Are we ready for an earthquake? Capital News Online reporter Sabrina Doyle speaks with researcher Garry Rogers and emergency management director Kevin Wallinger about the Canada's state of readiness.

They are designated national historic sites and a crucial component of Canadian culture and history. But, no one has seen HMS Erebus or HMS Terror since they were trapped in ice while searching for the Northwest Passage in 1845. Parks Canada hopes to change that.

Canadian soldiers want compensation for health problems linked to uranium exposure they say occurred while they were serving as peacekeepers in Bosnia.

With the budget on March 22, Canada's Clean Air Agenda is again in the spotlight. Spending estimates show that the federal government plans to cut $145.5 million from spending designed to reduce Canada's carbon footprint in the next nine years.

Controversy continues to swirl around the CRTC decision to impose usage-based billing on third-party Internet Service Providers. But Canada's telecommunications regulator isn't backing down.

Environment Canada is investing nearly $3 million in projects that hope to clean up environmentally-damaged areas of the Great Lakes. While in some cases the funding may not be enough, project managers say it's a good start.

Liberal leader Bob Rae has called for a national strategy on mental health. With suicide the second leading cause of death among youth, some teachers, and even school custodians, are being trained to detect suicidal tendencies. But students themselves often remain uneducated. Capital News spoke with Katie Balnar about her experience with mental illness in high school, and sat down with two experts.

With an aging population, there are more seniors behind the wheel than ever. But when is it time to pull the emergency brake on elderly driving?

Health Canada recently announced new labelling requirements and a caffeine 'cap' for energy drinks. But one parent who believes his son died after consuming one of these drinks, as well as members of the expert panel that advised the government, believe this isn't good enough. CapNews investigates.

As the Occupy movement spread from Manhattan to cities across North America, Capital News watched the first 48 hours of the protest in downtown Ottawa.

A change in Canada’s refugee policy leaves people trying to escape armed conflict or civil war with an impossible choice — risk everything by trying to flee the country, or stay trapped in a deadly conflict.

Conservative MP Brian Storseth is proposing a private member's bill to remove hate speech provisions of the Canadian Human Rights Act that he says infringe on Canadians' freedom of speech.

Olympic ticket scalping is such big business that even VANOC is getting in on the game. But ticket holders are still worried they won't be able to find buyers before the Games begin.

The Terry Fox Run is a popular annual fixture in schools and communities across Canada. But it's no longer just a Canadian event. Today, Fox's inspirational story is motivating people in more than 30 countries to hold runs in support of cancer research.

Athletes' years of training — and perhaps even the Winter Games themselves — could be for nothing if there is an H1N1 outbreak in the Olympic Village.  Coaches and organizers are doing all they can to prevent the worst-case scenario.

The spotlight shines on cabinet ministers, but backbench MPs work hard in their shadows.

Are doctors doing enough to help themselves? Their patients may not be the only ones who need treatment.

The constabulary wants to be your Facebook friend.  Civil libertarians say we should be wary.