Canada's House of Commons voted 156-145 on Friday on a no-confidence resolution aimed at the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, triggering the dissolution of Parliament and elections in the next few weeks.
A Canadian judge whose controversial ruling and remarks in a sexual assault case sparked outrage is being investigated by the Canadian court system, a website statement said Friday.
From CBC News. Canada's federal government is under an unprecedented cyber attack against their computers.
Irish officials and ambassadors gathered on Ireland's southern coast Wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Air India bombing that killed all 329 people aboard.
The most intriguing acquisition in the 2009-10 NHL offseason might not be Philadelphia's Chris Pronger, the New York Rangers' Marian Gaborik or even Chicago's Marian Hossa, but Hockey Night in Canada's Kevin Weekes.
Canadian researchers say they have discovered the smallest known North American dinosaur, a carnivore that roamed areas of the continent 75 million years ago and weighed less than most modern-day house cats.
A man who beheaded a passenger on a bus was found not criminally responsible. CBC's Marisa Dragani reports
A man charged in the beheading death of his seatmate on a Greyhound Canada bus last summer is not criminally responsible because he is mentally ill, a judge ruled Thursday, said CNN affiliate CBC News.
Canada's public radio is asking listeners to pick 49 songs that will "best define" the country to the incoming president of its southern neighbor.
A Canadian Broadcasting Corp. correspondent who had been held in Afghanistan for four weeks has been released, the CBC said Saturday.
Zimbabwean government forces began cracking down on the main opposition party Thursday, raising fears of a political crisis, according to witnesses and an opposition spokesman.
CNN's Robyn Curnow reports member of the ruling party in Zimbabwe says party is split over whether Mugabe should go.
Passengers on an Air Canada flight are hurt when their plane hits turbulence and makes an emergency landing.
Pianist Oscar Peterson succumbs to kidney failure at his home in Ontario, Canada, dying at the age of 82.
Paul Pritchard describes what he saw as he videotaped a man tasered by police in the Vancouver. Viewer discretion advised.
A video showing the last moments of a Polish immigrant, who died after Canadian police shot him with a stun gun at Vancouver International Airport, has been made public.
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1. Erin Paul, CBC Sports reporter: Negotiating through the postgame muck at Hangzhou-Dragon Stadium following the U.S. loss to Brazil at the Women's World Cup, Paul's questions produced one of the profound sound bites of the year: Hope Solo's criticism of U.S. soccer coach Greg Ryan. Since the CBC had a tape-sharing agreement with ESPN, Solo's comments quickly appeared over American airwaves."Everybody attributed the story to ESPN," says Paul, whose blog offers a behind-the-scenes look at the story. "They cropped our microphone so you couldn't see it -- which I thought was a bit cheesy -- but that's the business, I suppose." One interesting postscript: Paul ran into Solo at the airport as both were departing for home. "I thought, Oh, God, what do I do?," Paul says. "So I went up to her and said, "Hope, I'm Erin and I'm the reporter that started all of this. I just want to say I'm sorry for the repercussions and what happened to you." She said, "It's okay. I just really thank you for
A powerful explosion ripped into a Canadian armored vehicle in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two soldiers and wounding a journalist for Radio-Canada, officials said.
After the investigation into the May 1964 deaths in rural Mississippi of his brother and a friend went cold, Thomas Moore was convinced he would never see justice done.
At least five people were seriously injured Saturday in the town of Laval, Quebec, when part of an overpass above Highway 19 collapsed, a Montreal television station reported.
Several shots were fired inside a downtown Montreal college on Wednesday, and initial reports from the scene suggest at least two people were injured, television networks said.
Prosecutors allege that one of the terrorism suspects arrested in Canada last week wanted "to behead the prime minister," a defense lawyer said Tuesday.
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Imagine a world without sportscasters, where fans tuning to games on television get the game get only the sounds from the stadium or arena and little else. No chatter. No promos for other programming on the network.
Veteran newsman Peter Jennings was remembered Monday as an outstanding journalist, a hard worker and "a man of conscience and integrity."
Police sealed off part of Montreal's main airport and 11 people fell sick after a powdery substance spilled from a package on Tuesday night, Canadian media reported.
A company headed by former Vice President Al Gore has bought a cable television network with the vision of remaking it into a network aimed at young adults, the group announced Tuesday.
Former U.S. vice president Al Gore announced Tuesday that he and entrepreneur Joel Hyatt plan to launch their own cable television network by buying cable television channel NewsWorld International from Vivendi Universal for an undisclosed sum.
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