Canada News

Lawyers for the City of Toronto were in court Saturday, seeking an injunction to stop pickets from blocking a pest control company that has been spraying garbage at the Christie Pits temporary dump site. CBC.ca

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is warning free speech will be in danger during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. CBC.ca

The Calgary Police Service has charged two men in connection with a fatal stabbing that took place early Friday morning at a southeast home. CBC.ca

An Oregon couple whose computer was stolen in Halifax shortly after their son completed a charity bike ride across the continent is hoping the thief will have a change of heart and return the laptop and thousands of digital photos of the journey. CBC.ca

About 2,000 soldiers have paid their respects to Cpl. Nick Bulger, killed in Afghanistan on Friday, as his casket was loaded onto a plane for the journey home to Canada. CBC.ca

Bloc Québécois MPs are outraged over Tory attack ads suggesting the separatist party is soft on pedophiles and child traffickers. CBC.ca

A controversial custody hearing in Winnipeg involving a boy and girl who were seized by child welfare workers after one went to school with racist drawings on her skin wrapped up on Friday. CBC.ca

The Saskatchewan Party government is proposing legislation that would allow marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same-sex marriages. CBC.ca

On Mars, snow falls in the early morning from wispy, feathery clouds that many Earthlings would recognize as cirrus clouds, a Canadian-led research team has reported. CBC.ca

About 300,000 people lined downtown Calgary's curbs and office highrise windows to take in the annual Stampede parade Friday morning. CBC.ca

A Montreal family was struggling to deal with its grief on Friday after four family members were found dead in a car in a Rideau Canal lock in Kingston, Ont. CBC.ca

A convicted sex offender and drug dealer who was supposed to be deported from Canada after leaving Manitoba's Stony Mountain Penitentiary this week is free on bail and remains in the country. CBC.ca

The next seven days are going to be crucial for Alberta farmers whose crops are in desperate need of rain, according to a provincial agricultural specialist. CBC.ca

The death of a woman in an apartment block in Winnipeg's Wolseley neighbourhood has been officially declared a homicide. CBC.ca

The sagging economy has prompted a resurgence in frugality, as well as creativity, for couples making preparations for their big day, a New Brunswick wedding planner told CBC. CBC.ca

An Australian video gamer has stolen thousands of dollars from a bank inside an online game and converted them into real-world money. CBC.ca

The Sydney Tar Ponds Agency says there may be "unacceptable risks" to people who use a park near the notorious site during the cleanup process. CBC.ca

More than half a million Canadians are more than three months behind on their credit payments, according to Equifax Canada. CBC.ca