A two-day youth parliament session is wrapping up Saturday.

The Yukon health department says it's seeing amazing results from a pilot project meant to reduce the amount of antipsychotic drugs given to residents with dementia at a continuing care facility in Whitehorse. Spokesperson Pat Living says the program at Copper Ridge Place began six months ago with financial support from …

Saint John's economic development agency is disputing there are problems with the city's economy despite failing to meet several performance targets it set for itself just last year. Another key Saint John priority, to finish in the top 50 per cent of a list of Canada's most entrepreneurial cities compiled yearly by the …

After a week of frigid temperatures, Winnipeg is looking a little warmer for the weekend. On Saturday, Environment Canada is expecting a high of –9 C, with a mainly cloudy sky.

BEIJING, China - China on Saturday cut interest rates for the second time in three months, adding to signs that Chinese leaders are worried that the economic slowdown is deepening too sharply.

Spanish police have broken up a gang that allegedly created and then sold fake works of art purporting to be by renowned artists including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Joan Miro. Officers have arrested nine suspects in the eastern region of Valencia, including the alleged counterfeiters and intermediaries involved in …

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said they are investigating a report of man who allegedly exposed himself at the Village Shopping Centre in St. John’s. The RNC said that around 4 p.m. Tuesday, a mother and her two young children were shopping at a store inside the mall when a man approached the family and proceeded …

OMAHA, Neb. - Investor Warren Buffett says his company delivered another strong year, with $19.9 billion in profits, and he believes Berkshire Hathaway will continue thriving thanks to its collection of ...

Economist Wade Locke says an increase in the Harmonized Sales Tax would be the "easiest and most effective way" for Newfoundland and Labrador's cash-strapped government to generate additional revenue. In an interview with On Point with David Cochrane that will air Saturday, Locke said "I stand by that as a possible strategy" …

Two men are dead and one in hospital after a shooting inside a McDonald's on Danforth Ave. near Coxwell in Toronto's east end. Members of the Toronto Police homicide squad and forensic identification unit are on the scene, and have taped off the restaurant with yellow police tape.

Western leaders are condemning the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and pressing the Kremlin to ensure that the killing is thoroughly investigated. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement Friday night that he was "shocked and saddened" to learn Nemtsov had been gunned down in Moscow by …

A Halifax-area couple is facing an expensive repair bill after groundwater seeped into the garage and basement of their home on Sunday. All the insulation had to come out, all the drywall,” said Patrick Ward. The couple says the repair bills to their Bedford home have already climbed to $10,000 and their insurance company …

It will be a relatively stormy weekend in the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot, with winds gusting to 70 km/h and blizzard conditions in Baker Lake, Rankin, Chesterfield, Arviat and Gjoa Haven today. Blizzard conditions will remain in those communities until tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures in the Kitikmeot will also be slightly …

A outfitter on the Northern Peninsula is almost booked up for the hunting season that won't start for another six months, adding the dropping Canadian dollar is helping to attract hunters from outside the province.

NEW DELHI - India's finance minister announced the government's new budget on Saturday, promising a slew of measures that attempt to balance welfare spending with high economic growth and infrastructure ...

The largest Special Olympics Provincial Winter Games to date is now underway in Corner Brook, with 140 athletes gathered for two days of competition in four different sports. There are also 100 coaches, mission staff and volunteers on hand to support the athletes, said Trish Williams, executive director for Special Olympics …

McDonald’s has been making headlines lately, but for all the wrong reasons, sparking speculation that the golden years of the golden arches are over. Food industry analysts don’t think McDonald’s will go the way of the Woolworth’s lunch counter, but one of the most recognizable brands in the world, with 36,000 locations …

As MPs debate a major piece of anti-terrorism legislation presented partly as a response to the Oct. 22 shootings on Parliament Hill, Canadians still know relatively little about what lay behind that attack. Certainly, the federal government seems content to have a certain view of gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's motivations …

"I think part of the problem is that potential punishments are so severe that it scares people off," says Sara Cohen, a Toronto fertility lawyer. On Feb. 3, the U.K. parliament voted in favour of allowing clinical trials for Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT), which would prevent mothers who carry a specific type …

BEIJING, China - China's Shaolin Temple, historically known for its martial arts traditions but which recently has gained a reputation for aggressive commercialization, is planning to build a $297 million ...