Fukushima radiation levels spike

Radiation of 1,800 millisieverts per hour — enough to kill an exposed person in four hours — has been detected near the bottom of a storage ...

Suspect in six-year-old's death is also a child

The suspect in the death of a six-year-old Saskatchewan boy may be a boy who's under 12-years-old, according to information uncovered by...

Egyptian authorities say attack on Suez Canal fails

An attack on a ship passing through the Suez Canal in Egypt on Saturday failed said the head of canal authority Mohab Memish. (Khalil Hamra/...

Suspect in six-year-old's death is also a child

The RCMP released this photo of Lee Bonneau, who died after suffering head injuries. The suspect in the death of a six-year-old Saskatchewa...

Islamic conference cancelled by Montreal convention centre

A conference on Islam has been cancelled at Montreal's Palais des Congrès. Organizers say Quebec has no right to request speakers be ref...

Mother accused of attempted murder to remain in custody

A boy is in hospital in critical condition after an assault at this apartment building on Eva Road early Friday morning. (Trevor Dunn/CBC) ...

U.S. woman pleads guilty to killing 2 Ontario tourists

Antoinette Pelzer, middle, has pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the fatal stabbings of a Canadian mother and daughter who were visi...

40% of top-paid CEOs busted, bailed out or booted, study says

Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers was among corporate America's 25 highest-paid CEOs for eight years until his firm went belly-up in 2008....

Philadelphia woman pleads guilty to killing 2 Canadian tourists

Antoinette Pelzer, middle, has pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the fatal stabbings of a Canadian mother and daughter who were visi...

Syria crisis: U.S. has few options for strike

U.S. F-16 jets have remained in Jordan after an exercise earlier this year while B2 long-range bombers could fly from the continental United...

2 Canadian warships collide en route to Hawaii

HMCS Protecteur is returning to port in Esquimalt, B.C., with HMCS Algonquin after the two warships collisded on Friday during manoeuvres wh...

CNE raid collects $1M worth of counterfeit goods

An estimated $1 million worth of counterfeit goods was seized from the CNE grounds by Toronto police on Friday. Three booths at the Canadian...

India gang rape teen suspect found guilty of rape, murder

A man shouts slogans during a protest earlier this month in New Delhi, India. An Indian juvenile court convicted a teenager of rape and murd...

UN team leaves Syria as Obama mulls strike

A Lebanese special forces policeman escorts UN vehicles at Beirut international airport in Lebanon on Saturday. The U.N. experts investigati...

Kate surprises with 1st outing since birth of Prince George

The Duchess of Cambridge has made her first public appearance since giving birth to Prince George last month, joining her husband Prince Wil...

Boy peeing in B.C. mall trash bin photo sparks online debate

A photo circulating on social media showing an Asian woman holding a young boy urinating into a garbage bin at a Richmond, B.C., mall has sp...

Parliamentary researcher named new budget watchdog

Jean-Denis Frechette, standing left, has been nominated as the next Parliamentary Budget Officer, succeeding Kevin Page, far right. Page had...

U.K. Syria vote a blow to David Cameron: Margaret Evans

Humiliation for David Cameron. That’s the consensus of headline writers here in the United Kingdom after the House of Commons rejected his m...

Toronto boy in hospital and mother in custody after beating

Toronto police took the mother of an 11-year-old boy and another woman into custody after a beating at a Toronto apartment building in the e...

Vancouver airport strike averted, union says

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Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize-winning poet, dies

Seamus Heaney, one of the world's best-known poets and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature, has died aged 74, local media repo...

Pot use taboo for politicians may be loosening, experts say

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau talks with reporters at the end of the party's caucus retreat in Georgetown, P.E.I. on Aug. 29. Last week,...

Road fatalities rise on long weekends, but not for the usual reasons

Commuters face snarled traffic as they head out for long weekend vacations. (J.P. Moczulski/Canadian Press) In the days before long weekend...

TIFF QUIZ: Test your knowledge of the annual film frenzy

Every fall, packs of critics mingle with devoted cinephiles at the Toronto International Film Festival. Red carpets are unfurled for celebri...

Syria ready for U.S. attack, been expecting one for years: Nahlah Ayed

A UN chemical weapons expert, wearing a gas mask, holds a plastic bag containing samples from one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapon...

Obama considers unilateral Syria response

President Barack Obama is preparing for the possibility of launching unilateral American military action against Syria within days, White Ho...

Insurance policies changing in wake of floods

Flooded basements and other water damage are becoming major issues for insurance companies in the wake of this summer's extreme weather ...