Canada

Harper Rejects Allegations

Prime Minister Stephen Harper rejected suggestions on Wednesday that his government intentionally buried the fact it was aware of allegations that prisoners were being abused in the hands of Afghan authorities. CTV News Inuit elders in Nunavut's western Hudson Bay area say more polar bears need...

Ban Inefficient Lightbulbs

The Conservative government intends to announce on Wednesday its plan to ban "inefficient" incandescent lightbulbs, as part of its national environmental initiative, which was inadvertently leaked one day earlier. CTV News A Crown witness who stood beside Jane Creba when she was murdered during...

U.S. Limits Trash Imports

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would restrict trash imports from Canada. The bill, which faces more uncertain prospects in the Senate, would empower states to limit how much municipal solid waste they take from Canada.CTV News Five spectators were led out of Toronto...

Pull Troops From Afghan

A Liberal motion that would ensure Canada end its combat operations in southern Afghanistan by February 2009 is slated to be voted on in the House of Commons Tuesday, but it is not expected to pass. The NDP is expected to join the Conservatives in defeating the motion, which was introduced by...

Torture Allegations

Critics are calling for the defence minister's resignation over new allegations that Afghan prisoners had been tortured. Afghans handed over to local authorities after being interrogated by Canadian soldiers say they have been beaten, whipped, starved, frozen, choked and interrogated by electric...

TTC Worker Killed

One TTC worker was killed and two others seriously injured after an accident on the subway line Monday morning. The employees were reportedly heading back to the yard when the work train they were on crashed on the Yonge line between Eglinton and Lawrence. CNEWS The Ontario government has called...

Saskatchewan Evacuations

Rising water levels in Saskatchewan have triggered evacuations and emergencies. The latest evacuations occurred on the Yellow Quill First Nation, east of Saskatoon, where water was beginning to seep into people's homes.CTV News A key organizer of an aboriginal blockade that disrupted passenger...

Manitoba Election Set

Manitoba Premier Gary Doer has called an election and voters will head to the polls on May 22, giving parties little more than a month to campaign.CTV News Fears of a violent conclusion to an aboriginal rail blockade in eastern Ontario prompted an early end today to a protest action that shut...

Inquiry Pathologist's Errors

The Ontario government will hold a public inquiry into the work of former pathologist Dr. Charles Smith, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Friday. The announcement comes a day after a review of Smith's work found that he had made errors in 20 child autopsies. CTV News The cab driver who dragged...

Natives Block Via Rail

Via Rail service between Kingston and Toronto has been blocked by a native protest over disputed land near Deseronto. Aboriginal protesters set up barricades outside a quarry there more than a month ago. CBC News Calling it a crime against future generations to ignore warnings about global...

MacKay Slams China

Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay issued a scathing statement against the Chinese government on Thursday after news emerged that a Canadian citizen had been sentenced in Beijing to life in prison. CTV News Nova Scotian friends and former colleagues of Jocelyne Couture-Nowak — a French...

Baird Attacks Kyoto

Environment Minister John Baird attacked the Kyoto accord on Thursday as a costly measure that would lead to economic collapse. CTV News Dozens of ice-locked longliners off Newfoundland's coastlines were running low on fuel and supplies Thursday as coast guard vessels worked to free fishermen...

First Elected Senator

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday that he is appointing Alberta's "senator in waiting," Bert Brown, as the country's first elected senator. Harper told the House of Commons on Wednesday that he would name Brown to the upper chamber. CBC News A man wanted in connection with the...

Ice Endangers Vessels

The crews of several ships stuck in ice off Newfoundland's northeast coast and southern Labrador were forced to evacuate their vessels Wednesday. Search and rescue spokesman Merv Wiseman says northeasterly winds have tightened the ice pack in the region, endangering several vessels. CNEWS Members...

PM's Snub Of Charter

Jean Chrétien says he is shocked that the federal Conservative government has no plans to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. CBC News An Idaho child molester nabbed due to the diligence of Edmonton kid-porn busting detectives was sentenced yesterday to life...

Thousands Without Power

Quebec and Eastern Ontario were slammed with a nasty mix of snow, rain and wind Monday, leaving thousands without power as a fierce spring storm barrelled up from the U.S. eastern seaboard. CBC News Quebec Superior Court has ruled that criminal proceedings against genocide suspect Désiré...

Flourishing Sex Trade

Alberta's red-hot economy appears to be fuelling a flourishing sex trade as prostitutes follow men to the oil and gas fields. And they're making big money when they get there, the sex-trade workers say. CBC News A 12-year-old boy from Halifax has been charged after a teenaged friend was stabbed...

Soldiers Heading Home

The bodies of the latest Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan will return home today following this country's bloodiest week of battle since the Korean War.CTV News Ninety-five years after the doomed Titanic slid to the bottom of the North Atlantic, historians, authors and others have gathered...

Activist Callwood Dies

June Callwood, the remarkable Canadian journalist, humanitarian and social activist, died early Saturday after a long fight with cancer. She was 82.CBC News Montreal police have arrested two suspects for allegedly firebombing a Jewish community centre and school. The two suspects, 22-year-old...

Children - Brink Of Suicide

A mental health crisis has erupted at the Petawawa military base, where children are "on the brink of suicide," Ontario's ombudsman said Friday as he released a damning report on the state of Canada's military children. CBC News The Liberals and the Green party confirmed Friday they have agreed...