A formal appeal of the 2008 federal election call is scheduled to be heard today, the second attempt by a democracy advocacy group that claims the federal government violated a law that forces fixed election dates in Canada.
Here is all you need to know about this exercise in tedium between the Montreal Canadiens and the Philadelphia Flyers.
What's with the dress, the dogs and the beer? I'm celebrating Victoria Day. It's the day we celebrate Queen Victoria, but it's also known in Ontario as May 2-4 weekend - thus the beer.
Conventional wisdom says there's nothing more predictable than a jump in pump prices before a long weekend, but experts predict some relief for motorists this Victoria Day holiday.
Canadian retailers posted their biggest sales jump in more than five years in March as consumers helped drive the country's economic recovery.
She's a wisp of a woman now, just 86 pounds. She doesn't speak much and can't walk anymore. Getting wheeled outside into a waft of spring blossoms, then back to her nursing home's dining hall for a bowl of watermelon, makes a busy day for Elizabeth Buhler.
Auditor-general Sheila Fraser never wanted to pore over every receipt submitted by Canada's 308 members of Parliament.
Conventional wisdom says there's nothing more predictable than a jump in pump prices before a long weekend, but experts predict some relief for motorists this Victoria Day holiday.
With the Liberal downward spiral moving inexorably closer to, if not below, the 25- per-cent threshold that separates governments-in-waiting from fringe party popularity, the difficult question has to be asked: Can Iggy be saved?
The high number of seniors who live in residential care homes and experience depression is a health concern that demands greater attention, according to a new report.
Alouettes general manager Jim Popp said he plans to honour the final year of his contract, and isn't anticipating leaving an organization he has helped build into a perennial Canadian Football League contender.
Alouettes’ general manager Jim Popp said he plans on honouring the final year of his contract, and isn’t anticipating leaving an organization he has helped build into a perennial Canadian Football League contender.
Canada's three western Canadian premiers essentially took over responsibility yesterday for their own commercial dealings with the world's fastest growing economy and opened a trade and investment office in China's financial capital.
The Canadian housing market is cooling, but the decline will be moderate, thanks to the rebound in the labour market, economists say.
A Victoria mother is trying to fathom what could have happened to her son after his tongue and bottom lip were cut out, his face smashed and his ribs broken.
at least we think he's kidding - about one day playing on the senior PGA tour. But, considering he shot an 85 yesterday in the mountains of Utah, he might not want to quit his day job.
Hunting has a bad rep these days, especially among urban folk, who are in the overwhelming majority. It results in the death of inoffensive animals and birds, something at odds with our growing eco-consciousness. Most people don't need it to keep the larder full, for grocery stores aren't hard for them to find. And - notwithstanding a few bow-hunters - it involves guns, which make most Canadians nervous.
Boy and man, David Carpenter, has hunted the fields, sloughs and bush of mid-Alberta and Saskatchewan, and writes expressively of the joys of the hunt. But his decision to stop did not free him from the snares of ambiguity, arguably even of hypocrisy.
Jim Popp, the only general manager the Alouettes have had since their return to the Canadian Football League in 1996, could be in line for a position in the Washington Redskins’ personnel department, according to a western-based source.
Jim Popp, the only general manager the Alouettes have had since their return to the Canadian Football League in 1996, could be in line for a position in the Washington Redskins' personnel department, according to a western-based source.