Money management is skill worth learning young: Poll

Financial literacy ought to be taught early in schools, according to results of a poll that suggests Canadians are overwhelmingly in favour of the idea.

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• Plastic heavily favoured over cash for daily purchases: survey
• Money teaches responsibility
• Money worries can distract you on the job

Two more charged in B.C. rave gang rape

Two more men have been charged in connection with the rape of a teenage girl at a Pitt Meadows, B.C., rave in September.

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• B.C. police recommend more charges in Facebook rape case
• Use of 'date-rape' drugs very low, study finds

Kent says oilsands unfairly demonized

Newly-minted Environment Minister Peter Kent says the oilsands have been unfairly demonized, trumpeting the resource as “ethical oil” and as an economic boon for the entire country.

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• Kent's deft touch will be an asset
• For new minister Kent, it's a hostile environment
• Harper chose to tweak rather than shuffle his cabinet

Aboriginals more likely to OD, says study

Aboriginal people are far more likely than other British Columbians to die of a drug overdose, a new study says.

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PM's new chief of staff right man for job: Observers

Political observers are watching closely for whether the PM's new chief will bring his golden touch to the governing Tories.

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• PM’s new chief of staff says ‘ethical wall’ will work
• Incoming Harper aide may testify over conflict-of-interest claims
• What's wrong with a business background?