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Ministers got inside track to Jets tickets WINNIPEG - It’s like getting caught with a hand in the cookie jar filled, instead, with Winnipeg Jets season tickets. That’s the situation that a few NDP government cabinet...

Cancer claiming fewer Canadian lives, report says Canadians are making progress in the battle against cancer. A new report from Canadian Cancer Society says close to 100,000 lives have been saved over the past 20 years because of the declining rates in cancer deaths. The biggest factor...

Allan Harding MacKay Destroys Artwork On Live TV To Protest Ottawa's Treatment Of Veterans And Aboriginals TORONTO - Canadian artist Allan Harding MacKay says he's destroying five pieces of his own artwork to protest the federal government's treatment of...

Vote in southern U.S. state bans gay marriages Voters in North Carolina Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment forbidding gay marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships, still divisive social issues in the United States. The measure was passed by 61 per cent against 39...

Contaminated sites pose billions in risk OTTAWA — The federal government is facing $7.7 billion in environmental liabilities for approximately 22,000 federal contaminated sites across the country and a funding shortfall to clean up the polluted lands, the commissioner of the environment and...

Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030, report says Based on trends, half of the adults in the United States will be obese by 2030 unless the government makes changing the food environment a policy priority, according to a report released Thursday on the international obesity crisis in...

Environment commissioner expected to slam Tories Kyoto, climate change targets and contaminated sites subject of report Climate change experts are expecting the federal environment commissioner to take a critical view of the government's policies on greenhouse gases when he tables his latest...

Report: Agency unfair to veterans Ombudsman says ex-soldiers not getting benefit of doubt OTTAWA — The Harper government moved quickly Monday to limit the damage of a scathing report from Canada’s veterans ombudsman, who accused a review agency of being secretive and unfair to ex-soldiers...

Judge rebukes Toews for rejecting yet another convict’s transfer request The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that Public Safety Minister Vic Toews didn’t give adequate reasons when he rejected a bid by a Montreal trucker jailed in the United States to serve the rest of his sentence back...

Charities urge Peter Kent to retract 'laundering' accusation Canadian charities are demanding Environment Minister Peter Kent retract accusations that some charitable groups are "laundering" foreign funds in Canada. Imagine Canada — an umbrella organization...

The opacity of Tory transparency "The time for accountability has arrived." These were the first words written by Stephen Harper in the Conservatives' 2006 election platform, "Stand Up for Canada." Indeed, if there is an animating theme in what would become the Conservatives' winning...

Greek Socialists say voters face euro or default, mass poverty in Sunday election ATHENS, Greece - Greece's Socialist leader warned that the country faces default and mass poverty if voters backs anti-bailout parties in the upcoming general election...

Ottawa police to start collecting race-based data Teen alleged racial profiling at traffic stop Ottawa police will start collecting race-based data on traffic stops for at least two years as part of the settlement between the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Ottawa Police Services...

Young adults have a right to be up in arms Talk to your kids before you dismiss those Quebec student demonstrators as a bunch of spoiled malcontents. Even if they’re not on their way into the streets to protest rising university tuitions, young adults have some legitimate grievances about...

Shooting group accuses Ontario of 'breaking intent' of long-gun law Firearms officer's letter asks businesses to record names, addresses, phone numbers The Canadian Shooting Sports Association is accusing Ontario's firearms officer of illegally asking business owners to record information...

Harper demands Mulcair apologize for suggestion that Conrad Black decision was ‘racist’ NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair should apologize to public servants for suggesting that they were “biased, prejudiced, and even racist” in granting former media mogul Conrad Black a temporary residency permit...

Conservatives limit budget debate OTTAWA — The federal Conservative government moved Thursday to limit debate on its omnibus budget bill, sparking outrage from opposition parties. A government motion was adopted Thursday in the House of Commons, by a vote of 145-122, to limit second reading...

Toronto pastor charged in wife's murder A Toronto pastor has been charged in the drowning death of his pregnant wife. Police were called to a home on Marsh Road, in the St. Clair Avenue East and Kennedy Road area last October following reports of a woman in distress. Emergency officials...

Plants responding to climate change more than thought Experiments on how plants respond to climate change may have lulled us into a false sense of security by dramatically underestimating the effects. An analysis of 50 plant studies on four continents has found that shifts in the timing of...

Tories more trusted for decisions on Canada's interests: poll Canadians hold greatest trust in the Conservatives for making the right decisions in the country's interests — but they think the NDP does the best job of representing voters’ views, according to a newly...