Smoking bans hit Ont., Que.

Smokers in Quebec and Ontario will be spending more time outside as laws that ban smoking in all enclosed public places kicked in at midnight Tuesday.

Chinese smuggling kingpin set to be deported from Canada

Lia Changxing, China's most wanted man, says he will be killed if Canada deports him on Wednesday.

Lia Changxing, China's most wanted man. (CBC)

Guite unaware of sponsorship fraud, he tells trial

Chuck Guité, the former civil servant in charge of Ottawa's now-discredited sponsorship program, said he, too, was a victim in the scandal and was unaware ad agencies were defrauding the government.

Delay passport controls, western premiers urge Washington, Ottawa

The western premiers want Ottawa to lobby the U.S. government to delay a requirement that Canadians and Americans crossing the border have a passport.

Tories produce bill to set federal election dates

Stephen Harper's Conservative government introduced legislation Tuesday to set fixed federal election dates.

House leader Rob Nicholson, who introduced the bill, says: 'It eliminates the unfair advantage that a PM has to call an election, so I think it'll be welcome to Canadians.' (CBC)

UNICEF ends Halloween program in Canada

A 50-year-old Halloween tradition in Canada is about to come to an end as UNICEF has announced the cancellation of its orange box campaign.

In recent years, Canadians have donated an average of $3 million every Halloween through UNICEF's orange box campaign. (courtesy UNICEF)

Canada Post cutoff irks rural residents

Canada Post says its new policy curtailing rural mail delivery is a temporary measure based on safety concerns for its drivers. But that hasn't quelled the anger of customers who must now drive to town themselves to pick up their letters and parcels.

NDP wants probe of donations to Volpe campaign

Federal Liberal leadership candidate Joe Volpe is coming under fire after documents showed that teenaged children — whose fathers worked at a major drug company — each made $5,400 donations to his campaign.

Joe Volpe was minister of citizenship and immigration in the Paul Martin government. (Canadian Press)

Western premiers back Kelowna deal

The premiers of Canada's territories and Western provinces kicked off their annual meeting by appealing to Ottawa to honour a $5-billion deal for aboriginals.

Quebec to crack down harder on smokers than Ontario

Laws that ban smoking in all enclosed public places kick in at midnight Tuesday in both Ontario and Quebec — but the change is expected to be much more dramatic in La Belle Province.

The new laws ban smoking in public places that are enclosed, including bar patios with partial roofs in Ontario and tents in Quebec. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Is the truth out there in northern Sask.?

Armed with a Polaroid camera and a variety of electronic gear, Barb Campbell is on the hunt for unidentified flying objects in northern Saskatchewan.

Kenny Lapratt talks with UFO researcher Barb Campbell about the time he saw what he believes were spaceships hovering over the lake. (CBC)

Homeless face death in dumpsters, Edmonton activists say

It's only a matter of time before someone dies as a result of sleeping in a dumpster, advocates for Edmonton's homeless say.

B.C. paramedics honoured, mourned

Thousands of paramedics and other emergency workers from across Canada gathered in the small British Columbia town of Kimberley on Monday to pay tribute to two paramedics who died in a mining accident earlier this month.

(CBC)

More residents to be airlifted from flooded N.W.T. hamlet

More people will likely be airlifted out of the flooded Northwest Territories community of Aklavik, even as water from spring flooding in the Mackenzie Delta slowly ebbs away, emergency officials say.

Demeter ordered to hand over DNA sample

A judge has ordered one of Canada's most notorious murderers to provide a sample to the country's DNA data bank.

Peter Demeter sees no reason for a sample of his DNA to be provided to police. (CBC)

Judge wants to know why Caledonia order not enforced

A judge is demanding the Ontario Provincial Police and lawmakers explain why they haven't enforced his order to end an aboriginal occupation of a housing development in Caledonia, Ont.

'Home-grown terrorists' living in Canada: CSIS

Canada's spy service is warning of an increasing threat from "home-grown terrorists" already living in communities across the country.

No decision yet on sending DART to Indonesia for earthquake relief

Canada's Disaster Assistance Relief Team, which was created for emergencies like the earthquake in Indonesia, remains on "standard 48 hour notice" at CFB Trenton. 

DART members prepare to leave on an earlier mission (Candian Press)

Toronto transit to resume service

Toronto's transit union told its members to return to work Monday afternoon after a labour dispute shut down the city's subways, streetcars and buses for most of the day.

Transit maintenance workers sit outside the Oakvale substation in Toronto's east end on Monday. Their employer said about 800 maintenance workers illegally walked out, while their union said they were locked out. (Robin Rowland/CBC)

Western premiers, native leaders prepare to discuss Kelowna agreement

The status of the Kelowna agreement — noticeably absent from the latest federal budget — will be on the agenda on Monday as aboriginal leaders sit down with the four western premiers and the leaders of the three northern territories.