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The construction of two new houses on the shores of Meech Lake is raising new fears about the future of Gatineau Park, and questions about how much the National Capital Commission is doing to protect ...

The October, 2011 Ontario election should have been about the economy, but it wasn’t. It was about a series of hyped-up wedge issues nobody’s talking about anymore, such as the “foreign...

Ottawa game developer David Rust-Smith thought he was just creating a tribute to Mario Bros. as part of a class project. Instead, his game Bibz is raising funds — and awareness — to help children...

Russians expressed a collective gasp of shock after their much-trumpeted national team were dumped out of Euro 2012 by Greece after making the previous tournament's semi-finals with flare.

Shrieking teens, start your engines: Justin Bieber's performance at the MuchMusic Video Awards is just hours away.

Homer Simpson gets all the blame for paternal Armageddon. And he’s a cartoon character. The argument goes this way: The modern sitcom father devolved from a wise patriarch into a buffoon, an oaf...

Cramming your tweets with shouting capital letters, cutesy asides and hyperbolic claims won’t bring you lots of followers.

Cat lovers will not be able to carry their pets on certain Air Canada Jazz flights to accommodate customers with severe cat allergies, the government agency overseeing traveller complaints ruled.

People regularly exposed to secondhand smoke may have increased risks of dying from various causes, a long-term study from China suggests.

Commuting to work can be a mind-numbing experience. Whether you're inching along in traffic or jostling for a position next to a poll on a crowded bus, getting to work and back is rarely the best part...

We all know Travis Pastrana is crazed lunatic for his unbelievable motorcycle stunts, but his equally wild exploits behind the wheel of automobiles is pushing him into the long shadow of rally champ and...

Choice can be difficult for aging boomers when options aren't as easy as they seem

Accused triple murderer Travis Baumgartner arrived at the border crossing between Aldergrove, B.C., and Lynden, Wash., on Saturday afternoon with $330,000 in cash and his mother’s stolen licence...

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Toronto Police said Saturday evening they had yet to determine the cause of a stage collapse before a Radiohead concert at Downsview Park earlier in the day that left one person dead and four injured.

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The Royal Ottawa Hospital’s family court clinic, which does court-ordered assessments on parents, is now using obesity as a factor when deciding if they are fit to raise children.

It was a visit to the dentist that convinced Parisa Rezaiefar she might have a chance in Canada after...

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Canada is making waves heading into the global Rio+20 Earth Summit by trying to prevent the conference...

Europe holds its breath Sunday as Greeks vote in national elections that have become a referendum over...

The two Quebec sisters found dead Thursday night in a Thailand hotel room were well-known and popular...

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OTTAWA - Former prime minister Jean Chretien says Justin Trudeau ``has proven himself in some way,'' ...

Sections of the Ottawa airport are now wired with microphones that can eavesdrop on travellers’...

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally received her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Saturday...

Shrieking teens, start your engines: Justin Bieber's performance at the MuchMusic Video Awards is just hours away.

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Republican Mitt Romney took time out on Saturday from a five-day tour aimed at shoring up support among small-town voters in battleground states to touch base with another critical party constituency - Christian conservatives - and include some tough talk on U.S. relations with Israel.

When it comes to tax reform and its potential impact on productivity, Canada has not been complacent in the past two decades.

As the predominant measure of standard of living, productivity of labour in Canada, has fallen notoriously short of standards set by the U.S. economy.