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. 

Canadian winter athletes are heading to Vancouver with better prospects of reaching the podium. Researchers from universities and institutions across the country are hoping the contributions from the Top Secret program will make a difference.

Maternal health issues in Canada go far beyond morning sickness. Women are dealing with serious health and emotional problems during pregnancy and after giving birth. 

There's been criticism that Canada lacks a unified national highway system, despite millions being spent by the federal government to improve the Trans-Canada Highway.  

Improving access to education in Afghanistan is a click away. A small group of Canadian volunteers are using the Internet to change lives in the war-torn country.

Bloggers are a buzz over iCopyright, CBC's online content licensing system. Fees are meant to protect copyrighted material, but has the CBC gone too far?

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.

Canada's new public safety minister is carrying on with the closure of Canada's six prison farms. This is another blow in the battle to save the farms.

Drug users who frequent Vancouver's supervised injection site could find its doors closed after the Supreme Court hears the case later this year. The major point of contention? The division of powers between provincial and federal jurisdictions.

The Great Lakes aren't doing so... well, great. Canada's action plan to revitalize the waters just doesn't compare to the American pledge of US$2.2 billion for the cause.

Canada's planned national immunization registry, Panorama, was supposed to be operating by 2009. Experts now predict it will be ready sometime before 2016. Once in use, this registry will help control outbreaks, such as H1N1 and SARS.

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

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 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.

MPs and party officials say they're ready for an election whenever it comes.  CapNews asks what it takes to be prepared at the level of local riding associations.

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?

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