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Collapsible porta-potty built in Windsor, Ont. ready to flush the market

February 18, 2017 - 5:00am

The P-Pod folds down and becomes one-third the height of a traditional porta-potty, allowing people to transport three times as many units at considerable savings.

Anti-Islamophobia debate might define both Liberals and Conservatives

February 18, 2017 - 5:00am

In the wake of the Quebec City mosque massacre, the Liberals see their anti-Islamophobia motion as a defining matter of leadership. Conservatives, meanwhile, have drawn a line under Islamophobia and want to see the word defined.

Bag missing a month, Air Canada still looking

February 18, 2017 - 5:00am

A visiting student from Brazil is rapidly losing hope that he will ever see his luggage again before he returns home in the spring.

'No words, no language': Douglas Garland victim impact statements

February 17, 2017 - 8:42pm

Douglas Garland was sentenced Friday in a Calgary courtroom to life in prison with no chance of parole for 75 years in the deaths of Alvin and Kathy Liknes and their five-year-old grandson Nathan O'Brien. The judge called the murders "brutal and senseless and planned." Relatives went further.

'Punch a Zionist' McGill student politician rebuffs calls to resign

February 17, 2017 - 6:26pm

The Students’ Society of McGill University has asked for the resignation of student politician Igor Sadikov following a tweet he sent out stating “punch a [Z]ionist today.”

Feds investigating as B.C. oyster norovirus outbreak spreads

February 17, 2017 - 5:14pm

The Public Health Agency of Canada says its taken on a leadership role in the investigation into norovirus-contaminated oysters from B.C., now that cases have been reported in Alberta and Ontario as well.

David and Victoria Beckham in 'beautiful' Whistler for family ski trip

February 17, 2017 - 4:39pm

The soccer star was recently the focus of much scrutiny in Britain after alleged image-tarnishing emails were leaked to the media.

Canadians prepare to face cyberwarriors and fake news in Latvia mission

February 17, 2017 - 4:34pm

The first Canadian troops assigned to NATO's deterrence force in Latvia will arrive in the Baltic country by June, the country's chief of defence staff said Friday. The deployment of 450 troops to check a resurgent Russia was agreed to by the Trudeau government last summer.

Big bonuses for RCMP top brass as front-line Mounties go without pay hikes

February 17, 2017 - 4:34pm

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson signed off on more than $1.7 million worth of what is called "at risk" performance pay last year for 90 senior officers, not including himself - at a time when rank and file Mounties have gone nearly three years without a raise.

Refugee claims at Canada-U.S. border have doubled over past 2 years

February 17, 2017 - 4:00pm

The number of refugee claims made at Canadian land border crossings has more than doubled over the past two years, surging to 7,023 in 2016. But the spike isn't unusual and represents a return to the volume of refugees Canada has previously received, experts say.

Skeleton crew: Next week's episode of U.S. network show Bones set in Newfoundland

February 17, 2017 - 1:23pm

Fox investigative thriller Bones is airing an episode set in Newfoundland.

Bomb-making materials found at teen terror suspect's home, court documents say

February 17, 2017 - 12:53pm

Newly released court documents shed light on Montrealers Sabrine Djermane and El Mahdi Jamali, who were teenagers when they were charged with several terrorism-related offences in 2015.

TVO changes tune, keeps over-the-air transmission outside Toronto

February 17, 2017 - 12:02pm

Ontario's public broadcaster has reversed an earlier decision to eliminate its over-the-air signal throughout the province with the exception of Toronto.

B.C. signs health care deal with federal government, also gets money for opioid crisis

February 17, 2017 - 11:15am

B.C. will sign a health care deal with the federal government that includes $1.4 billion for home care and mental health care. B.C. will also get $10 million in emergency funding to help deal with the province's opioid crisis.

Rally for slain bus driver demands protection from 'heinous attacks'

February 17, 2017 - 6:00am

Emotional pleas to protect bus drivers from "heinous attacks" echoed through Winnipeg's City Hall courtyard on Friday as hundreds of transit workers rallied in the wake of this week's fatal stabbing of Irvine Jubal Fraser, 58.

Ardene removes toxic jewelry from stores, vows change

February 17, 2017 - 5:00am

One year after Marketplace tests on low-cost jewelry from popular fashion chains showed high levels of cadmium in some items, one retailer says it has adopted a new testing regime in an effort to reduce levels of the toxic metal in its products.

Expect to pay more tolls, higher property taxes to fund infrastructure, warns David Dodge

February 17, 2017 - 5:00am

A former Bank of Canada governor says Canadians, especially those living in Ontario, need to get used to paying more to prop up needed infrastructure spending, and the Liberal government needs to do a better job of getting that message out there.

First Nation chief calls for charges against lawyer who overcharged residential school survivors

February 17, 2017 - 5:00am

The chief of a Manitoba First Nation says the lawyer who misappropriated nearly a million dollars from some of the community’s most vulnerable and traumatized people should face criminal prosecution.

New selfie gadget coming, with fresh strategy to fight copycats

February 17, 2017 - 5:00am

The Canadian inventor of the wildly popular selfie stick patented his innovation, but had to defend his exclusive right to the gadget in court, after knock-off artists ripped off his designs. Now he's set to launch a new selfie device, and this time he has a plan to stymie the copycats.

Canadian policies on cellphone searches at border aren't easy to find

February 17, 2017 - 5:00am

Like their U.S. counterparts, Canadian customs agents can search your cellphone, but the Canada Border Services Agency doesn't make its policy easy to find. Nor does it offer as much in the way of specifics.