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Americans favour gun registration Nik Nanos digs beneath the numbers with CBC News Network's Power & Politics host Evan Solomon to get to the political, economic and social forces that shape our lives. This week: Is there more appetite for gun control in U.S. than we realize? U.S...

Lower inflation, soft GDP points to weakness in Canadian economy OTTAWA - Canada's economy is displaying fresh symptoms of a slowdown, with data released Friday showing inflation falling to the lowest level in three years and output barely growing. Statistics Canada's consumer price index...

Blame Canada: Kyoto snub may kill Keystone XL At midnight on Dec. 14, you might have heard the pop of champagne corks at some tables in Calgary and Ottawa. That was the moment Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change took effect. It’s easy to see how the bubbly may have...

Attawapiskat chief goes on hunger strike The chief of a Northern Ontario reserve that garnered international media attention last year for its deplorable living conditions says she is giving up food until the Prime Minister and the Queen agree to discuss treaty rights at a meeting with first...

F-35 fighter jets would cost $45.8B over 42 years: audit If Canada were to buy F-35 fighter jets and keep them for 42 years, it would cost the nation $44,820,000,000. That figure, presented in an independent audit by KPMG on Wednesday, sits in contrast to the $16-billion figure the...

It was pretty close. Harper's hand is definitely in someone's pocket here. ;) Supreme Court rules in favour of Tory Opitz in contested Etobicoke Centre riding 9 voices on the Supreme Court election ruling - Politics - CBC News

At least it's not Colpy or DaS, rofl Canadian linked to anti-Muslim film asks for police protection A Coptic Christian living in Toronto is urging the government to provide him with protection after he was named by the Egyptian government as being involved in an anti-Muslim movie that...

Mulcair firms up NDP policy on Quebec sovereignty That sums up the more demanding new position on a Quebec sovereignty referendum that Thomas Mulcair has taken, now that the election of a Parti Québécois government has made the question less hypothetical. The official policy of Mulcair’s...

New national park for Canada’s North NORMAN WELLS, N.W.T—Canada’s North is getting a new park. After years of planning, Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed Wednesday that the Nááts’ihch’oh...

TSX declines as subpar retail sales data add to economic concerns TORONTO - The Toronto stock market was lower Wednesday as weak corporate performances and retail sales data reminded traders of the fragile state of the economic recovery. The S&P/TSX composite index moved down 47.3 points...

David Suzuki: Climate change deniers are almost extinct By David Suzuki, August 21, 2012 Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don’t always reflect or act on that knowledge. According to a recent poll, only two percent of Canadians...

Rob Ford says he will not ‘waste taxpayers’ money’ by hiring a driver Mayor Rob Ford says he has no plans to hire a driver on the taxpayers’ dime, insisting that he can drive himself to work like everyone else in Toronto. How the mayor gets around has been the burning issue at city hall...

Canadian twist in Pussy Riot case sparks call for Ottawa to intervene The international case of the punk-rock group called Pussy Riot, whose members are being detained for an anti-Putin prank in Moscow, has all the trappings of a bizarre plot: a “punk prayer” calling on the Virgin Mary to...

Only 2% of Canadians don't believe in climate change Only two per cent of Canadians who responded to a new opinion poll believed climate change is not occurring. A further nine per cent believed climate change is occurring naturally and 54 per cent felt both humans and nature are playing a...

Docs urge Feds to drop abortion review The nation's doctors are moving to stop any reopening of the abortion debate, saying life begins when a baby emerges from its mother's womb. More than 250 delegates to the Canadian Medical Association's annual general council meeting Wednesday...

Sir John A. gets a new road as Tories paint Ottawa blue Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced on Wednesday that the Ottawa River Parkway will be renamed in honour of Canada’s first prime minister. The scenic four-lane parkway will be renamed Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, said Mr...

Merkel’s visit to climate scientists heightens contrast with PM on environment policy Angela Merkel will make a special visit to Halifax this week to highlight the work of climate scientists, a stop that underscores the German Chancellor’s focus on science and the environment in a summer...

Young users can find a quick fix despite policing, study reveals VANCOUVER – A study called “surprising” by one of its lead researchers has found hard drugs are just 10 minutes away for Vancouver’s young users. The study conducted by the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS found that...

'Wealth equals health' rings true, CMA says Canadians in lower income groups report poorer health than their wealthier counterparts, a poll for the Canadian Medical Association suggests. The group's annual report card is being released today at its meeting in...

Disposal of fracking waste induces earthquakes, study suggests A new Texas study reports that shale gas projects induce earthquakes. The study by Texan seismologist Cliff Frohlich found that small earthquakes near injection wells in Texas were more common than previously recorded...