The Conservatives, under attack for cuts to arts and culture programs, made an overture to Canadian film community Tuesday by promising to abandon controversial plans to deny federal tax credits to movies and TV shows deemed to be offensive.

Under increasing pressure to take more action on the economy, Stephen Harper's Conservatives rolled out a cautious platform Tuesday that will cost $8.7 billion over four years and offer modest relief for struggling Canadian manufacturers.

The man charged with the abduction of a girl on Sunday now faces further charges connected to the abduction and assault of another girl.

Commuters should expect delays and closures on Highway 417 after a dump truck lost its load near Moodie Drive Tuesday afternoon.

Lepage Avenue has been reopened  between Kirkwood Ave. and Cavan St. it was closed due to a fire in the 1300 block of Lepage Ave. Kirkwood southbound is also closed between Chatelain Ave. and Merivale Rd.

Being too tired for sex is less of a problem for married Britons than for U.S. or Australian couples, and Brits place more importance on agreeing on how to handle their in-laws, online dating company eHarmony has found.

Quebec police fired tear gas or some kind of irritant at children and attacked elderly demonstrators on Monday when they removed an aboriginal blockade on Highway 117 north of Maniwaki, Barriere Lake Algonquins said Tuesday.

A new report by the Fraser Institute shows Canada-wide waiting times for medical treatments have dropped markedly for the first time since the conservative think tank began tracking health-care delays 15 years ago.

French film legend-turned-activist Brigitte Bardot took a swipe at Sarah Palin on Tuesday, saying the U.S. vice-presidential candidate was a disgrace to women.

The union that represents OC Transpo workers has issued a statement defending a bus driver who refused to allow a mother and her stroller to board a bus this weekend, and inadvertently drove off with the mother's oldest daughter on board.

Stock markets see-sawed between gains and losses early trading Tuesday in the wake of new central bank efforts to ease the global credit crisis and a warning by the International Monetary Fund that financial market losses linked to the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown would reach $1.4 trillion US.

Police are searching for a 30-year-old Ottawa man charged with 17 different counts of high-end theft and fraud related to an investigation into stolen cars from rental agencies at the Ottawa International Airport and stolen audio equipment from an Ottawa music store.

Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics for helping explain why the universe is asymmetrical and thus fit for life, the prize committee said on Tuesday.

Canada needs to do more to fix the child poverty rate because it has remained virtually unchanged in two decades, says an annual quality of life report card released Tuesday by the Community Foundations of Canada.

Despite warnings about safety and cost over runs, elected officials on the city’s economic affairs committee Tuesday endorsed the development of a new policy putting more emphasis on low price when selecting consultants for public works projects.

A standoff in Eganville ended peacefully this morning without injuries.

An official report on the death of Laura Gainey, daughter of Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey, will be released by the end of the month, after an unorthodox blackout of the document by senior government officials was lifted Monday night.

Canada's top global warming scientists weighed into the election campaign on Tuesday, blasting the Conservative government's record on climate change and urging Canadians to "vote strategically" for the environment to protect future generations and modern civilization.

Ben Bernanke fails to soothe investors' nerves over the financial sector crisis and recent routs in global stocks.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index jumped more than 200 points at the start of trading Tuesday, bouncing back from the previous day’s massive sell-off, as overseas markets led the recovery and oil prices rebounded above $90 US a barrel.