As rising oil prices impact Canada’s economy there are talks of creating a National Energy Strategy once again. But compared to the National Energy Program from 1980, the push this time is not coming from Ottawa – Western provinces and the private sector are taking the lead in the talks.

Canada's traditional maple syrup industry depends on the cold. That means global warming could impact breakfast tables across the country.

Bigorexia, commonly known as "muscular dysmorphia", is affecting more and more men. They're exercising and eating excessively to transform into their ideal male bodies. Capital News Online explores the growing problem of bigorexia disorder.

The war may be over, but the personal battles with post-traumatic stress disorder endure.  As growing numbers of Canadian soldiers combat post-war trauma the federal government struggles to keep up with the growing demand. Capital News Online explores what veterans are doing to undo the damage.

A vintage law from the prohibition era still affects Canada’s modern wine industry. A Tory MP private member’s bill aims to change the law and make it legal for local wines to cross interprovincial borders.

Transgendered people often find themselves in a grey area when it comes to their rights. Many face discrimination when it comes to healthcare, housing and employment. Capital News Online explores the political, medical, legal and social challenges of trans-forming.

INSIDE

• Profile of a transgender Activist
• Exploring the politics of transgender rights
• Mapping the medical transition

After a decade of general decline in the number of murders, 2010 had the lowest homicide rate in over 40 years according to a Statistics Canada report released last month. Capital News Online takes a look at the people and the techniques behind homicide investigations.

Inside

» INFO GRAPHIC: Homicide rates
» VIDEO: Connecting the dots: Profiling techniques
» AUDIO: Serial killers: Inside murderous minds

Foreign flora and fauna are permeating Canada’s delicate ecosystems, wreaking havoc and changing Canadian landscapes forever. Capital News Online examines the ecological and economic price tag.

Researchers in Ottawa are working on a cancer therapy that is safe for humans, but deadly for cancer cells. The new experimental procedure injects viruses into the body to seek and destroy cancer cells, leaving healthy ones safe and sound. The discovery may mean we are one step closer in the race to cure cancer.

According to a recent Statistics Canada report, fitness levels have significantly dropped among Canadians and weight gain is on a roll. Capital News Online takes a bite out of the obesity issue, chews a strip off of diet and exercise fads and focuses in on the enormous effects of packing on the pounds.

A Recession. Unemployment. Fewer jobs. Little money. And now a heated debate over Canada’s Employment Insurance system. Confused much? Capital News Online breaks down the proposed changes for how unemployed Canadians can get paid and what it takes to qualify.

Generation Y — people born in the late seventies to nineties — is the first generation to grow up with computers, electronic gagets and video games. Pampered by parents, Gen Y-ers are confident, ambitious and not afraid to question authority. They're even challenging the way democracy works in Canada. And much like young generations past, they're changing the face of Parliament.

After a decade of general decline in the number of murders, 2010 had the lowest homicide rate in over 40 years according to a Statistics Canada report released last month. Capital News Online takes a look at the people and the techniques behind homicide investigations.

Inside

» INFO GRAPHIC: Homicide rates
» VIDEO: Connecting the dots: Profiling techniques
» AUDIO: Serial killers: Inside murderous minds

Words in all their varieties — slang, vernacular, jargon — are essential to how we communicate.  But what happens when vocabularies shrink, or an entire language falls out of use? Capital News Online gets the word on the street.

Canadian Forces have until July 2011 to leave Afghanistan, but much work remains to be done. Capital News Online explores the personal and political discourse around Canada’s exit strategy in a three-part documentary.

Soccer has really scored in Canada. More and more Canadians are donning jerseys and cleats and heading to fields – indoor and out. FIFA has given Canada possession of the 2015 Women’s World Cup, which is sure to bring Canada’s most popular participation sport to centre field. Capital News Online kicks-off the story.