The federal science funding agency has pulled the plug on support for many of the country's field research stations.  Scientists are turning to the public and to sponsors to keep the facilities in operation.

Every day, Canadians make impossibly difficult decisions about the end of a loved one's life. Dr. David J. Roy helps them search for answers on when to end medical care.

Parliament is debating who should control digital music files: you or the record companies.

Three government bills promise to extend police wiretap powers to the Wi-Fi world of Internet traffic.  Critics contend the bills grant the police far too much leeway to eavesdrop on private conversations.

Once you cut out the tumour, is chemotherapy necessary? Scientists at the National Research Council have the answer down to a number.

Are religious universities compatible with academic freedom?  Not if they require their professors to adhere to a specific doctrine, according to a national body of educators — singling out the Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg.

RCMP officials were "shocked" to learn their policing partners were 25 per cent less confident in their ability to deal with youth crime. Now officials at Canada's national police force are reviewing their policies for preventing crime among young people.

Music is used in the recently released Conservative attack ads to influence voter perceptions without them realizing it. A carefully-selected melody can help or hurt a politician’s image. Can this persuasive marketing technique become a tool of manipulation?

New legislation would provide more funding resources to victim support groups across the country, but the government has made no move to table the bill.

Gym memberships, golf lessons and nutritional counselling, oh my! If you're looking to lose weight or lead a healthier life, a new idea could see the government giving you a $5000 voucher to do just that.

With a federal election on the horizon, an innovative new political party wants to shake up Canadian politics and empower voters using the internet.

Capital News talks to two Canadian evacuees — one evacuated from Egypt this year and another from Lebanon in 2006 — about their experiences and what the Canadian Government can do to better handle these crises.

The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word is in Ottawa this year, October 12 to 16.  Eighteen teams of poets from 15 cities across the country will gather to compete for the title of national champions. Capital News Online spoke with John Akpata, member of the Capital Slam team, and Marcus Jameel, founder of the Urban Legends team, in the run-up to the competition.

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?

Inukjuak is the first northern community to get its own sound map. You can now hear the sounds of wind, water and ATVs in a distant Arctic community from your couch at home.

After more than a year of study, a House of Commons committee may soon recommend dropping the legal blood alcohol threshold for drivers.

New laws targeting identity theft, the fastest growing crime in North America, came into effect in January. Ottawa residents Lana and Jack Bogart share their story of losing it all.

Canada's response to the tsunami that destroyed much of South Asia's coast five years ago is teaching NGOs that working together produces better results.