Once unthinkable in US, drug shoot-up rooms get serious look
By DAVID KLEPPER Across the United States, heroin users have died in alleys behind convenience stores, on city sidewalks and in the bathrooms of fast-food joints — because no one…
Stephen Harper
Son of late PM Pierre Trudeau becomes Canada’s new leader
By ROB GILLIES Canadian voters reclaimed their country’s liberal identity sending Justin Trudeau — the son of one of the country’s most dynamic politicians — to the prime minister’s office…
Harper battles Liberal icon’s son in Canadian elections
By ROB GILLIES Canadians voted Monday to decide whether to extend Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s near-decade in power or return Canada to its more liberal roots. Harper has trailed…
Toronto council poised to strip mayor of powers
By DAVID CRARY and ROB GILLIES Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attends a council meeting as councillors look to pass motions to limit his powers in Toronto on Monday Nov. 18,…
EU, CANADA REACH LANDMARK FREE TRADE DEAL
By JUERGEN BAETZ European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, shakes hands with Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper to conclude a signing ceremony at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels,…
CANADA’S ALICE MUNRO WINS NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE
By HILLEL ITALIE and MALIN RISING FILE – This June 25, 2009 file photo shows Canadian Author Alice Munro at a press conference at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Munro has…
MORE THAN 2,000 INVITED TO THATCHER FUNERAL
By JILL LAWLESS A view of the St. Paul’s Cathedral in central London, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The funeral service of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be held…