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Ghiz pitches for east-west pipeline

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Politics

P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz battled over the noise about the Northern Gateway pipeline in British Columbia to make a pitch to get oil from Alberta in t...

Third body recovered from Johnsons Landing landslide

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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The body of a third victim was recovered last night from the site of the Johnsons Landing mudslide, the B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed. ...

Brewers' Canadian catcher Kottaras designated for assignment

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Sports

Canadian catcher George Kottaras has fallen out of favour with the Milwaukee Brewers, and this time it could be for good. The Brewers on T...

Weekly paycheques grew slightly in May

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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Average weekly paycheques for salaried Canadian workers were $894.61 in May, a 0.5-per-cent uptick from the level of a month earlier. Stat...

Quebec announces new biomethane program

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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The Quebec government has announced today it is implementing a program to treat organic matter that will see compost taken away from landfills to prod...

Parkland envisioned for majority of Ontario Place

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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The majority of the revitalized Ontario Place on Toronto's waterfront should be parkland, says the chair of a panel charged with outlining a makeover ...

Poll: How many medals will Canada win in London?

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Sports

After an 18 medal performance at the 2008 Beijing Games, the Canadian Olympic Committee isn't forecasting a follow-up total for this year's competitio...

Niagara Gorge Victim's Friends Stunned By Teen's Death

CBC | Huffington Post Canada Travel | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Travel

Friends of Ryan Dube, the 18-year-old who ran from police and leapt to his death in the Niagara Gorge this week, are still trying to piece together ho...

Crosbie says he'll miss being lieutenant-governor

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Politics

John Crosbie, Newfoundland and Labrador's lieutenant-governor, says he'll miss his position when his term is up early in 2013. "We'll be r...

Teenagers petition for longer hours in Laval field

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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A group of teenagers in Laval are petitioning the city for more access to one of the area's newest soccer fields. The teens all received $...

Nazanin Afshin-Jam Says Omar Khadr Should Come Home

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Politics

Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay, a human rights activist who advocates for youth and is married to Canada's defence minister, says she is "confident" that O...

Vancouver beaten-dog owner released from custody

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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The owner of a dog found beaten in a Vancouver dumpster has been released from police custody after being held on unrelated charges of criminal harass...

Judge's lawyer calls for sex scandal inquiry to fold

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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The lawyer for a Manitoba judge at the centre of a Canadian Judicial Council inquiry looking into a sex scandal is suggesting the inquiry should be ha...

3 arrests made in spa therapy deaths

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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Quebec provincial police have arrested three people in connection with the death of a woman in July 2011. Chantal Lavigne, 35, died after ...

10 things to know about the U.S. drought

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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Data released today by the National Drought Mitigation Center shows that almost two-thirds of the contiguous United States is experiencing moderate dr...

Vancouver Olympian joins call for Munich massacre tribute

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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A former Olympic athlete from Vancouver is joining the call for the International Olympic Committee to acknowledge the victims of the massacre of Isra...

Protesters send message to premiers over healthcare

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Politics

Protesters in downtown Halifax have been trying to get a message to the premiers as they head into healthcare discussions at the Council of the Federa...

Premiers invite Stephen Harper to fall economic meeting

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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He may not have been at the premiers' meeting, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper seemed to be on their minds, even drawing an invitation to the next g...

Pitbull 'Wicca' put down, SPCA criticizes city

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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Wicca, a pitbull accused of biting two people last month, was put down on Thursday after her owner fought with the City of Montreal to keep her alive....

Toronto tells celebrated volunteers to stop beautifying park

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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Two award-winning community volunteers say the City of Toronto has told them to stop whacking weeds, caring for grass and doing other work to keep a p...

Syria fighting in Aleppo enters its 6th day

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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Skirmishes in Syria's commercial hub of Aleppo raged on for a sixth day today, activists said, with reports that the army was shelling several neighbo...

Rest In Peace

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada

In a written eulogy for her son, Jun Lin, Zhigui Du said she has developed sympathy for his alleged killer, Luka Rocco Magnotta, and will set up a fou...

Fired nurse says she did nothing wrong in viewing files

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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Colleen Weeks received a letter of termination on Tuesday for accessing the files of more than 100 patients at St. John's-based Eastern Health. But sh...

Lightning, heavy rain cause fires, floods in Toronto area

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada
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There were no injuries, but five Brampton families have nowhere to call home after a lightning strike during Wednesday night's storm caused a fire tha...

'There Are Millions Of Them' Here

CBC | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada

The recent mass shooting at a Colorado movie theatre has raised questions about access to firearms and renewed calls for stronger gun control laws in ...