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Inuit hunters are falling through thinning ice and dying. Dolphins are being spotted for the first time. There's not enough snow to build igloos for shelter during hunts.
Simon Nattaq lost both feet to frostbite when his snowmobile crashed through the ice, made thin by rising Arctic temperatures.
One of Canada's most contentious anti-terrorism measures was struck down Friday by the Supreme Court, which declared it unconstitutional to detain foreign terror suspects indefinitely while the courts review their deportation orders.
The prime minister apologized Friday to a Syrian-born Canadian and said he would be compensated $8.9 million for Ottawa's role in his deportation by U.S. authorities to Damascus, where he was tortured and imprisoned for nearly a year.
The new leader of Canada's Liberal Party pledged Sunday to honor the country's commitment to the Kyoto protocol if he unseats Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an election expected next year.
A first round of voting Friday failed to produce a winner among the eight candidates vying to lead Canada's Liberal Party and take on the task of unseating Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
A "Brokeback Mountain" parody airing on Canadian television depicts an unusual type of summit between President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Parliament formally recognized the French-speaking people of Quebec as a nation within Canada, a seemingly symbolic gesture that has led to a Cabinet resignation and ignited concerns over a renewed push for the province's sovereignty.
Scientists are peering into the clouds near the top of the world, trying to solve a mystery and learn something new about global warming.
Canada's opposition Liberal party announced support Thursday for Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motion recognizing French-speaking Quebec as a nation within Canada, adding political weight to an attempt to pre-empt similar efforts by Quebec separatists.
Canada's opposition Liberal Party is holding a convention this month to elect a national leader, and some party leaders aren't too happy about the choice of the keynote speaker — Howard Dean. They say the unsuccessful presidential candidate has no place telling Canadians how to win elections. The former Vermont governor lost his bid for the 2004 Democratic nomination to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday Canada would not "sell out" its position on democracy after learning that Beijing's leader has declined to formally meet with him during an upcoming Asia-Pacific summit of world leaders.
More than half of those questioned about Canada's role in Afghanistan want to see the country's troops pulled out before their mandate ends in 2009, and nearly as many believe the mission in the insurgency-wracked country will not succeed, poll results showed Thursday.
A man who was sexually abusing a young girl in his home was arrested after he transmitted images of the assault via the Internet to an undercover detective, police said Thursday.
Three weeks after a Bangladeshi economist won the Nobel Peace Prize for revolutionizing banking for the poor, his followers said Wednesday they're determined to help 175 million people living on less than $1 a day get small loans by the end of 2015.
Canadian Conservatives who hitched their wagons to the White House are finding their popularity fading with those of their allies in Washington.
Canada's government introduced legislation Thursday that would cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, a target date that prompted critics to declare that Ottawa has effectively abandoned the international Kyoto accord on climate change.
Relatives of the Canadian-Lebanese family killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon lashed out at the Canadian government Monday, saying it had not done enough to protect its citizens from the violence nor demanded an end to Israeli aggression.
Lawyers for some Muslim terror suspects held in an alleged plot to blow up Ontario buildings complained outside a courtroom Monday about a media blackout on courtroom proceedings.
Jailed terror suspects accused of plotting attacks in Canada had been making plans to detonate truck bombs against the stock exchange and the country's spy agency, according to a news report citing court documents.
Prosecutors have accused some of the 17 Muslim terror suspects arrested in Canada of plotting to storm Parliament, take hostages and behead the prime minister unless Canada withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, an attorney for one of the suspects said.
Canadian police foiled a homegrown terrorist attack by arresting 17 suspects, apparently inspired by al-Qaida, who obtained three times the amount of an explosive ingredient used in the Oklahoma City bombing, officials said Saturday.
Canada's spy agency said Monday that some Canadian citizens or residents received terror training in al-Qaida-run camps in Afghanistan, providing official reinforcement to what security analysts have warned for years.
A DNA test has confirmed what zoologists, hunters and aboriginal trackers in the far northern reaches of Canada have dreamed of for years: the first documented case of a grizzly-polar bear in the wild.
Canada's new Conservative government banned the media from showing live images of the flag-draped coffins of four Canadian soldiers when their bodies were returned Tuesday from Afghanistan, angering political opponents and some families.
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