Rob Ford controversy: Latest news, reaction to new video, audio tape

Live Blog Toronto Sun and Globe and Mail report new video and audio reveal crack use, insults against politicians CBC News Posted: Apr 30...

Raptors win Game 5, fend off furious rally by Nets

Kyle Lowry poured in 36 points to lift Toronto to a nailbiting 115-113 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, giving the Raptors a 3-2...

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford taking leave to get substance abuse help, lawyer says

Breaking Toronto mayor will reportedly seek help for substance abuse The Associated Press Posted: Apr 30, 2014 8:53 PM ET Last Updated: A...

World headed for 'apocalyptic' post-antibiotic era, WHO warns

The threat posed by antibiotic resistant bacteria is a real and present one, the World Health Organization warns. Antibiotic resistance occu...

Lawyers' self-policing often 'lax or inadequate,' critic says

The lengthy time it took the Law Society of Upper Canada to investigate a complaint and disbar a crooked Ontario lawyer once again highlight...

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams arrested over 1972 death of Belfast widow

New Jean McConville was executed by Irish Republican Army for being a suspected spy The Associated Press Posted: Apr 30, 2014 5:14 PM ET ...

Memorial held for Sherpas who died on Mount Everest

Family members, mountaineers and government officials gathered in Nepal's capital Wednesday for a memorial service for the 16 Nepalese S...

Former Mad magazine head Al Feldstein dead at 88

Al Feldstein, whose 28 years at the helm of Mad magazine transformed the satirical publication into a pop culture institution, has died. He ...

300 people evacuated after train hauling crude oil derails in Virginia

Updated Three to four cars are leaking, according to Lynchburg city spokesperson Thomson Reuters Posted: Apr 30, 2014 2:59 PM ET Last Upd...

Donald Sterling ousting process begins with owners talks

10-member group will have conference call Thursday The Associated Press Posted: Apr 30, 2014 2:26 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 30, 2014 2:40 PM...

Elections bill and foreign workers, on Wednesdays with Kady

Live Chat MPs are back in Ottawa to discuss the fair elections act and the Temporary Foreign Worker program CBC News Posted: Apr 30, 2014...

3 people reportedly shot at B.C. sawmill

There are unconfirmed reports at least three people have been shot at the Western Forest Products mill in Nanaimo, B.C. City officials have ...

Parliament is back on Wednesdays with Kady!

Chat preview MPs are back in Ottawa to discuss the fair elections act and the Temporary Foreign Worker program CBC News Posted: Apr 30, 2...

U.S. tornadoes kill 35 over 2 days

Ruth Bennett died protecting the last child left at her day care centre as a tornado wiped the building off its foundation in Louisville, Mi...

Activist urges Canada to ban Russian human rights abusers

Bill Browder, an investment firm executive and human rights activist, is trying to persuade Canada to ban Russians who were involved with th...

Aid group accused of Hamas ties put on 'terrorist' list, raided

A Canadian organization that provided humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza has been formally branded a terrorist group...

Canada brands aid group working in Gaza, West Bank as terrorist

A Canadian organization that provided humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza has been formally branded a terrorist entit...

Pro-Russians seize regional Ukraine HQ, TV centre

Pro-Russian separatists took control of the regional prosecutor's office and television centre in the eastern Ukraine city of Luhansk on...

Rio Olympics preparations 'the worst I have experienced,' IOC official says

In an unusually blunt public warning, a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday called the delayed preparations for...

A cautionary tale against governing by talking point: Kady O'Malley

There is much worth mulling over in former PMO communications director Andrew MacDougall's musings on political communications in the ag...

N.B. family claims $1M lottery win twice in 5 months

New Odds of winning were 1 in about 5 million for each draw The Canadian Press Posted: Apr 28, 2014 6:06 PM AT Last Updated: Apr 28, 2014...

Canada imposes more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

Canada is imposing more sanctions on two Russian companies and nine individuals, following a move by the United States earlier today to step...

Blockades threatened if aboriginal education bill not scrapped

New First Nations leaders say they shouldn't have to make threats to have their voices heard The Canadian Press Posted: Apr 28, 2014 1...

Paul Simon, Edie Brickell arrested over 'family dispute'

New The Associated Press Posted: Apr 28, 2014 11:40 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 28, 2014 11:47 AM ET Police in Connecticut say singer Paul ...

Clippers players stage jersey protest over owner's racist comments

The Los Angeles Clippers chose not to speak publicly about owner Donald Sterling before they faced the Golden State Warriors for Game 4 of t...

'Mass casualty situation' after tornado hits Arkansas town

Breaking Powerful storm front rumbles through parts of the U.S. Plains, Midwest and South Thomson Reuters Posted: Apr 27, 2014 7:44 PM ET ...

Clippers stage jersey gesture amid Donald Sterling controversy

The Los Angeles Clippers chose not to speak publicly about owner Donald Sterling before they faced the Golden State Warriors for Game 4 of t...

Oklahoma tornado kills 2 people

The tornado hit Quapaw, Okla. (Google Maps) Authorities say a tornado has killed two people in the small northeastern Oklahoma town of Quapa...

Clippers players stage jersey gesture amid Donald Sterling controversy

New Los Angeles owner not attending Game 4 after alleged racial comments surface The Associated Press Posted: Apr 27, 2014 4:02 PM ET Las...

Obama condemns Clippers owner's alleged 'racist' comments

President Barack Obama said Sunday that comments reportedly made by the owner of a U.S. pro basketball team are "incredibly offensive ...