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.

For almost 30 years, Canadians have had the right to work in their official language of choice.  But even in the supposedly bilingual workplace of the federal government, how free are public servants to speak their mother tongues?

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.

That plush lining in your winter gloves could be made from slaughtered and skinned dogs and cats.  That's why not one but two NDP MPs have tabled private members' bills to shut down canine and feline fur imports from China and southeast Asia.

The animation industry in Canada has come to life.  A combination of creative energy, new technologies, tax credit assistance and small-scale entrepreneurship has spawned a business sector now earning some $4 billion.  Capital News profiles one thriving company.

When the bulldozers move on that architectural monstrosity from the 1960s, are we inadvertently depriving future Canadians of a historical gem?  Cross-jurisdictional confusion, commercial interests and a failure to appreciate the worth of particular buildings are eroding our national heritage legacy. 

Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime was supposed to allow generic drug companies to provide medications to developing countries at a low cost, but so far only one shipment of one drug has crossed Canada’s borders under the legislation. Some MPs and activists are hoping Bill C-393 will solve the problems with CAMR.

The government is opening the national telecommuncations industry to foreign investment, which could mean good things for Canadians' cell phone bills and services.

Renewed concern over violence in hockey has made its way onto the federal stage. Recent examples of severe violence on the ice has led to calls to revamp the rulebook and bring in the Criminal Code.

Canada's emergency rooms are set up to handle crises. But people with mental illness say this is where they experience some of the most hurtful discrimination.

Organic food. Hybrid cars. Home composts. Canadians have been quick to embrace all things environmentally friendly.  So why aren't they dying to make the next move towards a natural end? 

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

Organic food. Hybrid cars. Home composts. Canadians have been quick to embrace all things environmentally friendly.  So why aren't they dying to make the next move towards a natural end? 

Hate speech law and the Human Rights Act are under the lens again. Is this the end of unlucky Section 13?

Many members of quasi-judicial bodies are not being reappointed by the Conservative government. Critics say it may be good politics, but it's bad for justice.

The face of the Anglican Church of Canada is changing, and its future is the rapping, blogging, globetrotting Rev. Kyle Wagner

Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime was supposed to allow generic drug companies to provide medications to developing countries at a low cost, but so far only one shipment of one drug has crossed Canada’s borders under the legislation. Some MPs and activists are hoping Bill C-393 will solve the problems with CAMR.

When Rick Hansen set out on his Man in Motion World Tour, his goal was simply to raise awareness for spinal cord injury. Twenty five years later, the legacy of his marathon continues.