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...Canadians don't support involvement in Afghan offensive TORONTO (CP) - As Canadian troops prepare to do battle with insurgents in the mountains of southern Afghanistan, NDP Leader Jack Layton says the public is not in favour of going on the offensive in that war-torn country. He pledged...

A new poll finds that more than half of Canadians think a Conservative majority government would be a good thing for the country and surprisingly one-in-four traditional Liberals supporters feel the same way. The poll, which was conducted for CTV and The Globe and Mail by the Strategic Counsel...

I'm fine with a glass of red wine and appetizers :D

GRANGEVILLE, Idaho - Northwest loggers are worried British Columbia may be forced to harvest as much as 21 million acres of forests to stop the mountain pine beetle, flooding the market and driving down timber prices. The infected forests in British Columbia make up an area roughly 40 percent...

Canada can always be relied on to do well, but, asks the prestigious Economist Magazine of London, can it be relied on to do better? The Hamilton Spectator (Jan 16, 2006) Measured by almost any standard you care to think of, Canada is a success story. Apart from being physically beautiful...

For so many years, historians and casual observers alike have observed the events of World War II through faded black and white images. What most people do not know is the fact that quite a large portion of the WWII was shot using color film! However, it wasn't until recently that a lot of the...

Gore: Bush engaged in 'excessive power grab' WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Vice President Al Gore called on Congress and the public to resist what he called "a gross and excessive power grab" by the Bush administration amid the war on terrorism, declaring that "our Constitution is at risk." Gore...

'Brokeback Mountain' to dominate Golden Globes Updated Mon. Jan. 16 2006 10:43 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff Cowboy romance 'Brokeback Mountain' is set to dominate the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles tonight. 'Brokeback', which has already won three Critics' Choice Awards, is shortlisted for...

Says Toronto Star 8O SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is calling it an agenda of hope versus a campaign of fear. As the federal election campaign entered the final week before Monday's vote, Harper appealed to voters to consider the Tories as the party that truly...

Layton: voters should try NDP 'just this once' Updated Mon. Jan. 16 2006 1:16 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Jack Layton is asking frustrated Liberal supporters to vote for his party "just this once." In a bid to win voters discouraged with the "incoherence and drift and dithering" in Paul Martin's...

OK Canucks, one week to go, what's your prediction, here's mine from afar: CPC 142 seats Libs 75 seats Bloc 63 seats NDP 28 seats

OTTAWA (CP) - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the middle of a Canadian military convoy in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing the region's senior Foreign Affairs officer and wounding three Canadian soldiers. Defence Department officials identified the dead man as Glyn Berry, 59, a...

Here's a healthy snack for all you sweet tooth people out there. Yogurt (not diet yogurt), real yogurt mixed with honey and if you want some crunch to it, add a couple of walnuts. Yum!

Canada has been well served by 12-plus years of Liberal rule. Despite what the opposition parties would have us believe, it has not been all scandal and nest-feathering. Ask yourself a simple multiple of Ronald Reagan's famous electoral question: Are you better off today than you were 12 years...

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (OneWorld) - As diplomats from around the world gather this week to lay the groundwork for a major June summit on arms control, leading rights advocacy groups are demanding that governments agree on a proposed treaty that would ban the illegal trade in guns. "No one but...

So do you have a pet? I've had pets pretty much all my life, except for the time I was touring Europe for a couple of years. I used to have a rooster! by the name of Pecker :D I kept him out in the backyard when I lived in Greece, he was cool, until he started "pecking" everything and had to...

A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in many superstitions around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called...

Taxpayer-funded study recommends repealing law that bans polygamy in Canada By DEAN BEEBY OTTAWA (CP) - A new study for the federal Justice Department says Canada should get rid of its law banning polygamy, and change other legislation to help women and children living in such multiple-spouse...

B.C. Conservative candidate to go on trial Kathy Tomlinson, CTV News The Conservative Party was not aware that their candidate in the B.C. riding of British Columbia Southern Interior is due to go on trial next month on smuggling charges, and if convicted, he could end up in jail. Derek...

New Democrat Leader Jack Layton had hernia surgery at private clinic PORT HARDY, B.C. (CP) - NDP Leader Jack Layton, who's campaigning as the defender of public health care, had surgery at a private clinic in the 1990s, The Canadian Press has learned. Layton had hernia surgery at the...