Lawyers for an Egyptian-Canadian journalist convicted in Cairo of terrorism charges have filed an appeal in an effort to secure a new trial, his family said Wednesday.
OTTAWA - Tom Mulcair defended the use of marijuana as a matter of personal choice Wednesday, recalling his own youth puffing on "oregano" even as the Canadian Medical Association officially warned against smoking pot.
WINNIPEG - Investigations are underway to determine whether Manitoba's social services failed a 15-year-old aboriginal girl who ran away from foster care and was found dead in the Red River.
OTTAWA - Canada has a new top civil servant — and she's only the second woman to hold the position of clerk of the Privy Council.
OTTAWA - When a minister tweets, is it ever really a personal account, or should he or she be required to abide by federal laws and responsibilities?
OTTAWA - Canada's electronic spy agency intercepted — and kept — several private communications of Canadians last year in violation of internal policies on personal information.