Canada

Astronaut adjusting to 'earthling' life

Canada's space ambassador, Chris Hadfield, is still readapting to life on this planet after spending 146 days in zero gravity as commander of the International Space Station. For now, though, he's taking his homecoming one step at a time. "Just learning to walk —...

Elijah Harper's body will lie in state

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Manitoba MLA Elijah Harper salutes supporters from the steps of the legislature in Winnipeg, June 22, 1990 after refusing the debate on the Meech Lake accord go any further. Harper, who became a symbol of power for Canadian...

Spectator killed during Jeep demo

  Photo: CTV Investigators said a 20-year-old pedestrian died after a Jeep stunt gone wrong at the Oliver Square shopping centre on Saturday. A spectator has been killed after a Jeep demonstration at an Edmonton fundraising event went disastrously...

Panda exhibit opens at Toronto Zoo

  Photo: CBC The pandas will remain at the Toronto Zoo for five years before heading to Calgary. (Canadian Press ) The long-awaited day for the public unveiling of a pair of giant pandas at the Toronto Zoo has finally arrived. Da Mao,a four-year-old...

Fishermen missing off NB coast

One fisherman was found dead and two others were still missing off New Brunswick's northeast coast Saturday afternoon after their vessel ran aground on a sandbar. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax said the fishing boat was about five kilometres offshore of Tabusintac,...

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford cancels show

  Photo: CBC Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will not be hosting his weekly radio show this weekend after explosive allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine. CFRB program director Mike Bendixen has...

Family found unconscious in fire

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Police check the scene of a fire in Ste-Therese, Que., Saturday moring, May 18, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz Five family members, including three children, were found unconscious this morning at the site of a...

Saskatchewan zombies

  Photo: Contributed - Zombie prep camp Zombies will be stumbling around a Saskatchewan lake this weekend, but not to worry. The world is not ending, but people are training for it. Jonathan Michell is one of the organizers behind the Zombie Prep Camp...

Sen. Pamela Wallin latest to leave caucus

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Senator Pamela Wallin, chair of the National Security and Defence committee, adjusts her glasses at the start of a meeting, Monday February 11, 2013 in Ottawa. Senator Wallin has stepped down from the Conservative caucus...

5.1 earthquake near Ottawa

  Photo: Contributed - USGS 2:55 p.m. Update: Windows rattled, walls swayed and knick-knacks toppled from store shelves near the national capital Friday as Canadians across a wide swath of Ontario and Quebec felt the disconcerting tremors of a 5.2-magnitude...

Mom and 5-year-old killed in Calgary

Calgary police have charged a man in the deaths of a woman and her young son. Thirty-five-year-old Chona Manzano and five-year-old Gabriel Manzano were found dead Thursday in a home on the northwest edge of the city. Police said a family member was alerted to a problem and went to the...

Cocaine video & Toronto's mayor

  Photo: The Canadian Press - The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves his home on Friday May 17, 2013, after published reports said a video appears to show Ford smoking crack cocaine. Ford called the allegations ridiculous. THE...

Duffy quits Conservative caucus

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Senator Mike Duffy leaves Parliament Hill following a meeting of the Senate Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee on Parliament Hill on May 9, 2013 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Senator...

Liquor Control Board averts strike

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has reached a tentative contract agreement with its workers, just hours before a midnight strike deadline.   Photo: Contributed - guelphmercury.com Details won't be released until after the LCBO board studies the...

Senator Duffy resigns from caucus

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Senator Mike Duffy leaves Parliament Hill following a meeting of the Senate Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee on Parliament Hill on May 9 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Senator Mike...

Accused sexual predator to plea guilty

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. David James Leblanc arrives at court in Dartmouth, N.S. on November 26, 2012. The lawyer for a man accused of confining and sexually assaulting a teenage boy at a home in rural Nova Scotia says his client will plead guilty to...

Duffy debacle

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Senator Mike Duffy leaves Parliament Hill following a meeting of the Senate Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee on Parliament Hill on May 9, 2013 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick New...

On the road again-Harper pumps pipeline

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers a speech at the Appeal of Conscience Foundation's Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on Thursday, September 27, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean...

Giant pandas' VIP debut at Toronto Zoo

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Female panda Er Shun eats bamboo at the Panda House at the Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China on February 11, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld A pair of giant pandas on loan from China will make their debut at the...

Duffy claimed campaigning expenses

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Senator Mike Duffy leaves a meeting of the Senate Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee on Parliament Hill Thurday May 9, 2013 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Conservative Sen. Mike Duffy...