Canada's national media are projecting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first major world leader to face election since the global financial meltdown, has led his Conservative Party to victory in Tuesday's election. ...more

October 15, 2008

A Toronto man was found guilty Thursday of taking part in the activities of a terrorist group whose bold, if ill-formed, plans included the goal of decapitating Prime Minister Stephen Harper. ...more

September 26, 2008

An attempt at levity by a Canadian Cabinet minister over a tainted food epidemic that killed 17 people has turned the health crisis into an unexpected issue in Canada's election campaign. ...more

September 20, 2008

Canada's prime minister moved to firm up control of disputed Arctic waters Wednesday by announcing stricter registration requirements for ships sailing in the Northwest Passage. ...more

August 28, 2008

Canada plans to map energy and mineral resources in its Arctic region in a bid to encourage development and assert its sovereignty in the far north, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday. ...more

August 27, 2008

In a historic speech, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized Wednesday to Canada's native peoples for a former government policy of forcing their children to attend state-funded schools aimed at assimilating them. ...more

June 12, 2008

A truth and reconciliation commission is examining a decadeslong government policy that required Canadian Indians to attend schools where students were forced to lose their cultural identity and were routinely subjected to abuse. ...more

June 2, 2008