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Canada's prime minister filled two Supreme Court vacancies Monday by nominating one judge with a tough-on-crime reputation and another who is to be the nation's first justice of Greek ancestry.

* Says Canada wasting billions on climate change plan

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will reintroduce copyright legislation on Thursday as it grapples with the realities of the Internet age and tries to balance the demands of consumers with concerns from the movie industry.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will reintroduce copyright legislation on Thursday as it grapples with the realities of the Internet age and tries to balance the demands of consumers with concerns from the movie industry.

Potential activists for Greenpeace learned Saturday how to place U-locks around their necks to attach themselves to objects, erect blockades of linked human bodies and go limp when arrested.

Canada's federal election on May 2 tipped the balance in favor of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives - giving them their first majority after four tries - but did it also swing things in support of online voting?. In his report to Parliament on the 2011 general election, Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand wrote: ?[We] have reached a point where the limited flexibility of the current legislation no longer allows us to meet the evolving needs of electors and candidates. We look forward to working with parliamentarians as we prepare for the [October 2015] general election.?

As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks approaches, a number of Canadians are voicing their concerns about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plan to give law enforcement agencies sweeping new powers.. As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks approaches, a number of Canadians are voicing their concerns about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plan to give law enforcement agencies sweeping new powers.

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth became the latest Briton to face a funding squeeze on Thursday when the government proposed changes to how it pays for royal trips and engagements.

LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth became the latest Briton to face a funding squeeze on Thursday when the government proposed changes to how it pays for royal trips and engagements.

Cyber intrusions into Canada government sites announced in February did more damage than initially admitted.. Less than two weeks after it was learned that hackers had compromised classified federal documents, the head of Canada's spy agency made it clear: ?Cyber-based spying is the fastest growing form of espionage.?

Canadian Labour Minister Lisa Raitt on Monday unveiled legislation to force 48,000 postal workers back to work after a week of rotating strikes and a lockout.

Canadian lawmakers voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to extend Canada's military mission in Libya under NATO's umbrella until September.

One massive deposit is estimated to hold more than 6.4 billion metric tons of coking coal, the world's biggest untapped deposit of its kind . Sometime in the next 12 months, an energy IPO offering in distant Mongolia already has foreign investors salivating.

Andrew Scheer, 32, on Thursday became the youngest ever Speaker of the House of Commons, the most powerful job in Canada's parliament.

Internet security vaulted into the spotlight as an early focal point for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new government, on both the domestic and international fronts. Though it barely registered on the list of priorities debated during Canada's 41st general election, which culminated in a Conservative Party victory on May 2, internet security vaulted into the spotlight as an early focal point for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new government, on both the domestic and international fronts.

Canadians - and the organizations responsible for conducting their elections - are split over the merits of online voting.. In May, Vancouver's city council passed a motion for a pilot project that will allow voters to cast advance ballots online for the city's November 19 elections. In a 10-1 vote, councillors expressed their belief that the potential increase in voter participation (a dismal 30 percent in the last municipal election) outweighed the threat of voter fraud.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday he hoped to receive unanimous support from Parliament for a "reasonable" extension of Canada's military mission in Libya.

Elections Canada on Tuesday released the final result of the May 2 election, which after recounts in three close races was unchanged.

The first Green Party politician to be elected to Canada's Parliament will set sail on a rough sea of blue, the colors of the Conservative Party that won a clear majority in national polls.

CALGARY/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, now backed by a powerful parliamentary majority, said on Tuesday the energy sector can rest easy that his government will not impede plans to vastly expand the country's oil sands output and ship some of the crude to Asia.