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.

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

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. 

The good news for Aboriginal Peoples is that their income — personal and community — is on the rise.  The bad news, say aboriginal money managers, is that without a basic knowledge of how to handle newfound wealth it may slip through their fingers.

Canada's history stretches back for more than 15,000 years, full of countless objects, vast landscapes and captivating characters. Capital News Online, with the help of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, looks at nine significant objects from our nation's history and investigates the time, place and people that make the items so integral to understanding our past.

The Government of Canada wants you to eat kosher, and just gave $700,000 to the Montreal Jewish Community Council to develop kosher standards for non-Jewish foods.  L'chaim!

The Macdonald-Laurier Insitute hosted academics Michael Byers and Jack Granatstein in a debate over the role and direction of the Canadian Forces post-Afghanistan. Byers argued that peacekeeping should be the paramount priority of the Canadian military; Granatstein held that protection of national interests through combat readiness should be the military's purpose. You be the judge.