Members of Parliament have begun voting on an historic no-confidence motion that is expected to topple the minority Liberal government and trigger an election. The three opposition parties are expected to put up a united front and vote in support

Seventy per cent of Canadians believe that the House of Commons will look pretty much the same after an election as it did before, according to a poll conducted by Environics Research for the CBC. INDEPTH: Divided Parliament

NDP Leader Brian Mason says the salary the chair of the Alberta Securities Commission receives is too high for the job, and is concerned that it's more than the wage paid the head of the country's largest regulator. A document

Saskatoon police believe a former student left threatening phone messages at about 30 public elementary schools over the weekend. The threats prompted the school board to restrict public access to all 44 elementary schools in the morning. Things were back

The flags could soon be coming down at Premier Lorne Calvert's "raise a flag for fairness" campaign. The provincial government launched the broadcast, print and internet campaign earlier this month to pressure Ottawa to give Saskatchewan a better deal on

Peter Jenkins, the Yukon's minister of health and deputy premier, has quit cabinet, resigned from the party, and will sit as an independent MLA in the legislature. Premier Dennis Fentie rocked the Yukon legislature Monday with news the Yukon Party's

The federal Liberals are likely to be told within the next hour that they have lost the confidence of Parliament, and can no longer govern. Bells are scheduled to start ringing at 6:30 p.m. ET to call MPs to the

Ottawa police are investigating after a young woman died when she was dragged 1½ kilometres under a cab.

The B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union plans to map out its bargaining strategy later this week for contract negotiations which are expected to begin early in the new year. BCGEU president George Heyman says that after two years of

The boy died Saturday morning after being brought to hospital in critical condition two days before, police said.

Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a 99-year-old hotel in High River Monday morning. Firefighters were called to the Gateway Hotel, built in 1906, about 8 a.m., but couldn't save the structure. Volunteer

Two attendants bathing 90-year-old Jennie Nelson didn't test the temperature of the water with their hands before placing the elderly woman in the tub, a fatality inquiry into her death heard Monday. Nelson, who had Alzheimer's, died on Jan. 11,

A Saskatoon company is promoting a drug-testing system called "DrugWipe" aimed at parents who suspect their children are using banned substances. The company, Evident Corporate Investigations, says it can test a teen's room for traces of drugs by wiping fleece

The provincial government has hired "Professor Popsicle" to give cold-weather training to construction workers who prepare winter roads in northern Manitoba. Transportation Minister Ron Lemieux says Dr. Gordon Giesbrescht has been hired to teach emergency survival techniques to people who

On behalf of the Government of Canada, Belinda Stronach, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, and Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal, today announced that the Government of Canada is initiating regulatory changes that would modify the eligibility criteria of

Environment Minister Stéphane Dion said climate change is the world's most pressing problem of the century, as he welcomed about 10,000 people to a UN conference in Montreal.