Baby left at hospital in first use of child abandonment program
The inaugural use of controversial 'Angel's Cradle' abandonment program for unwanted children at Vancouver's St. Paul Hospital occurred mid-July and was kept under wraps until now
View Article'There's nothing we've done that's illegal'
The New Big Tobacco: In part three of a five-part series on the contraband tobacco business, the Post explores the growing debate over organized crime’s role
View ArticleTwo linked to Tigers fighting extradition
Two Canadians wanted by the United States for allegedly helping supply Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels asked the Ontario appeal court on Monday to overturn their extradition orders
View ArticleBridge collapse latest mishap for India's Commonwealth Games
At least 19 people, mainly workers, were injured when a footbridge under construction to the main Games stadium collapsed on Tuesday, highlighting fears of shoddy workmanship
View ArticleTwitter fixes security flaw that hit thousands
A security flaw on twitter.com has affected thousands of users who inadvertently mouseover or click on links
View Article2010 deadliest year so far for foreign troops in Afghanistan
A helicopter crash killed nine troops from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan’s south on Tuesday, making 2010 the deadliest year of the war for foreign troops just as attention turns to plans to start...
View ArticleNewfoundland feeling Igor’s wrath
Hurricane Igor is pounding Newfoundland and Labrador with driving rains and dangerous wind gusts that have left parts of the province without power and several communities under states of emergency
View ArticleLiberals want Harper to push Canada's global status
The Liberal party called on the Conservative government Tuesday to lift its freeze on foreign aid dollars and blasted Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his overnight trip to the United Nations.
View ArticleJonathan Kay on Heather Mallick’s bizarre obsession with feminist self-pity...
Jonathan Kay on Heather Mallick’s bizarre obsession with feminist self-pity and bad sex
View ArticleMPs make their last-minute pitch on fate of long-gun registry
A day before a vote on the fate of the federal long-gun registry, both sides in the contentious debate shored up their messages by holding competing news conferences to try and sway a handful of...
View ArticleIntroducing the new ‘Add to my Foursquare’ button
We think it’s fair to say that we’re pretty big fans of location-based recommendation service Foursquare here at National Post, as the nearly 300 tips we’ve added to our dedicated page over the last...
View ArticleElection would 'jeopardize' recovery: Flaherty
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty launched a blistering attack Tuesday on his political opponents, warning Canadians they are itching for an election campaign on a policy agenda that would 'jeopardize'...
View ArticleLive coverage: Rob Ford meets with the National Post editorial board
Readers can follow the action starting at 2 p.m. EST at live.nationalpost.com. Morning news editor Mary Vallis will also provide up-to-the minute coverage on Twitter at twitter.com/maryvallis
View ArticleFirst Nations leaders demand more money for education
Canada’s aboriginal leaders want the federal government to “step up to the plate” with funding and a comprehensive plan for First Nations education that addresses problems plaguing children’s learning,...
View ArticleU.S. Republicans block repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy
Democrats fell four votes short of the 60 they needed to prevent a GOP filibuster of a massive defence authorization bill that included provisions to end the ban on gays serving openly in the nation’s...
View ArticleAid alone won’t ease poverty: UN summit
A United Nations summit Tuesday urged intensified efforts to meet UN goals to drastically reduce poverty and hunger by 2015, saying aid alone would not pull countries out of poverty
View ArticleJim Flaherty road tests Tory election message
John Ivison: The very fact the government wants to play this game should be enough for the Liberals to move the debate on to Stephen Harper’s less than stellar record on democracy and accountability
View ArticleCanadian-American company seeks approval to create genetically engineered fish
The Canadian government could derail efforts to bring the first genetically engineered fish to dinner plates in the U.S. by shutting the door on the company's efforts to transform its PEI hatchery from...
View ArticleCanadian watchdog to weigh in on Facebook’s privacy changes
Canada’s privacy watchdog is set to reveal Wednesday whether the social media giant has done enough to protect the personal information of its 500 million users worldwide in a bid to stymie a battle...
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