Oscars 2014: How to win your Academy Awards pool

After months of film festivals, movie screenings, campaigning and galas, the Academy Awards are finally here and movie fans worldwide are ge...

When snow squalls strike: what drivers can do

It's enough to make the blood of the most experienced winter driver run cold. One second you're moving along at highway speed with a...

3-year-old boy found outside alone suffers hypothermia

Temperature when boy found was colder than -20 C, windchill made it feel colder than -30 C CBC News Posted: Feb 28, 2014 7:05 AM ET Last ...

Bus 'engulfed in a sea of flames' in deadly arson attack in China

Chinese authorities said Friday that they have identified a person suspected of setting a fire aboard a bus that killed six people and injur...

Airport in Ukraine's Crimea patrolled by unidentified armed men

New Ukraine's fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovych, granted protection by Russia The Associated Press Posted: Feb 28, 2014 12:43 AM E...

Mentally ill inmates kept in 'grossly inadequate' conditions

Prisoners with the most acute mental illness are being locked up in prolonged isolation and unkempt, chaotic and "grossly inadequate...

96-vehicle pileup forces major Ontario highway closure

Updated CBC News Posted: Feb 27, 2014 10:05 AM ET Last Updated: Feb 27, 2014 12:33 PM ET Were you at the scene of the pileup? Submit y...

96-vehicle pileup forces major Ontario highway closure

CBC News Posted: Feb 27, 2014 10:05 AM ET Last Updated: Feb 27, 2014 12:11 PM ET Were you at the scene of the pileup? Submit your break...

Ontario highway closed after multi-vehicle pileup

Highway 400 is closed just south of Barrie, Ont., after a multi-vehicle crash, thought to be caused by reduced visibility due to heavy blowi...

'Crimea is Russia:' armed men seize Ukraine government buildings

Several dozen armed men have stormed and seized the buildings of the legislature and the local government in Ukraine's Crimea region and...

Taxing the rich is good for the economy, IMF says

A new paper by researchers at the International Monetary Fund appears to debunk a tenet of conservative economic ideology — that taxing the ...

Justin Bieber jail video shows wavering pop star

The Associated Press Posted: Feb 26, 2014 3:19 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 26, 2014 3:23 PM ET Video of Justin Bieber made at a South Florid...

Lee Rigby killer gets life sentence in U.K. hacking death

2nd convicted murderer, described as accomplice, sentenced to minimum of 45 years CBC News Posted: Feb 26, 2014 11:15 AM ET Last Updated:...

Apple issues Mac OS X fix for security flaw

The security update for users of Apple's OS X computer operating software follows a fix issued for iPhones last week. (Tim Wimborne/Reut...

Royal Bank raises dividend 6%, 1st-quarter profit up 2%

New Adjusted earnings per share increase to $1.47, beating analyst estimates The Canadian Press Posted: Feb 26, 2014 7:06 AM ET Last Upda...

World-renowned flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia dies at 66

New World-renowned flamenco guitarist dazzled audiences with lightning-speed finger work The Associated Press Posted: Feb 26, 2014 5:42 AM...

John Baird leading Canadian delegation to Ukraine

CBC News Posted: Feb 25, 2014 4:28 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 25, 2014 4:28 PM ET Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is going to Ukraine ...

Cutting-edge technology at the 2014 Mobile World Congress

Tech trends Why Google is buying a seemingly crazy collection of companies Aquaponics A fish and vegetable garden for your apartment Bi...

Justin Trudeau says he's apologized about Ukraine joke

Justin Trudeau says he has apologized about a joke he made about the situation in Ukraine on a popular Quebec television show. Trudeau visit...

Toronto-area student wins Doodle 4 Google Canada contest

Toronto-area student Cindy Tang's brilliantly coloured image of a telescope able to peer into the far depths of the sea has won the late...

Rogers fined $500,000 over Chatr ads

The Competition Bureau is reviewing what it calls a "modest" $500,000 penalty imposed on Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) for ma...

Toronto-area student wins Doodle 4 Google Canada contest

Toronto-area student Cindy Tang's brilliantly coloured image of a telescope able to peer into the far depths of the sea has won the late...

U.K. police arrest 4 on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism

New 4 suspects are being questioned, their homes are being searched The Associated Press Posted: Feb 25, 2014 4:19 AM ET Last Updated: Fe...

Uganda tabloid publishes 'top' homosexuals list

New President Yoweri Museveni signed anti-gay bill into law Monday The Associated Press Posted: Feb 25, 2014 3:31 AM ET Last Updated: Feb...