Baird denounces sexual violence in speech to UN assembly

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird used Canada's turn at the podium before the United Nations General Assembly Monday to speak out on s...

Chicago commuter train crash injures dozens

At least 48 people have been taken to various hospitals in Chicago after two trains collided at the height of the city's morning rush-ho...

Toronto Raptors to bring rapper Drake on board

The Toronto Raptors are turning to a rapper to help the team rebrand after a poor showing on the court in recent years. The team is expected...

Canada's John Baird addresses UN assembly on Kenya

Foreign Minister John Baird denounced "the crime of terror" and paid tribute to a Canadian diplomat killed in an attack on a shopp...

Breaking Bad finale draws curtain on series

Any Breaking Bad fan could be forgiven for concluding that Sunday's finale held no major surprises. That's because this AMC drama s...

Kenya mall attack: Toronto-born teen treated in Canada

A Toronto-born teen wounded in last week's Kenya mall attack is now in Canada and recovering in a Toronto hospital, CBC has learned. Far...

Silvio Berlusconi backpedals on collapsing coalition

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi appeared to backpedal on Sunday in his strategy aimed at collapsing Italy's fragile coalition g...

$1.3B medical marijuana free market coming to Canada

The Conservative government is launching a $1.3-billion free market in medical marijuana on Tuesday, eventually providing an expected 450,00...

Canadian satellite to study nasty side of northern lights

The Aurora Borealis, those beams of light that dance across the northern sky may look pretty, but a Canadian satellite is about to study a n...

Syria's Assad vows to comply with UN resolution

Syria's president vowed Sunday to abide by last week's UN resolution calling for the country's chemical weapons stockpile to be ...

Kenya mall attack arrest tally grows

Kenya's security services made another arrest Sunday in connection with the deadly Westgate mall attack , a top official said, but decli...

Nigeria militant attack on college dorm kills dozens

Boko Haram has launched previous attacks in northeast Nigeria. This photo, taken Sept . 19, shows a house burned in an attack by the militan...

Retired cop 'astounded' at officer's traffic stop tactics

A retired staff sergeant with the Ontario Provincial Police, in an interview with CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition , has spoken out agains...

Nigeria militants gun down students in college dorm

Boko Haram has launched previous attacks in northeast Nigeria. This photo, taken Sept . 19, shows a house burned in an attack by the militan...

Milos Raonic wins Thailand Open

Canada's tennis ace has rung up another big win. Milos Raonic defeated Tomas Berdych in straight sets — 7-6, 6-3 — today to take the Tha...

U.S. House votes for Obamacare delay as shutdown looms

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on Republicans in the House of Representatives to pass legislation to avoid a looming government shutdown ...

Silvio Berlusconi pulls 5 ministers out of Italian government

Italy's fragile coalition government was pushed into a full-fledged crisis Saturday after five ministers from former premier Silvio Berl...

Nigeria ferry capsizes, killing dozens

A ferry carrying traders and their goods broke up in stormy weather on the Niger River, drowning as many as 42 people as rescuers search for...

Ontario drivers can’t even hold a cellphone while driving

Ontario's top court says it's illegal to hold a cellphone while driving even if it's not transmitting and no matter how briefly ...

Info czar warns against government's new obstructive tactics

Suzanne Legault, Canada's Information Commissioner, told civil servants this week that she is worried about new tactics and delays that ...

Iran says nuclear deal won't come quickly

Iran played down prospects for a quick breakthrough in talks with the United Nations nuclear agency on Friday over a stalled inquiry into it...

Drug-sniffing dog searches OK on 'reasonable' grounds

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that police can deploy drug-detecting sniffer dogs for warrant-less searches against suspects, but onl...

Global warming 'extremely likely' to be man-made, UN panel says

Scientists can now say with extreme confidence that human activity is the dominant cause of the global warming observed since the 1950s, a n...

Global warming 95% likely to be manmade, UN panel says

Top climate scientists blamed mankind more clearly than ever as the main cause of global warming in a report on Friday meant to guide govern...

India building collapse kills 1, traps dozens

A multi-story building collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai early Friday, sending rescuers racing to reach dozens of people ...

Dozens feared trapped in India building collapse

A multi-story building has collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai. Rescuers are trying to reach more than two dozen people fea...

Tory MP Dean Del Mastro charged under Elections Act

Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro and one of his 2008 campaign staffers are facing charges under the Elections Act. Elections Canada alleges D...

Costa Concordia probe: human remains found near ship

Divers have spotted human remains near the shipwrecked Costa Concordia off an Italian island, and authorities say DNA tests will determine i...

Drug-sniffing dog searches to be clarifed by Supreme Court

A ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday morning is expected to clarify what constitutes "reasonable suspicion" of crimi...

Nova Scotia's political leaders go head-to-head in debate

Live Now Politics LIVE: Nova Scotia leaders' debate Video Politics LIVE: Nova Scotia leaders' debate Watch the 3 major party ...