New B.C. avalanche kills snowmobiler
A massive avalanche in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry on Friday killed at least one snowmobiler, injured two others and sparked a search for anyone else caught in the second deadly slide in the area in the past week.

[ Politics ] Ottawa abuzz over Obama
New U.S. president Barack Obama makes a favourable impression during his first official visit to Canada.

[ Health ] The Birth of Medicare
Since Tommy Douglas helped usher in Canada's medicare system in 1967, it has earned the envy of the international community. Many Canadians see free public health care as the hallmark of what Pierre Elliott Trudeau called "The Just Society." Yet, as the medicare debate has proven, it's a system that is not without its flaws or opponents.

Canadian sci-fi writer convicted of assault
Canadian science fiction writer Peter Watts, who was arrested in Michigan in December 2009 after a dispute with U.S. border police, has been found guilty of assaulting, obstructing and resisting a police officer.