Canada News
Special Cabinet Meeting
Prime Minister Paul Martin has called a cabinet meeting for Sunday to deal Canada's response to the earthquake and tsunami that left at least 124,000 people...
Five Country Coalition
Canada has joined a coalition of developed countries delivering relief to tsunami-struck south Asia. Prime Minister Paul Martin pledged Canada's commitment to...
Businesses Contribute Aid
Huge numbers of workplaces across Canada have joined the escalating worldwide tsunami relief effort, donating tens of millions of dollars in cash, goods and...
Tsunami-hit Immigrants
Canada will speed up its handling of immigration requests from people in tsunami-stricken areas of Asia who have close relatives in this country, Immigration...
Martin Plans For South Asia
News Release Prime Minister Paul Martin today issued the following statement detailing federal government initiatives in response to the devastating earthquakes...
Aid Response Good
As Canadians agonized Monday over the fate of loved ones affected by monstrous tsunamis caused by the world's worst earthquake in 40 years, relief agencies said...
Newsmaker Martin
The ghost of scandal past has come back to haunt Prime Minister Paul Martin as he won another controversial minority victory - this time as Canada's Newsmaker...
Queen""s Christmas Message
by HM. Queen Elizabeth II There is certainly much more to be done, and many challenges to be overcome. Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their...
Storm Makes Travel Difficult
Holiday travel in eastern Canada continued to be difficult on Friday after a severe winter storm in Ontario and Quebec disrupted flights a day earlier.Full...
Hi Tech Santa
Let's hope Santa has a computer – because Canadian children seem to be firing off far fewer letters to the jolly old elf this year and a lot more e-mails....
Premier’s Actions Disrespectful
Statement by the Prime Minister “After unilaterally suspending discussions on the Offshore Accord agreement yesterday, Premier Williams today indicated that,...
Flags Lowered In Feud
Newfoundland and Labrador's premier ordered the removal of all Canadian flags from provincial government buildings Thursday in retaliation for an offer from the...
Record Ecstasy Bust
Police in Markham, just northeast of Toronto, say they've made the largest ever Canadian ecstasy bust, seizing drugs with a potential street value of half a...
Grow Op Board Game
Forget Monopoly, forget Scrabble -- the hot new Christmas gift in Canada this year is a board game that lets the player run their own "BC Bud" marijuana...
Marriage Rate Steady
Statistics Canada The number of couples who married in Canada in 2002 remained virtually unchanged from 2001, as did the nation's crude marriage rate. A total...
Martin""s Family Holiday
Prime Minister Paul Martin's attempts to justify taking his family on holiday aboard a government jet are having an opposite effect, fuelling rather than...
Walkerton Brothers Sentenced
Stan and Frank Koebel received their sentences Monday for their role in a deadly E. coli outbreak in a small Ontario town in May 2000. Former Walkerton, Ont....
Time""s Newsmaker Of The Year
Time Magazine has chosen Syrian-born Canadian Maher Arar- the Canadian who was wrongly accused of being a terrorist while in transit at JFK Airport in New York,...