Climate change will cost Canada about $5 billion a year by 2020, a startling new analysis commissioned by the federal government warns. more...
The Supreme Court of Canada says it will step into the battle over whether broadcasters can charge cable and satellite providers for carrying their programs. more...
The United States is looking at building fences along the border with Canada to help keep out terrorists and other criminals. more...
The Canadian dollar made headway Thursday as oil prices rose while the U.S. dollar weakened amid relief that German lawmakers voted in favour of a strengthened bailout fund to help European countries stuck in debt crises. more...
The Conservative government has reintroduced a copyright reform bill that died in the last Parliament. more...
The Canadian Olympic Committee is bringing out the red mittens again. more...
An Ottawa radio station's decision to launch a "Win A Baby!" giveaway contest is being met with outrage by some. But the station's program director says what they're really hoping to do it to shine the spotlight on the all-too-common issue of infertility. more...
The Concordia, a Nova Scotia-based tall ship that capsized off South America last year, was lost in a squall because the risk of a knockdown was not understood by the crew, the federal Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. more...
Peter MacKay has racked up nearly $3 million worth of flights on the government's Challenger jets since assuming the role of defence minister in 2007, documents obtained by CTV News reveal. more...
The father of a young boy with muscular dystrophy who committed suicide after being bullied and robbed said his son was afraid to return to school after the attack. more...
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is forging ahead with dramatic fee increases for pardon applications despite advice from within his own government that the move will have many negative consequences. more...
Canada's lawyers are now exempt from the federal government's anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws. more...
The normally friendly relations between the federal Conservative government and B.C. Liberal government are being put to the test over talks to renew a 20-year contract with the RCMP in British Columbia. more...
Pressure intensified on the federal government Wednesday to change course on austerity measures as it prepares for its economic update in light of a weakening economy. more...
A pair of animal rights groups have applied to challenge an Alberta Court of Appeal split decision last month that ruled against their plan to sue the City of Edmonton over the fate of an elephant named Lucy. more...
A powerful coalition that includes family members of Robert Pickton's victims is warning B.C. Premier Christy Clark that the missing women inquiry is in serious jeopardy of failing before it has even started. more...
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale smoothly fended off opposition attacks Wednesday as her Liberal foe faced the resignation via Twitter of an 11th-hour candidate in the middle of a televised election debate. more...
Conservative backbencher Brad Trost is openly criticizing his government's decision to fund $6 million to the International Planned Parenthood Federation. more...
For the last 15 years, Prince Edward Island's Harold Hackett has been friending people all over the globe the old fashioned way -- he's tossed more than 5,000 messages-in-a-bottle into the sea and received about 3,100 responses. more...
Police probing the riots that swept across Vancouver after the Stanley Cup final last June are serving media outlets with warrants to obtain more images of the mayhem. more...
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is calling for an independent investigation after a 17-year-old Williams Lake woman said she was handcuffed and beaten by RCMP when she asked the officers for help. more...
A 19-year-old actress who had a role in a popular 2011 children's film was shot to death in a parking garage near Simon Fraser University's Surrey campus early Wednesday morning. more...
Half of Canadians will have at least 40 candles on their next birthday cake, according to a new population analysis from Statistics Canada. more...
An Ottawa-area woman is about to share the most personal of experiences with the world, by publicly broadcasting the birth of her child live to anyone who registers on her website and tunes in to watch. more...
17-year-old Tracy Firmin has been found. more...
The deaths of two wheelchair users in two years have prompted a Fredericton woman to tell her tale of survival. Stephanie Pollock suffers from cerebral palsy and she too relies on a motorized wheelchair to get around. more...