OTTAWA (IPS) – Bowing to pressure from the public and his own parliamentary colleagues, Canada's prime minister has risked the ire of the Bush administration by rejecting Canadian participation in Washington's ballistic missile defense (BMD) system. Prime...

OTTAWA - With Canada's governing Liberal Party clinging to power by a shaky minority in Parliament, Washington's controversial North American missile defense program may create a crisis that will force the country into a snap election. Even within the Liberal Party,...

OTTAWA - Canada's broadcast regulator has approved Qatar-based news channel al-Jazeera for the country's digital cable TV market, but with censorship rules that are so stringent it is unlikely to be carried in this country, say television executives. The Canadian...

The Canadian government has ordered a public inquiry into the role of intelligence agents in the arrest and deportation of a man who was seized by U.S. authorities while he changed planes in New York City and sent to a Syrian prison. Maher Arar, a native Syrian with...

Canada's decision to hold talks with Washington on a proposed US missile defense program has breathed new life into the country's peace movement. The federal government agreed earlier this month to start official talks on joining the defense shield, which would use...