On Parliament Hill, language seems parceled out in soundbytes and 140-character messages. But Canada's poet laureate is trying to bring the art of eloquence back to the national conversation.

The new Canadian NEPTUNE ocean floor observatory will provide the earliest warning yet of tsunamis to come.

Canada comes alive with the sound of music thanks to half a century of promotion from the Canadian Music Centre. 

Hours after the 9-11 attacks, Canadian officials handed him over to U.S. authorities in the middle of the night. He spent the next five years in American custody where he says he was tortured. Now, Benamar Benatta wants answers, and he wants them from the Canadian government.

Five players in one court case are fighting over rewriting the rules for gay blood donors in Canada.

The debate over decriminalizing prostitution is back on the front burner with a recent court challenge to Canada's sex-for-sale laws by three women in the trade.

How now small cow?  More Canadian farmers are downsizing to the Dexter.

Canada ranks 20 out of 25 countries in a recent report on the reimbursement of new prescription drugs. For pharmaceutical companies, this ranking is a bitter pill to swallow.

Heckling during Question Period isn't unusual —
some even consider it a part of the democratic process. But how far is too far? And when does heckling become harassment?

After 15 years of asylum, Rwandans living illegally in Canada could soon be sent back home. The Canadian government says the post-genocide country is now safe but some people facing deportation still fear for their lives.

On Parliament Hill, language seems parceled out in soundbytes and 140-character messages. But Canada's poet laureate is trying to bring the art of eloquence back to the national conversation.

Canada comes alive with the sound of music thanks to half a century of promotion from the Canadian Music Centre. 

The Government of Canada wants you to eat kosher, and just gave $700,000 to the Montreal Jewish Community Council to develop kosher standards for non-Jewish foods.  L'chaim!

Along with numerous other bilateral agreements, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's trip to China early last month yielded research and development pacts between Canadian and Chinese clean-energy firms. Canadian businesses hope the partnerships will create jobs and bring in big profits from China's blossoming clean energy industry.

The government says its new online surveillance bill will fight child pornography. It may also be Canada's attempt to fulfil its end of the Canada-U.S. perimeter security agreement. 

It’s been 30 years since the Ocean Ranger disaster and three years since the Cougar 491 helicopter crash. While the government of Newfoundland and Labrador supports the creation of an independent safety board for the offshore, nothing can change until the federal government agrees.

With the baby boom generation now turning 65, the Standing Committee on Health is looking at chronic diseases related to aging. Meanwhile, millions of Canadians are facing the financial and emotional stresses of caring for their aging or disabled loved ones at home.  Capital News Online provides a glimpse into the life of a caregiver.

Rural and northern communities across the country continue to face doctor shortages. Some experts suggest the fault lies in medical students' education.  Capital News looks into why doctors prefer to practice in cities, and what's being done to lure them into the country.