NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2015

The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial for Mark Edward Grant in the 1984 abduction and murder of Winnipeg teen Candace Derksen.

The case of a Quebec man charged with obstructing border officials by refusing to give up his smartphone password has raised a new legal question in Canada, a law professor says.

Speaking on CBC's Alberta@Noon about the state of the province's finances on Wednesday, Premier Jim Prentice told host Donna McElligott Albertans need to "look in the mirror."

An Edmonton MLA blasted the federal Conservatives for an "irresponsible" social media post about terrorist threats to West Edmonton Mall. On Monday, the federal Conservative Party of Canada shared a screengrab on Facebook from a video by al-Shabaab, a Som

Heavy smoke is billowing from a four-alarm chemical fire involving multiple containers at Port Metro Vancouver.

U.S. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden says Canada has one of the weakest oversight frameworks for intelligence gathering in the Western world.

A Toronto researcher has won a prestigious award recognizing the top women in science around the world for her 'pioneering approach' to research that 'could lead to truly miraculous cures' for medical problems like paralyzing spinal cord injuries.

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He may be only 18 months old, but this puppy is already double the size he's supposed to be. Meet Hulk, a 175 lb pit bull owned by Marlon and Lisa Grennan of Carroll, New Hampshire.

Sahab Jamshidi, a Canadian charged in St. Lucia following the drowning death of a four-year-old boy, says that he tried to save the boy, denying reports that he took the child on a fatal kitesurfing ride off the coast of the Caribbean island.

B.C. man Jakob Dulisse is Going Public after he confronted a Microsoft tech support scam caller and was shocked to get gruesome death threats thrown back at him.

When the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued its framework of regulations that would limit unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), i.e. drones, it was immediately perceived as a major setback for Amazon, which desires to create a fleet of package delive

Jordan Leopold's daugher was granted her wish on trade deadline day when the defenceman was dealt by the Columbus Blue Jackets to the Minnesota Wild.

Human waste left by climbers on Mount Everest has become a problem that is causing pollution and threatening to spread disease on the world's highest peak, the chief of Nepal's mountaineering association said Tuesday.

A wave of migrants from the eastern fringes of Europe some 4,500 years ago left their trace in the DNA -- and possibly the languages -- of modern Europeans, according to a new study.

Fans of the Harry Potter series and the magical arts have launched a crowdsourcing campaign that aims to bring a College of Wizardry to life, and -- if all goes well -- turn a castle in Poland into a permanent school of sorcery.

Major League Baseball's new pace of play rules have begun with Tuesday's exhibition games in Arizona and Florida. The subtle changes are designed to speed a game long embraced for its leisurely pace.

One of the men sentenced to death for raping and killing a woman in a brutal 2012 gang attack on a New Delhi bus says in a TV documentary that if their victim had not fought back she would not have been killed.

One of South America's most active volcanoes erupted early Tuesday in southern Chile, spewing heavy smoke into the air as lava surged down its slopes, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of people.

For the first time in NHL history, there is a four-way tie atop the scoring race in March. Alex Ovechkin, John Tavares, Jakub Voracek and Nicklas Backstrom enter Tuesday's action with 65 points. Will one of them end the season as the top point-getter or s

The question of what's a normal sized penis now has a well-informed answer.

CBC News has confirmed that Chief of Defence Staff Tom Lawson will leave the position when his term ends this fall. Sources say Gen. Lawson, who has been chief of defence staff for two-and-a-half years, has asked the government not to extend his term.

A man who was once deputy minister of education in Ontario and Manitoba has pleaded guilty to three child pornography-related charges in a Toronto court.

As a high school teacher from Timmins sat down for breakfast with his kids Monday morning, he had no idea the box of Frosted Flakes he was about to open was the last one to ever be produced at the London Kellogg's plant.

A five-year-old boy did not know what a bath was for and was unable to wash himself. York Crown Court heard that the boy's 43-year-old mother and her partner, 42, pleaded guilty to child neglect charges.

Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey, 27, has been told by military top brass he and his family face a kidnap threat from British-based Islamists, including his mum Rosie and dad Mark.

The public interest group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting (FCB) says no major TV station owners in Canada are willing to run an ad it has produced criticizing the Harper government for its approach to the CBC. But at least one major broadcaster i...

Nazakat Ali, 30, has been jailed for 14 years for attempted murder after stabbing his 27-year-old wife Shahzana Kausar 15 times during an argument at their home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

Iraq launches a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State.

A photo of a green woodpecker fighting off an attack by a weasel in East London is spreading across social media, leading to skepticism, photoshopped variations and the hashtag #WeaselPecker.

The B.C. government is planning a crackdown this spring on drivers who hog the left lane, preventing other vehicles from passing.

A woman performed graphic sex acts multiple times inside at least two branches of the Windsor Public Library over a three-month period and streamed it all live online, CBC News has learned.

Refugee immigrants are reporting higher incomes to the Canada Revenue Agency than investor-class immigrants, according to data compiled by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). Furthermore, the rate of investor immigrants reporting any income whatsoev

Investigators say a sex offender who fled Canada for Seattle has been arrested in the rape of a 69-year-old woman.

During Sunday afternoon's Brier draw at the Saddledome, Team Canada skip John Morris brought the crowd to its feet when he responded to a sign asking for a kiss by planting a smooch right on his admirer's lips.

Thousands of supporters of Italy's Northern League, led by Matteo Salvini, have held a big rally in Rome against immigration and PM Matteo Renzi's rule.

The Ring of Fire mining development area in northern Ontario got a $785,000 boost on Sunday when the federal and provincial governments announce a joint study of an all-weather road for the isolated region.

Between Ontario and Quebec deep freezes, the Maritime snowpocalypse, and British Columbia's early spring, February was a month of extreme weather.

Japanese robot dog owners held a funeral for their electronic pets after a shortage of parts left them unable to maintain the dogs.

As the six-month deadline for Canada's mission in Iraq approaches, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is signalling that his party may support a mission extension.

Signs are growing that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech to Congress against a possible nuclear deal with Iran could damage his country's broad alliance with the United States.

Two NASA astronauts have ventured out of the International Space Station for their third spacewalk in just over a week.

Coca-Cola is cutting the amount of sugar in Coke, reducing calories and maybe improving the bottom line. But that doesn't necessarily mean it will taste less sweet.

Security footage appears to show three U.K. schoolgirls, believed to be on their way to join ISIS militants, waiting at a bus station in Turkey en route to Syria, Turkish media reported on Sunday.

The Conservative government fired back at the Liberals Thursday for advocating a new site for the Memorial to the Victims of Communism, as the head of the team that designed it disclosed that it has substantially downsized the controversial memorial.