updated Bob Rae quits as MP in 'very emotional' decision

Bob Rae, who has represented the Toronto Centre riding for the Liberals since 2008, is stepping down as a Member of Parliament to devote more time to his work as a negotiator for First Nations in Northern Ontario. 12:39 PM ET

updated Obesity called a disease by U.S. doctors group

The American Medical Association has voted to recognize obesity as a disease, while doctors in Canada say they also treat it as such. 10:24 AM ET

analysis Neil Macdonald: Washington's obsession with leakers

Julian Assange and Edward Snowden are just the most prominent targets in an all-out legal and propaganda campaign that America's security apparatus is mounting against leakers everywhere, Neil Macdonald writes. 12:44 PM ET

How open is Ottawa's new 'open data' website?

Treasury Board President Tony Clement is touting the federal government's revamped data portal as a "new natural resource." But that online window for previously published data arrives at the same time the government faces controversy over just how open it really is. 6:27 AM ET

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