Canada Newswatch

French President Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirmed his country's commitment to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan in a visit with French troops on Wednesday, a day after 10 of their comrades were killed in fierce fighting with Taliban fighters.

Terrorism suspect was unaware of London bombing plot, wanted to wage war against Western forces, lawyer says

Discrepancy between volume and weight of materials first noted in 2005 led London, Ont., to limit sales of plastic bottles

Drop reflects greater pressure on health system and is not a good-news story, officials warn

Growth falls to its lowest levels since the provincial Liberals took power in 2001

Industry is attracting high-profile visitors and worldwide business interests, as well as growing protest from environmentalists

Babies born a day apart contracting tissue-destroying infection that health officials say is not flesh-eating disease

Intensely private information about Canadians is being indiscriminately spread through cyberspace, federal Privacy Commissioner says

Chief Justice of Quebec Michel Robert illustrates how dramatically the relationship between judges and the press has changed

Conservative cabinet minister slams comments by former prime minister on Stephen Harper's China policy

Canadian Heritage programs hit hardest as details of several new cutbacks are emerging

Twin car bombings struck a hotel and the military headquarters of the Algerian town of Bouira on Wednesday, killing 11 people and wounding another 31, according to Algerian media reports.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday he would seek re-election next year in hopes of finishing a job he hasn't yet completed.

Someone claiming to be a sister of the young man stabbed and beheaded on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba last month has been trying to use the horrific killing to collect money.

Next time you're getting your face scraped along the boards by the other team's enforcer, try and take a peek at his sneering mug.

Momin Khawaja undoubtedly wanted to fight for the Islamic cause in Afghanistan, but he never intended to bomb civilians in Britain, says his defence lawyer.

Taliban insurgents mounted their most serious attacks in six years of fighting in Afghanistan over the last two days, including a co-ordinated assault by at least 10 suicide bombers against one of the largest American military bases in the country, and another by some 100 insurgents that killed 10 elite French paratroopers.

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep said "it felt like forever" while she was waiting to get official word that she had out-leaned a string of straining hurdlers at the finish line to win a bronze medal yesterday at the Bird's Nest.

Their names are at the centre of some of history's famous trials. Louis Riel. Paul Bernardo. Joan of Arc.

A newborn pronounced dead by doctors in a Galilee hospital "came back to life" after spending hours in a hospital refrigerator.

With no air conditioning, it is sweltering. With little sophisticated machinery, it is spartan.

An Ontario Superior Court judge has rejected an injunction Dancap Productions sought to block the sale of two downtown theatres, paving the way for their sale to rival Mirvish Productions.