The Canadian mobile phone service you can't get here

The CBC's Aaron Saltzman has the story of Ting, the Canadian mobile phone company that isn't available in Canada. Ting doesn't o...

B.C. ghost town could become major natural gas hub

The town of Kitsault, B.C., was built in the 1980s for a nearby mine, but closed 18 months later when commodity markets collapsed and the co...

Leaked NSA documents give new insight into searches

This June 2013 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Administration campus in Fort Meade, Md. (Patrick Semansky/Associated...

B.C. care home battles norovirus after 9 deaths

Dr. Richard Stanwick has been working closely with Selkirk Place care home to manage the norovirus outbreak. (CBC) The Victoria care home a...

Aboriginal children used in medical tests, commissioner says

Commissioners Marie Wilson, from left, Justice Murray Sinclair and Chief Wilton Littlechild of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Sinc...

Aboriginal children used in medical tests, commissioner says

Commissioners Marie Wilson, from left, Justice Murray Sinclair and Chief Wilton Littlechild of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Sinc...

Striking diplomats take feud with Clement to labour board

Foreign service officers who are on strike demonstrate outside Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office in Ottawa on Tuesday. (Meagan Fitz...

Blue sharks tagged and tracked off Nova Scotia

A new shark study off Canada’s east coast is hoping to shed light on the habits of the elusive and beautiful blue shark. Early Wednesday mor...

Jet fuel spill into B.C. creek could result in charges

More than 200 residents of the Slocan Valley gathered at a community hall Tuesday night to get an update from government, health and emergen...

Ottawa can proceed alone on Senate reform, minister says

Canada's new minister of state for democratic reform is making an announcement in Ottawa, his first since taking over the portfolio in t...

Human urine stem cells used to grow teeth

A figure from the paper shows one of the tooth-like structures removed from a mouse kidney three weeks after the human tissue was implanted ...

Streetcar shooting: 6 things police are taught about using force

Only one per cent of police encounters with the public involve the use of force, but about 20 per cent of training focuses on it. (Mark Bli...

Loose oil cap sparked fatal plane crash chain of events

A fiery plane crash on a busy street near Vancouver International Airport two years ago was caused by the pilot losing control of the aircra...

Minister disputes claim High River sacrificed to flood

The associate minister in charge of flood recovery in High River scolded a contractor for saying the Hampton Hills area was deliberately sac...

Blue Puttees ferry hits wharf in Port aux Basques

The Blue Puttees hit a wharf in Port aux Basques Wednesday morning. (Submitted by Mark Billard) The MV Blue Puttees ran aground while depar...

Streetcar shooting probe: watchdog says police co-operation rare

Ontario's ombudsman says that despite promises from Toronto's police chief and union that they will co-operate with the provincial i...

Missing woman survives 12 days in Alberta wilderness

An injured young woman is recovering after spending 12 days alone in the central Alberta wilderness, surviving on river water and berries, a...

Canada's economy expands for 5th straight month

The service sector expanded more than goods producing industries did. (Todd Korol/Reuters) Canada's economy expanded for the fifth mont...

Armed standoff grinds on in Montreal neighbourhood

Police have lost contact with the man, who has been barricaded inside the Montreal home since midday Tuesday. (Radio-Canada) A police tacti...

Montreal police shot at by man barricaded in home

Montreal Police confirm an officer has been slightly wounded after an incident this afternoon. Police said a 70-year-old man has barricaded ...

Bradley Manning faces 136 years in jail as sentencing begins

In this July 30, 2013 photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. Few Americans in living memory hav...

NDP wants tougher stance on Russia, but no Sochi boycott

Gay rights activists carry rainbow flags as they march during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg, Russia. Some activists are calling for Cana...

No spitting or speeding: How Justin Bieber could 'clean up his act'

When Justin Bieber stepped out on a hotel balcony in an upscale Toronto neighbourhood a few days ago, young "Beliebers" waiting be...

Bittersweet 50th anniversary for Canada's patched-up Sea King helicopters

Canadian navy pilots have been flying Sea King helicopters for 50 years, with the anniversary celebrations taking place today and tomorrow. ...