I go to
www.google.ca and hit the news tab. It takes you to here:
http://news.google.ca/nwshp?oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wn&q=
Its pretty great. Shows the top news stories in segments like business, health, science/technology, and if you want more news stories on that particular segment, you can open it up to only see health stories etc.
I read it several times a day as it is updated every 15 minutes.