British boy with tumour getting treatment in Spain, parents arrested

A critically-ill 5-year-old boy driven to Spain by his parents against doctors' advice is receiving medical treatment for a brain tumour...

Mediator walks out of B.C. teachers' strike resolution talks

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Ebola outbreak: Canadian scientists back home after being pulled from Sierra Leone

New 3 lab workers will continue voluntary isolation for undefined period The Canadian Press Posted: Aug 29, 2014 8:03 PM ET Last Updated:...

Premiers take the ice bucket challenge in Charlottetown

New CBC News Posted: Aug 29, 2014 3:50 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 3:51 PM ET Premiers Darrell Pasloski of Yukon, Christy Clark o...

Coquihalla bus crash not caused by speeding, say RCMP

A dashboard camera aboard a tractor-trailer captured a tour bus rolling over on a mountain highway in British Columbia, injuring dozens of t...

British PM plans new laws to tackle homegrown terrorism

Updated U.K. raises terror threat level to severe over Syria, Iraq concerns Thomson Reuters Posted: Aug 29, 2014 10:16 AM ET Last Updated...

Household spending drives Canada's economic growth in 2nd quarter

New CBC News Posted: Aug 29, 2014 8:53 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 8:53 AM ET Stay Connected with CBC News Latest Business He...

Putin urges safe passage for Ukrainian troops 'to avoid senseless deaths'

Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on pro-Russian separatists to release Ukrainian soldiers who have been surrounded by ...

Ukraine crisis: Obama rules out military action

Reports that Russia has opened a new front in the war in eastern Ukraine Thursday between pro-Russia separatists and the new government of P...

'An affront to democracy': EU lawmakers threaten to sink Canada trade deal

EU lawmakers are threatening to block a multi-billion dollar trade pact between Canada and the European Union — a blueprint for a much bigge...

ISIS executes 250 Syrian soldiers after seizing air base

ISIS fighters have executed 250 Syrian soldiers captured when the group seized an air base in the province of Raqqa at the weekend, accordin...

ISIS executes dozens of Syrian troops captured at airbase

ISIS fighters have executed dozens of members of the Syrian army they captured after seizing an air base in the northeast of the country, a ...

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt get married

New Hollywood's most famous couple married Saturday in France, says a spokesman The Associated Press Posted: Aug 28, 2014 8:44 AM ET ...

Device police describe as seeming to be 'explosive' found near Montreal hospital

Police say a suspicious device that appears to be an "explosive" was found at a street corner near Montreal Children's Hospita...

Ailina Tsarnaeva, sister of Boston bombing suspect, arrested for bomb threat

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's sister was arrested Wednesday on suspicion she threatened to bomb a woman who previo...

2 people rescued from disabled boat near brink of Niagara Falls

New A 19-foot motor boat with two men aboard was anchored in the Niagara River The Associated Press Posted: Aug 27, 2014 12:32 PM ET Last...

Kids' shirt resembling WW II concentration camp uniforms pulled by Zara

Spanish fashion retailer Inditex said Wednesday it has withdrawn a children's shirt that triggered an outcry from people who said it was...

Ukraine fears rebels want control of land to link Crimea, Russia

A town in east Ukraine came under shellfire by pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday, amid fears that they are launching a counter-offensive on go...

Peter Theo Curtis, U.S. journalist, returns home after kidnapping in Syria

Journalist Peter Theo Curtis returned home to the United States on Tuesday, two days after being freed by a Syrian extremist group that held...

Apple reportedly rolling out larger iPads amid sales slump

New Company currently struggling with declining sales because people replace iPads less frequently Thomson Reuters Posted: Aug 26, 2014 8:...

Support for aboriginal women inquiry grows ahead of premiers meeting

The federal government is rejecting renewed calls for a public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women in advance of a meeting We...

Celebrations in Gaza as new 'open-ended' ceasefire announced

Israel and Hamas announced Tuesday that they agreed to an open-ended ceasefire in the Gaza war after seven weeks of fighting that killed mor...

New 'open-ended' Gaza ceasefire announced

Egyptian state media has announced a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel to halt the seven-week Gaza war, which has killed more than 2,100 pe...

Thigh bone on Mars? Curiosity rover snaps strange photo

New Red Planet never had enough oxygen to support complex animals with bones, NASA says CBC News Posted: Aug 26, 2014 12:10 PM ET Last U...

Rogers, Shaw launch rival Netflix-like service Shomi

The Canadian Press Posted: Aug 26, 2014 9:37 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 26, 2014 10:10 AM ET Stay Connected with CBC News Latest Busine...

Ebola has 'upper hand' in West Africa, U.S. health official warns

The Ebola virus has the "upper hand" in an outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, a top American health o...

Rogers, Shaw launch Netflix rival streaming service Shomi

The Canadian Press Posted: Aug 26, 2014 9:37 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 26, 2014 9:43 AM ET Stay Connected with CBC News Latest Busines...

U.S. high-tech weapon destroyed during test after glitch

A hypersonic weapon being developed by the U.S. military was destroyed four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early on Mo...

Russell Williams settles lawsuits with some of his victims

New Disgraced former Canadian Forces colonel pleaded guilty to 88 charges in 2010 The Canadian Press Posted: Aug 26, 2014 6:52 AM ET Last...