Police arrested the top fundraiser for the ruling British Labour party for a second time Tuesday in connection with the ongoing cash for honours scandal.

British police in collaboration with MI-5 security services have arrested nine people suspected of planning a "different approach to terrorism" never before seen in the West.

Checkpoint guards halted a suicide bomber driving an oil truck north of Baghdad Wednesday, but not before the attacker was able to blow himself up and wound nine soldiers near an Iraqi army headquarters.

Steven Truscott's five-decade fight to clear his name resumed in an Ontario courtroom Wednesday - and the proceedings are being broadcast live.

Nik Antropov scored twice in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 at the RBC Center on Tuesday.

Sidney Sheldon, the best-selling American novelist, died Tuesday at the age of 89.

A Washington courtroom was packed Tuesday, as people clamoured to hear New York Times reporter Judith Miller testify in the CIA leak case.

British archaeologists have found the remains of a 4,600-year-old village where the elusive builders of Stonehenge may have resided.

The provincial and federal governments still do not know the environmental costs of the development of the Alberta oilsands, despite setting up an agency years ago to address the issue.

Former drug squad officers facing disciplinary charges actively tried to thwart an internal police probe into their activities, Toronto police Chief Bill Blair says in a confidential report.

Toronto's Michael (Pinball) Clemons has been named a finalist for 2006 CFL coach of the year honours, along with B.C.'s Wally Buono and Winnipeg's Doug Berry.

Talks resumed Tuesday between Xstrata PLC and unionized at its Sudbury nickel mining operations as a Feb. 1 deadline to reach a new agreement loomed.

A report says income levels of new immigrants to Canada did not improve after 2000 even though they were better educated and more skilled than immigrants of a decade earlier.

A senator challenged the U.S. president's assertion that he is the 'decider' when it comes to war strategies, saying the responsibility is shared among lawmakers

Pfizer Canada will cut 285 jobs over the next six months as part of a broader plan by parent firm Pfizer Inc. to eliminate 10,000 jobs over the next two years.

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Tuesday he will not change the thrust of his controversial decision to tax income trusts in any way.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will battle a like foe Tuesday when they open a season-high five-game road trip against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The southern Ontario city of Oshawa will host Stephen Colbert Day this March, after its mayor lost a weekend hockey bet to the bombastic TV satirist and host of The Colbert Report.

The consumer versions of Microsoft's new Vista operating system went on sale in 70 countries Tuesday.

Ontario's environment minister admits the Liberal government won't succeed in keeping one of its biggest campaign promises - to divert 60 per cent of garbage from landfills by the end of 2008.