Thailand's prime minister has rejected the demand of tens of thousands of protestors that his government dissolve Parliament by noon on Monday.

NDP human rights critic Wayne Marston is tabling a private member's bill in the House of Commons on Monday that he says will prevent any government complicity in torture.

The City of Toronto has denied claims that actor Corey Haim's funeral Tuesday will be paid for by taxpayers.

Police and avalanche experts have returned to Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke, B.C., to wrap up their search and investigation into a weekend avalanche that killed two Alberta men.

Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever won Canada's first gold medal of the Paralympics on Monday, taking the men's 20-kilometre event in Whistler, B.C.

The current school-funding program for aboriginal youth is wrought with problems and should be phased out, with the money instead given directly to students, according to a report.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says the federal government has formally adopted its emergency response plan, months after the auditor general accused Ottawa of being unprepared to co-ordinate emergency measures.

U.S. policy makers are set to unveil an ambitious new broadband plan on Tuesday, but Canada still fails to understand the importance of the digital economy, says University of Waterloo president David Johnston.

A senior's licence to drive shouldn't trump public safety, say doctors advocating better transportation programs for an aging population.

Lower sales of North American-built passenger cars were offset by higher sales of trucks and overseas-built passenger cars as the number of new vehicles sold remained unchanged, according to Statistics Canada.

Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers discussed the mechanics of a financial rescue for Greece on Monday but gave few details of their standby planning as Athens tries to fix its public finances alone.

Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected any curbs on Jewish settlement in and around Jerusalem, defying Washington in Israel's deepening crisis with U.S. President Barack Obama's administration.

Nominations are being accepted for Canada's Best Restroom Award, which honours the best public washroom across Canada.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it cannot explain last week's case of sudden acceleration of a Toyota Prius in California, and "we may never know exactly what happened."

Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive said on Monday it was ready to propose a framework that could be used to aid Greece, despite signs of continuing reluctance from France and Germany to make concrete commitments.

David Beckham checked into a hospital Monday for surgery on his torn Achilles tendon, hoping for a full recovery from an injury that will likely keep him out of the World Cup.

Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Sales of existing homes in Canada dipped for a second straight month in February, but remained high on a year-over-year basis, as the market may be moving into more balanced conditions, data showed on Monday.

Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen carried out air strikes against what they said were al Qaeda targets in the south for a second day on Monday, and authorities in the north recovered the remains of five people whose identities were being checked.

The cost of owning a home in Canada increased slightly in the last three months of last year, a report by RBC Economics said Monday.

Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters pressed ahead with a mass street rally in Bangkok on Monday after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rebuffed their demand for elections at a time of heightened political tension.