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Greek extremist right-wing party spokesman who slapped communist candidate on live TV sues The spokesman of Greece’s extreme-right Golden Dawn party, who caused uproar last week by hitting one politician and throwing a glass of water over another during a live TV news program, is suing the...

Global warming at this stage is mostly a symptom, not the problem, but that could inevitably make it's metamorphosis this century.

Ottawa launches Alberta counterterrorism unit After labelling certain environmental and first nations groups as extremists and radicals, Canada’s federal government, along with the country’s top law enforcement and spy agencies, have set up a counterterrorism unit in Alberta in order to...

Doug ford apologizes for on-air gaffe Toronto Councillor Doug Ford has apologized after using an anti-Polish slur on his Newstalk 1010 radio show with his brother Mayor Rob Ford. While discussing the Euro 2012 soccer championship, Councillor Ford told his brother: "You're married to the...

Mulcair: NDP to target youth Canada’s teens will be hearing from the federal New Democrats before the next national election, Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair said in Lunenburg County on Saturday. He said low voter turnout in last year’s election among people 18 to 25 has...

‘Embarrassment to the Canadian government’ considered security threat at Toronto G20 summit: documents Along with terrorism and organized crime, “embarrassment to the Canadian government” was considered one of the threats facing security forces at the G8 and G20 summit meetings in Ontario...

Canadians will pay for Harper's approach to environment: former Tory OTTAWA — Canadians will "pay a price" for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's unbalanced and mistaken approach on environmental issues, says a former Reform and Conservative party MP. "I always thought that 'conserve' was part...

Alberta's Red Deer River hit by oil leak A large amount of oil has spilled from an Alberta pipeline into a creek, with an early estimate of 1,000 to 3,000 barrels leaking into a tributary of the Red Deer River, one of the province's most important waterways. Plains Midstream Canada said it...

Oil-sands criticism ‘incrementally helped’ Mulcair NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair’s complaint that unrestrained development of the Alberta oil sands is hurting other parts of the Canadian economy does not seem to have diminished support for his party. A new poll by Nanos Research – one that was...

Premiers demand more EI info. from Harper Discontent with proposed changes to employment insurance in Atlantic Canada grew Wednesday as the region's premiers stood together in calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to provide more information on the measures. The premiers say they...

Tories repeal sections of Human Rights Act banning hate speech over telephone or Internet OTTAWA — The Conservative government voted late Wednesday to repeal controversial sections of the Canadian Human Rights Act banning hate speech over the telephone or Internet. In a vote of 153 to 136...

Toronto bans plastic bags Mayor Rob Ford asked council to get rid of the bylaw that requires stores to charge 5 cents for plastic shopping bags. Instead, council got rid of plastic shopping bags. In a major embarrassment for Ford, his effort to kill the fee boomeranged on him in stunning...

Conservative robocalls defender under investigation for election offences OTTAWA — The MP leading the Conservative government’s defence in the robocalls scandal is himself under investigation by Elections Canada for alleged election-law violations related to voter-contact calls made by his...

Pricey limo tab for ministers in Davos OTTAWA – The Harper government is making no apologies for spending more than $20,000 to ferry three cabinet ministers around the tiny Swiss village of Davos last year. Documents obtained by the NDP show that four vehicles were hired at a cost of just...

Veterans plan protest on D-Day anniversary Former soldiers worry about low benefits after their service Canadian soldiers and veterans are planning a rally today on Parliament Hill — the 68th anniversary of the D-Day invasion — to mark what they say is the low...

Tories knew last year shopping list of military equipment was ‘unaffordable,’ documents show OTTAWA — The Conservative government knew as far back as last year that Defence Department budget cuts had made its multi-billion-dollar shopping list of military equipment “unaffordable,” Postmedia...

Elections Canada budgets $585K for robocalls probe Elections Canada is earmarking at least $585,000 to probe the robocalls affair — and that price tag will likely climb as the scope of the investigation widens. Documents obtained by CBC News under Access to...

Government must stop charging Canada airports rent, report urges (Reuters) - The Canadian government should stop treating the country's airports as revenue sources and instead cut industry costs to stop millions of travelers heading to the United States for cheaper air travel, a...

Cost for MacKay to ‘park his posterior’ in F-35 mockup: $47,000 A 2010 news conference to announce Canada’s plan to buy 65 stealth fighters cost taxpayers more than $47,000, according to documents tabled in Parliament. The figure was revealed by Defence Minister Peter MacKay in a written...

Tories under fire for pulling plug on freshwater-research funding The Conservative government is facing growing pressure to reverse its decision to end funding for the Experimental Lakes Area, a unique research zone in Northwestern Ontario where scientists can gauge the impact of pollution...