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Friday Feb. 10, 2012 7:01 PM ET
Cuts to elderly benefits years away, says Flaherty
Canadians won't have to worry about cuts to elderly benefits for years, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday, hinting that changes won't happen until at least 2020. Full Story
Air Canada reaches tentative deal with machinists
Air Canada says it has reached a tentative agreement with its 8,600 mechanics, baggage handlers, and cargo agents.
Bus filled with people rolls over on Alberta highway
Three people are in critical condition and more than two dozen others injured after a bus filled with passengers rolled over on an Alberta highway Friday.
Quebec priest gets prison term for sexual abuse
A Quebec priest has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexually abusing 13 boys over more than a decade.
Ultimate Tazer Ball set to shock Toronto
Part lacrosse, part rugby and part The Running Man - the Ultimate Tazer Ball League may be stunning audiences near you, if league organizers have their way.
U.S. judge tosses suit filed in boxer Gatti case
A New Jersey judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of the daughter of late boxer Arturo Gatti.
Top court rules mentally disabled victim fit to testify
The Supreme Court of Canada has set aside the acquittal of a man charged with sexually assaulting a developmentally challenged woman and ordered a new trial.
Family killed in fiery B.C. crash heading to tennis match
A British Columbia family travelling to Vancouver to realize a dream of watching an international tennis match died when their SUV crossed the centre line, collided with a tractor trailer and burst into flames.
Canadian killed in Florida campground shooting
A young boy, the boy's father, and a man from Quebec are dead in a bizarre, hostage standoff at a campground in Deerfield Beach, Fla.
CAW boss accuses Caterpillar of breaking the rules
The head of the Canadian Auto Workers union is accusing Caterpillar Inc. of not following the rules in its 2010 takeover of a London, Ont. locomotive plant it has decided to shut down.
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Environmental group lashes out at glacier walk project
An environmental activist is slamming a plan to allow a private tour company to build an interpretive glacier boardwalk in Jasper National Park, saying Parks Canada is failing to fulfill its conservation and protection mandate.
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Canada's trade surplus hit 3-year high in December
Canada's trade surplus for December grew to $2.7 billion, more than double the previous month and its best showing since the global financial crisis three years ago.
Protests planned to oppose Canadian copyright law
Canadians are protesting proposed copyright laws online and offline Friday they say infringe on basic free-speech rights, threaten to "lock-down" the Internet and play into the hands of the entertainment industry.
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Family appeal 'instrumental' in arrest of shooting suspect
The RCMP have arrested a suspect in connection with an incident in rural Alberta that left two Mounties wounded and another man dead.
SNC-Lavalin fires 2 execs allegedly linked to Gadhafi
Quebec-based SNC-Lavalin Group has dismissed two employees with ties to al-Saadi Gadhafi, the son of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who is wanted on an international arrest warrant.
Harper mixes oil and human rights in China speech
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged to press China on human rights as Canada moves ahead with plans to develop stronger trade links with Beijing.
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B.C. mill explosion workers strugging in the aftermath
Burns Lake Indian Band Chief Al Gerow says out-of-work mill employees suffering the after-effects of a deadly workplace blast are now facing mounting bills and uncertain futures.
Toronto's mild winter weather to take the weekend off
Toronto's unseasonably mild winter is taking a weekend off as temperatures dipped and the snow started to fly.
Moscow spy case details may never be known
In a frank exchange with CTV, the Russian ambassador to Canada said we may never know the details of a spy operation his country is accused of participating in in Canada, since he has made a deal with Ottawa to keep quiet about the case.
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Harper changes gears in China to focus on education
The prime minister has moved the focus of his trip to China from trade talks to text books.
Boy, 9, recalls harrowing rescue from stormy Pacific
The youngest of three Canadian sailors plucked from the stormy Pacific Ocean this week says he'd sail again, but not necessarily on another attempt to reach Hawaii from Mexico.
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NDP leadership hopefuls reveal different styles, strategies
There's an old joke about federal politics that goes something like this: Conservatives go to party conventions to get drunk, Liberals to get lucky and New Democrats to debate the minutiae of dust-dry policy resolutions.
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