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

Water experts say Canada needs to exert sovereignty over its fresh water to prevent it from being sold for profit. A recently defeated private member's bill indicates Parliament is not ready to take these steps.

Security guards, not citizens, are the real winners in a proposed expansion of citizen's arrest powers to allow hours-later arrests, critics say. 

With a looming federal budget, women's advocates look at how government spending affects men and women differently. Capital News spoke with Kathleen Lahey, an expert in gender and financial policy at Queen's University. 

First Nations people living on reserves are significantly less likely than other Canadians to graduate from high school. Capital News Online spoke to Michael Mendelson and John Jerome Paul to hear their views about what can be done to improve these odds.

Birthright citizenship for foreign babies born in Canada could soon come to an end. After receiving complaints from the medical community about foreign nationals giving birth in the country without paying the bill, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says he wants to stop people taking advanatge of the Canadian immigration system.