McGuinty wanted quiet fix, trail told

David Brown told the court that Ontario's Liberal whip explained Dalton McGuinty would love to sweep his Caledonia complaints 'under the rug'

Kidnapped Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout reaches freedom in Kenya

Freed Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout left Somalia Thursday morning, ending her 15-month hostage ordeal in which she was tortured, beaten and often given barely enough food to survive

Don Martin: Generals cut into Colvin's detainee testimony

Don Martin: When Cabinet ministers were attacking diplomat Richard Colvin?s credibility and denying his warnings about the Afghan torture of detainees handed over by Canadian soldiers, it wasn?t a fair fight

Uninvited guests crash White House dinner

The Secret Service is investigating how an uninvited couple was admitted to President Barack Obama's White House state dinner, penetrating layers of security

Mosque asks for help finding group of Somali-Canadians

The Toronto mosque where a group of missing Somali-Canadians sometimes worshipped has urged anyone with information about them to come forward

John Ivison: Canada's terrorism blind spot

The fate of Tamil refugees stranded off the coast of B.C. sheds light on a prickly security problem

Diabetes may soon add $1-billion to B.C. health tab

Rates of diabetes among British Columbians have more than doubled over the last decade, a trend that if left unchecked is expected to drive up health-care costs by more than $1 billion by 2014, according to the province

Allen Iverson chooses to retire from NBA

Commentator Stephen A. Smith published a statement on his website Wednesday attributed to Iverson. It said Iverson plans to retire but also that ?I feel strongly that I can still compete at the highest level.?

Aboriginal Canadians told to swear ancestry in public sector

For the first time, aboriginal Canadians will have to swear a declaration and attest to their ancestry before landing an aboriginal-designated job in the federal public service

Film Review: The Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox (4 stars). Wes Anderson makes a winning foray into stop-motion animation

Health Canada waited for U.S. data before recalling cribs

Health Canada received the first of 28 consumer complaints about the newly recalled Stork Craft cribs 14 years ago, but failed to identify a safety hazard until the department pooled these details in recent months with information from American authorities, Canwest News Service has learned

Israel announces partial settlement freeze

Netanyahu calling for a limit to settlement construction for 10 months, excluding certain parts of West Bank