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Consumer debt snowballs to $1.4T Canadians' consumer debt load continued to snowball last year, rising nine per cent to $1.422 trillion, according to a new survey from the credit rating agency Equifax Canada. Total consumer debt increased by 4.5 per cent between the third and fourth quarters...

Alberta premier apologizes for cost of Mandela trip, but won't repay $45K CALGARY -- Alberta's premier apologized Monday for the $45,000 it cost to go to Nelson Mandela's funeral in South Africa, but said she is not willing to repay the money. Alison Redford says the amount caught her off...

Google Earth now shows CLIMATE CHANGE: Regional temperatures since 1850 added to the mapping service The UN claims climate change is ‘almost definitely’ caused by humans, and now Google Earth users can see the impact they are supposed to have made to temperature changes in their local area...

Canadian study finds flu vaccine working well against H1N1 Canadian researchers today released a preliminary estimate that this year's influenza vaccine reduces the risk of infection from the 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) virus by 74%—apparent good news in a season when that strain is by far the...

Scathing UN report demands Vatican action on abuse The United Nations has demanded the Vatican "immediately remove" all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers and turn them over to civil authorities, in an unprecedented and scathing report. The UN watchdog for children's rights said...

Pipeline rupture report raises questions about TransCanada inspections A CBC News investigation has unearthed a critical report that the federal regulator effectively buried for several years about a rupture on a trouble-prone TransCanada natural gas pipeline. On July 20, 2009, the Peace River...

Pro-green Tories challenge party's climate change sceptics A group of modernising pro-green Tories will today launch a fight-back within the party when they publish a manifesto outlining plans for a £5bn-a-year boost in economic growth, creating 300,000 jobs, by pursuing environmentally...

Hillary Clinton speaking in Calgary CALGARY — She is the odds-on favourite right now to become the next President of the United States — if she decides to run for the position as one of the world’s most powerful and influential leaders. But before then, Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S...

Canada expects key Keystone report, possibly today, to be positive The U.S. State department is expected to release as early as Friday a crucial environmental assessment of TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, a move that would start a 90-day clock ticking towards a final...

Rob Ford’s secret budget plan is destined to fail, and that's just the way he wants it A Toronto city council meeting intended to establish the 2014 budget, expected to include a secretive budget proposal put forward by Mayor Rob Ford, was bound the get ugly. But no one thought it would get so...

Another economic victory for Harper. Best Buy Canada cutting 950 jobs Electronics retail giant Best Buy Canada is cutting 950 jobs at its namesake and Future Shop stores as it streamlines its business to take on tougher competition. “We have been focusing on simplifying our store structure...

New poll has Wynne’s Liberals leading, but still looking at minority Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals are holding on to a steady lead in popular support, a new poll suggests, but remain in minority government territory ahead of an election that could come as early as this spring. The Progressive...

State of the Union Address: 8 Crucial things Obama said - or didn't President Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address on Tuesday, making pledges on minimum wage and health care, among others. Here are some key points from the address: President Barack Obama didn’t say the...

Muslim group demands apology from Harper, chief spokesman A major Canadian Muslim group is demanding an apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his chief spokesman for a comment it says links the organization to the militant group Hamas. The National Council of Canadian Muslims has...

How climate change is already costing us Local conservation authorities say the impact of climate change is making it increasingly hard to balance their books. Global warming is causing more extreme weather such as downpours, high winds and other events that result in floods and broken trees...

Sochi mayor says there are no gay people in Olympic city Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov says there are no gay people in the Russian city preparing to host the upcoming winter Olympic Games. In interview with the BBC’s Panorama on Monday, Pakhomov told interviewer John Sweeney: “We don’t have...

Lolllolololololol Dean Del Mastro criticizes Bank of Canada, Jim Flaherty Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former parliamentary secretary is criticizing the government and the Bank of Canada over monetary policy. Dean Del Mastro says Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty...

Spicy. Economic ladder no harder to climb today, U.S. report finds The working poor have the same chance to move up the socioeconomic ladder today as they did 40 years ago, but the odds of that happening are still pretty low, new research out of two prestigious universities and the U.S...

Refugee claims hit an 'historic low'; Ottawa faces criticism The number of people claiming refugee status in Canada reached what Ottawa calls a “historic low” in 2013 after it brought in changes to speed up the program by deterring applicants from safer countries. The changes remain unpopular...

Climate change: 2013 ranked 4th warmest year Last year was one of the warmest ever recorded on Earth since scientists began keeping global average temperature stats 134 years ago, climate experts from two U.S. agencies revealed today. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...