog house

A committee voted unanimously Monday morning to spend $1.25 million building a new home for the Winnipeg's police service's canine unit.

Ontario expected to announce hydro rate relief

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan is set to table the government’s economic statement in the legislature on Thursday.

B.C. spent more than $100M on Robert Pickton case

Vancouver — The B.C. government spent more than $100-million on investigating and prosecuting serial killer Robert Pickton.

Liberals attack summit spending

Opposition Liberals hammered away Monday at the Conservative spending record on last summer’s G20 Summit in Toronto, accusing the Tories of wasting thousands of tax dollars on everything from...

The Potash takeover: Where did Saskatchewan’s Conservative MPs stand?

BHP Billiton's bid for Potash Corp. thrust a critical role on the 13 Tories. What they did remains unclear.

Defence minister Peter MacKay shut out of Afghan mission debate

Foreign Affairs minister fields questions in Commons about future troop deployment

LEVANT: The American department of groping

Surprise! Canadian travellers to the United States are now subject to having high school dropouts touch their breasts, penises and vaginas as part of “airline security.”

YAFFE: Often under siege, female politicians are reluctant leaders

Two prominent B.C. women have turned thumbs down on the premier's job, no doubt aware that female politicians in Canada get a rough ride.

PALMER: Liberals fret as Campbell refuses them a fresh start

While Premier Gordon Campbell attended a climate action summit in California on Monday, the temperature back home was rising over his determination to cling to office for however long it takes the...

IVISON: Liberals give NDP gift with Afghan stance

Jack Layton's moustache looked bushy and boisterous under the television lights in the House of Commons foyer, as the NDP leader explained forcefully why the continued deployment of Canadian troops...

TRAVERS: Afghan reversal sucker-punches accountability

It happened earlier this fall when Conservatives took advantage of the Thanksgiving break to minimize the bad budget news in Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s fiscal update.

JAMES: Ford backers to get plum jobs in new regime

City councillors have submitted their wish list of plum political appointments to the city clerk. And for the past week, a “transition team” of experienced city hall players has been labouring...

COHN: PM needs to sell new Afghan mission

We are — and will remain — a country at war in Afghanistan. Yet Ottawa keeps treating this reality like a military secret, one that Canadians can’t be trusted with.

Canadiens prepare for life without Markov in lineup

NFL: Vick, Eagles embarrass McNabb and Redskins in rout

NHL: Canucks come up short against Sabres

Flyers soar past listless Senators

Sears Canada Reports Third Quarter Results

The fallout of the BHP Billiton bid retraction

Billionaire Soros wins CIC Globalist of the Year award

Isis and Xenon Collaborate to Develop Antisense Drugs Against Hemojuvelin and Hepcidin

Hells Angels sensed a traitor, court hears

Man allegedly lured teen in sexting case

Police await autopsy results on metro shooting victim

Defiant SISO boss vows to fight charges

Hitachi displays a capacitive screen capable of accepting stylus input

Japan Brings First Asteroid Dust Back to Earth

Kinect officially a hit with 1 million units sold

Facebook's new messaging system: More than just email?

Adobe Brings PDF Collaboration To the Cloud

Christina Aguilera Honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame Star!

Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt Renew Their Vows

Christina Aguilera and Cher Premiere "Burlesque"

Nick Lachey Reacts To Jessica Simpson's Engagement

Akon: Will.i.am Is WRONG About MJ Album

Man wore priest robe to steal church cash