When it comes to discussions about violence against women, most Canadians focus on the deveoping world. However, thousands of Canadian women suffer from violence and abuse each year. Capital News Online set out to learn why this issue is still prevelent in Canada today.  

Changes to Canada's system for accessing medical marijuana are igniting controversy over the drug's accessibility and the safety of home grow operations. 

Canada is defending the sealing industry against the European Union's ban on seal products at the World Trade Organization.

Delegates from 177 countries vote down a suggestion to ban the trade in polar bear skins. Hunters and policy makers say that decision protects a vital economy in Canada's remote northern communities.

High levels of sodium and trans fat are responsible for thousands of deaths in countries like Canada and the United States, still the government chooses to stay out of people's kitchens. As parliament looks at lowering sodium levels, it begs the question: at what point should the government intervene?

An NDP private member's bill is tackling Canadians' love of salt, arguing it's time for the government to start regulating sodium levels in foods. 

Scientists are saying British Columbia's fish farms are perfect breeding grounds for sea lice, which are killing wild salmon. The scientists' concerns have fallen on deaf ears so far, at both the provincial and federal levels of government.

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? 

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.

Changes to Canada's system for accessing medical marijuana are igniting controversy over the drug's accessibility and the safety of home grow operations. 

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

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.

Hunters from the East Coast and the Arctic have been feasting on seals for centuries. There's growing interest in marketing seal meat nationally, but some obstacles must still be overcome. 

The Department of Justice has proposed changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act that critics say place punishment for someahead of the potential for rehabilitation.