VANCOUVER - The average Canadian family is spending more on taxes than on food, shelter and clothing combined, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute, but at least one economist cautions that the findings need to be seen in context.
QUEBEC - A court martial for a military warrant officer has heard he told his alleged victim he was interested in having sex with her.
Clashes broke out July 18 when Israeli supporters arrived at a demonstration in support of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza.
OTTAWA - Stephen Harper expressed strong support for U.S. airstrikes in Iraq during a telephone conversation Tuesday with President Barack Obama.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A pepper-spray attack on a 13-year-old boy working the register at a Kamloops, B.C., restaurant was still not enough to disguise the assailant, or his prominent Family Guy tattoo.
Federal correctional authorities are getting in the way of an investigation into drug-prescribing practices for inmates by withholding relevant information, Canada's prisons ombudsman says.