| Canada, US imams issue fatwa declaring honour killings, domestic violence 'un-Islamic' Imams across Canada and the United States have issued a moral ruling condemning honour killings, domestic violence and misogyny as "un-Islamic."
Thirty-four imams belonging to the Islamic Supreme... | |
| Developing: Deadline extended in Toronto labour talks At the request of the mediator, negotiations between the City of Toronto and CUPE 416, the union representing outside workers, have been extended to 2... |
| More Stanley Cup rioters charged Rioters try to flip a car on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver broke out in riots after their hockey team the Vancouver Canucks lost in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup... |
| Olympian Clara Hughes describes her 'spiral of darkness' in mental illness campaign Canadian Olympian Clara Hughes accepts the ceremonial face-off puck from Ottawa Senators’ captain Daniel Alfredsson prior to their NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs’ in... |
| 'Anonymous' hackers' antiracist campaign goes too far: Critics This picture taken on February 3, 2012 shows a photograph of the hacked Greek ministry of justice website. Online hackers group Anonymous attacked the Greek justice ministry website in criticism of... |
| Snowboarding mishap kills man at Alta. ski resort A man in his 30s died after losing control while snowboarding at Castle Mountain Resort in southwest Alberta Saturday afternoon and sliding into a ditch.The man, who was wearing a helmet and chest... |
| Skier critically hurt in B.C. avalanche Two backcountry skiers were rescued after being caught in an avalanche near Kimberley, B.C., Saturday afternoon, with one skier sustaining critical injuries.At around 4 p.m. local time, Kimberley... |
| Canada draws Germany in U17 women's soccer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Canada and Germany drew 0-0 in an under-17 women's soccer match Saturday. Both sides created chances in the game but both teams played well enough defensively to... |
| Canada adds to bobsleigh medal haul Canada's Lyndon Rush is ending the bobsled World Cup season on a tear.A day after winning the gold medal in the two-man event, Rush and his crew took bronze in the four-man event Saturday at a... |
| Canada Post junks more than 1,000 mailboxes Typewriters, telegrams and the rotary telephone; at one time, all of these devices helped people communicate. But now they're all pretty much extinct. Richard Madan reports on how mailboxes may... |
| Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche in a shootout | NHL Vancouver defenseman Kevin Bieksa made big plays at both ends of the ice in the final minute of the third period and the Canucks went on to beat the host Colorado Avalanche in a... |
| Official: Dog starts Vancouver, Wash., house fire VANCOUVER, Wash. — Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early Saturday. Capt. David James told the... |
| Canada's Rush wins bronze in 4-man bobsleigh Canada's Lyndon Rush pilots himself along with Jesse Lumsden, Cody Sorensen and Neville Wright during the first run of the four-man bobsleigh at the FIBT World Cup. (The Canadian Press/Jonathan... |
| Maple Leafs crush Senators in Battle of Ontario James Reimer couldn't stop smiling Saturday night, and who could blame him? After watching Jonas Gustavsson start 11 of 12 games in goal for the Maple Leafs in January, Reimer made 49 saves for... |
| North Vancouver man detained after jaywalking says he's police target Microsoft has released an attack ad featuring a character named Gmail Man which mocks Google's privacy policies. The ad is one of a string of attacks, including a widely circulated newspaper... |
| Two recent major homicide cases stretched resources of tiny southern Alberta RCMP detachments CALGARY — Alberta had the highest rate of employment growth in Canada in the past year. Statistics Canada reported Friday that the province’s unemployment rate remained at 4.9 per cent in... |
| NHL: Toronto 5, Ottawa 0 James Reimer turned aside 49 shots en route to his third shutout of the season Saturday, staking Toronto to a 5-0 victory over Ottawa. Reimer stopped 21 shots in the second period and 16 in the... |
| Canadian imam bans honor killings A senior Muslim leader in Canada Saturday ordered an end to so-called honor killings and domestic abuse, saying the Koran does not endorse such violence. Imam Syed Soharwardy of Calgary, Alberta,... |
| Eagle parts trafficker was not asserting aboriginal rights: Judge SURREY, B.C. -- A B.C. Provincial Court judge has ruled that James Carl Joseph was not asserting his aboriginal rights when he possessed and trafficked in eagle parts.Joseph, an accomplished wood... |
| Desk-bound lifestyles proving hazardous, researchers say OTTAWA -- Travis Saunders used to sit all day reading studies about how sitting all day was killing him."I went kind of crazy worrying about how unbelievably sedentary I was for 10 to 12 hours... |
| Canada's Rush wins bronze in four-man bobsled WHISTLER, B.C. -- Canada's Lyndon Rush is ending the bobsled World Cup season on a tear. A day after winning the gold medal in the two-man event, Rush and his crew took bronze in the four-man... |
| Canadian PM to visit China next week TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to... |
| Dog starts Vancouver house fire VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early Saturday.Capt. David... |
| Montreal police launch probe into alleged brutality Police have ordered an investigation following the publication of a video taken at a Montreal tuition-hike protest showing an officer hitting and pushing students. Maya Johnson... |
| B.C. police hunt Abbotsford sex attackers Police in Abbotsford have issued these composite sketches of a driver (l) and passenger (r) suspected of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman on Thursday. (Abbotsford... |
| Man who posed as Santa accused of attempted child abduction Police in B.C. have arrested an Edmonton suspect in a case where a man allegedly tried to lure a child by claiming he was Santa. David Warren Buchanan, 67, has been charged with two counts of... |
| North America fatwa issued against 'honour killings' Imam Syed Soharwardy (closest to camera), from Calgary, was surrounded by a dozen other Islamic Supreme Council of Canada members at the Jamia Riyadhul Jannah mosque Saturday as he delivered the... |
| UPDATE: Missing elderly Vancouver woman found Stuck in a parenting trap? Read Monday’s Vancouver Sun for advice from parenting expert Michele Kambolis. This week a mother is concerned about the impact of her 15-year-old’s inability... |
| Earthquake shakes off coast of Vancouver Island Stuck in a parenting trap? Read Monday’s Vancouver Sun for advice from parenting expert Michele Kambolis. This week a mother is concerned about the impact of her 15-year-old’s inability... |
| Quake shakes ocean, hardly felt on Vancouver Island VANCOUVER -- A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck just past noon Saturday off the coast of Vancouver Island, about 170 km west of Ucluelet, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The United States... |
| Canada 'disappointed' in Russian, Chinese UN veto, says John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird, seen in the House of Commonson November 16, on Tuesday announced a reduction in Canada's embassy staff in Damascus,... |
| NHL: Vancouver 3, Colorado 2 Vanessa Hudgens, a cast member in the motion picture sci-fi fantasy "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" attends the premiere premiere of the film at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in the... |
| Official: Dog Starts Vancouver, Wash., House Fire Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early... |
| Canada 'disappointed' by Syria resolution failure At the United Nations in New York Saturday, a plan to end the violence in Syria failed by two votes put forth by Russia and China. Daniele Hamamdjian... |
| Syrian Embassy in Ottawa vandalized The Syrian Embassy in Ottawa is splattered with red paint after news breaks about a government crackdown on dissent in Homs, Syria that killed over 200... |
| Canucks rally to beat Avalanche in shootout Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks, left, skates against the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. (Doug Pensinger/Getty... |
| Planned gas well too close, Rocky Ridge residents say A lot of people in Calgary's Rocky Ridge neighbourhood work in oil and gas, but many say a planned well for the northwest suburb is too close to home - literally. Based on a letter to the Rocky... |
| Canadian fatwa condemns honour killings Imam Syed Soharwardy of Calgary reads a copy of a fatwa at the Jamia Riyadhul Jannah place of worship in Mississauga, Ont., on Saturday. (Chris Young/The Canadian... |
