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Ottawa mulls buying Windsor-Detroit Ambassador Bridge |
 Stephen Harper has instructed his ministers to explore the prospect of buying the Windsor-Detroit bridge -- the busiest international border crossing in North America -- from its American owner. MORE... |
- Charlie Sheen charged with assaulting wife
Actor Charlie Sheen was charged Monday with three crimes including felony menacing stemming from an assault on his wife Brooke Mueller in a heated Christmas Day argument.
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Our banking rules are smarter, not tighter |
 Coyne: For all their growing closeness on other matters, such as global warming, Barack Obama and Stephen Harper could not be further apart on the issue of how to reform banking regulations, in the wake of the worst financial crisis in 75 years. MORE... |
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New Alberta party a game changer |
 Hebert: The hottest provincial scene in Canada these days is Alberta where the populist wave that has lifted the Wildrose Alliance Party to the top of the polls is demonstrating that still waters can truly be deceiving. MORE... |
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Iggy’s on fire — along with our wallets |
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Solberg: Shakespeare wrote about “the winter of our discontent” some 400 years ago, which I’m pretty sure is how long we’ve been putting up with this winter. Long, dark winters are not only a leading cause of crabbiness; they are also responsible.. MORE... |
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Is Ignatieff a PM in waiting? |
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Arif: It didn't turn out quite as Prime Minister Stephen Harper planned. Canadians were not supposed to care about parliamentary procedure. Harper should have been able to bask in the feel-good sentiments of the 2010 Olympics and solidify.. MORE... |
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McParland: There's more to being an MP than Question Period. But you wouldn't know it from whining MPs. Freed from the need to present themselves on a daily basis in the House of Commons, Canada's Members of Parliament have been.. MORE... |
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Time for Grits, New Dems, Greens to Make Electoral Deal |
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Resnick and Whitaker: An open letter to Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton and Elizabeth May for an arrangement amongst the three opposition parties. The three most recent federal elections have resulted in minority Parliaments. There are a.. MORE... |
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Suffering in our own backyard |
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Layton: Harper wants to help women and children in the developing world. So why not here at home, too? Stephen Harper's recent announcement that Canada will be making maternal and child health a top priority at June's G8 meeting makes.. MORE... |
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Williams had options. He took them. So what? |
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Leger: IF ANYTHING has been proven by snowbird Danny Williams’ trip south, it’s that it is hellishly hard to have a rational discussion about health care in this country. The news of Williams’ illness was barely out before the entrenched.. MORE... |
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Give Danny Williams a break |
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Gagnon: With all the abuse politicians face, it's amazing that some people still want to run for office. Who would want to lose their privacy for a salary that's mediocre compared with those in the private sector and for the privilege of.. MORE... |
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Silence surrounds health-care problems |
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Ford: You can tell a government program is in trouble when politicians don't want to talk about it. Right now, health care, once Canada's most popular program, is enveloped in silence. Health care has big financial problems. A federal.. MORE... |
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Rinne: Canadian/American trade history might seem like dry textbook fodder for economic rocket scientists, but the reality is, it's a fascinating soap opera of twists and turns defining what we have become as a nation. MORE... |
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Reining in the Canadian Wheat Board |
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NP: When the Supreme Court declined recently to consider the case of Canadian Wheat Board v. Attorney General of Canada, it brought a welcome end to a long, rancorous debate over the question of who, ultimately, has authority over the.. MORE... |
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Taliban must come to the table |
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Taylor: IT APPEARS as though the international alliance has grown weary of the war in Afghanistan, and the goal now being pursued is a face-saving exit rather than a policy committed to long-term nation building. Following the summit.. MORE... |
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Consumer rights can't be clicked away, court says |
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Geist: In 2004, Ian Andrews purchased a Dell laptop computer for $1,700. About 2 1/2 years later, the computer began to malfunction, periodically shutting down unexpectedly. Stuck with a problem computer that was past the standard warranty.. MORE... |
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- Layton gives few details on cancer fight
 NDP Leader Jack Layton had little to say about his battle against prostate cancer following his surprise announcement on Friday, instead wanting to focus on his party's issues.
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- Ottawa says housing bubble not a concern
 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty appears to have no immediate plans to tighten Canadian mortgage rules despite the advice of senior bankers concerned about surging home prices.
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- Canadian envoy objected to banning George Galloway
 The Canadian high commissioner to London flatly objected to barring British MP George Galloway from Canada, saying it would simply provide "a greater platform" for a vocal politician who's "not taken seriously" in his homeland.
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- Is that Ms. or Mrs. MP?
 More female Conservatives in the House of Commons prefer Mrs. over the more modern Ms., but there's no predicting who will take which title in any party, Glen McGregor finds.
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- YVR closes as fighter jets chase 'target'
 Vancouver International Airport was closed to takeoffs and landings for 20 minutes while two CF-18 military fighter jets scrambled to intercept an unknown "target of interest," a Transport Canada incident report shows.
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- Pay market rates for parking, PS told
The Harper government could generate millions in savings by charging public servants market rates to park at federal buildings and some military bases or it could simply stop providing parking.
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- Venezuelan envoy chides 'ultraright' Canada
The gov't of Hugo Chavez has responded to Canadian criticism it was "shrinking democratic space" in Venezuela by saying it will take no lessons from an "ultraright" government that "closed " Parliament to avoid an investigation into the handling of Afghan detainees.
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- Call for consular reform
When Canadian Michael Kapoustin finally won freedom from a Bulgarian prison in 2008, after a 12-year legal and diplomatic battle, he faced two choices.
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- Tree-felling fuels cost row over Irish Embassy
 FELLING OF trees at the Irish Ambassador to Canada’s residence in Ottawa, allegedly to make way for a swimming pool that may never be built, has caused dismay among residents of the city’s diplomatic belt in Rockcliffe Park.
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- Audit finds program flaws
A $59-million federal program to train native fisheries managers lacked key reporting controls to track spending and results, says an internal audit.
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- Ontario Liberals accused of vote grab
 The cash-strapped Liberal government promises to top up Nortel's underfunded pension plan – a move affecting many retirees in an Ottawa riding where a key by-election is being held March 4.
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- Asbestos worries dog Charest
 Controversy over asbestos exports continued to dog Quebec Premier Jean Charest right up to the very last day of a trade mission to India.
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- Alberta Tories warn of cuts in budget
 The Stelmach government will deliver a provincial budget Tuesday with "lots of cuts," potentially billions of dollars of additional red ink, and a new fiscal reality for a jurisdiction that's become comfortable with eye-popping spending hikes.
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- Karzai may institute conscription
 Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday he is considering instituting conscription to build an army large enough to provide security without international help.
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Stern confirmed a Page Six report that Fox is interested in hiring him to replace Simon Cowell on the top-rated show. 
Richard Warman, Canada's top online hate-hunter and scourge of free speech advocates, offered his first public response on Monday to the online campaign against him led by conservative blogger and lawyer Ezra Levant. 
Akin: James Cowan, the leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate, says it with a little more gentility than I do in the subject line to this post but the takeaway is pretty clear: 
Nearly 60 per cent of those surveyed would rather see senators elected than Red Chamber abolished 
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is on the mend in a U.S. hospital after successful heart surgery, his office said Monday. 
PMO warning comes on heels of news an aide to Public Works minister made mad dash to mailroom to 'unrelease' report 
Ibbitson: Will we say it all began with Danny Millions? No we won’t. Because we don’t do tea parties. 
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to shut down Parliament has caused him some damage, but there's still no indication that voters are looking to the Liberal leader. 
The federal Competition Bureau says it will challenge the restrictive rules that govern the multiple listing service (MLS) system used by most Canadian home sellers to list their properties. 
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says he regrets being included in an auditor general's report that found excessive spending by members of the provincial legislature.
LA Times: The Obamas will miss out on seeing arguably North America's most beautiful city. And their absence will be taken quietly as another snub by the United States' closest, friendliest, most important neighbor -- or neighbour, if you're reading this north of the border.
Aging reactor to go offline as Chalk River sits idle; Doctors fear shortage could cause increase in advanced cases of cancer and heart disease 
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's $8.1-million Prime Minister's Office deepens centralization of power. 
Mr. Ignatieff took a few minutes to chat about the pressure facing the men's hockey team, why he loves curling and how the rest of the world will learn they shouldn't mess with Canada.
In parts of sub-Saharan Africa, women injured during childbirth are treated as pariahs, expelled from their villages and abandoned as outcasts, says Keith Martin. "Some of them are left for hyenas to kill." 
Firefighters are on the scene of an overnight fire that ripped through CTV Ottawa's newsroom and caused more than $2.5 million in damage. 
