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In 1953, every independent realm of Her Majesty passed an act concerning the royal title and style of the Queen. This was the first time that separate acts and separate titles were adopted for the same monarch by different realms, but the practice of formally proclaiming or enacting a particular...

By Susan Cornwell and Andrew Gray WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robert Gates, President George W. Bush's choice to take over the Pentagon, said on Tuesday America was not winning in Iraq and warned that the Middle East could explode into violence. The Senate Armed Services Committee recommended...

By Jim Brown OTTAWA (CP) - Giuliano Zaccardelli is out as head of the RCMP, but the clamour over the Maher Arar affair - and what it means to the future of the force - shows no sign of abating. Zaccardelli resigned Wednesday, less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Stephen Harper made it...

Santa is naughty, not nice - so Harrods fires him LONDON (AP) - The famous British department store Harrods said Wednesday it had fired a Santa Claus who made ``inappropriate'' comments to adult visitors. Harrods said it was able to identify the rude Santa - known in Britain as Father...

By Dennis Bueckert OTTAWA (CP) - Health spending continues to outpace inflation and population growth but the rate of growth is slowing, says the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Canadians will spend $148 billion on health care this year or $4,548 per person, says an institute...

Fr John A. Hardon SJ By now, there must be as many definitions of the priesthood as there are dictionaries in print. But in the Catholic Church, the priest exists for one main purpose: to offer the Sacrifice of the Mass. So true is this that, without the priesthood, there would not only be...

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into...

From Susan Munroe, 2001 Census Statistics on Languages in Canada Canada is increasingly becoming a multilingual society according to language statistics from the 2001 Census of Canada. Statistics Canada says that while most people in Canada speak English or French at home, one out of every six...

From Susan Munroe, Role and Responsibilities of the Canadian Prime Minister The prime minister is the head of government in Canada. The Canadian prime minister is usually the leader of the political party that wins the most seats in the House of Commons in a general election. The prime minister...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Nashville after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said Tuesday. The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville on Monday after several passengers reported...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A fed-up mother had her 12-year-old son arrested for allegedly rummaging through his great-grandmother's things and playing with his Christmas present early. The mother called police Sunday after learning her son had disobeyed orders and repeatedly taken a Game Boy from...

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA said on Monday it plans to build a permanently occupied base on the moon, most likely at the lunar south pole. The habitat will serve as a science outpost as well as a testbed for technologies needed for future travel to Mars, and...

By Gregory Bonnell TORONTO (CP) - Canadians are among the richest two per cent of the global population who control more than half of the world's wealth, a United Nations study released Tuesday has found. In contrast, more than half of the planet's population shares just one per cent of the...

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA said on Monday it plans to build a permanently occupied base on the moon, most likely at the lunar south pole. The habitat will serve as a science outpost as well as a testbed for technologies needed for future travel to Mars, and...

1874 - 1950 "It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government." -- , August 26, 1936 This statement sums up best the secret of Mackenzie King's success as prime minister, and perhaps, the key to governing Canada effectively. King's record as prime minister is...

Metis Leader of the Red River Rebellion © Cher Gruener Louis Riel, the leader of the Metis tribe, was a main player in the Red River Rebellion and was instumental in the forming of the province that would be Manitoba. Louis Riel was the leader of the Metis nation and the founder of the...

The Great Expulsion of 1755 © Florence Cardinal In 1755, almost 10,000 French settlers were expelled from the Acadia area of Canada because they refused to take an oath of allegiance to the British government. The New World was rapidly becoming The place to be. This was especially true...

John Gray CBC News Online | July 14, 2006 Obviously it would be nice to believe that the re-election of Phil Fontaine as the leader of the Assembly of First Nations is a great step forward, that henceforth the problems that have plagued Canada’s native people will be resolved. Nice but...

NEGOTIATIONS WITH QUEBEC, Part 3 WHO SAID NO TO MEECH? Mr. Bouchards assertion: " They (English Canada) rejected the hand offered by Quebec in l990 … No one came to Montreal to demonstrate and claim 'We love you'. They simply said No to Meech</B>" (Oct. 27, l995, 7:30 p.m. Radio-Canada TV)...

LANGUAGE , EDUCATION AND THE VETO Mr. Bouchard's assertion: The Constitution Act of 1982 "reduced Quebec's powers in the fields of language and education--- Rene Leveque refused it. Claude Ryan refused it . The National Assembly refused it." (Oct. 25, l995. 7pm., Radio-Canada television) THE...