Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashes during test flight

Breaking Thomson Reuters Posted: Oct 31, 2014 2:36 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 31, 2014 2:47 PM ET A suborbital passenger spaceship being d...

J.K. Rowling releases new Harry Potter short for Halloween

Just in time for Halloween, J.K. Rowling has given fans a glimpse of what makes a wicked witch tick. The creator of boy wizard Harry Potter ...

2 rounds of chemo fail to shrink Rob Ford's tumour

Two rounds of chemotherapy have failed to shrink the tumour in Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's abdomen, his family has confirmed with CBC News....

ISIS mission: Canadian CF-18s complete operational flights in Iraq

Canada joins U.S., Britain, Australia and several Gulf States in air coalition The Canadian Press Posted: Oct 31, 2014 2:09 AM ET Last Upd...

Nurse Kaci Hickox defies Ebola quarantine again in Maine

A nurse who vowed to defy Maine's voluntary quarantine for health-care workers who treated Ebola patients followed through on her promis...

Nurse Kaci Hickox defies Ebola quarantine again n Maine

A nurse who vowed to defy Maine's voluntary quarantine for health-care workers who treated Ebola patients followed through on her promis...

Kaci Hickox, Maine heading to legal showdown over Ebola quarantine

State police in Maine plan to monitor the movements and interactions of a nurse who vowed to defy the state's quarantine for health care...

Gordie Howe's condition improving, family says

NHL legend suffered stroke last weekend The Canadian Press Posted: Oct 29, 2014 3:12 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 29, 2014 3:12 PM ET Gordie H...

Ebola death count likely exceeds 5,000, WHO says

World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director General Bruce Aylward speaks during a press briefing on WHO's strategy to combat Ebol...

New Zealanders to vote on changing flag

New Zealanders will vote twice over the next two years on whether the country should change its flag, the government said Wednesday. Next ye...

Canada improves slightly in global gender-gap ranking

An annual global survey on progress on closing gender gaps says that Canada excelled in education, ranking first on the list for gender equa...

Bonnie Crombie takes over for Hazel McCallion as Mississauga, Ont., mayor

Brampton and Mississauga will have new mayors next term, as Linda Jeffrey and Bonnie Crombie have been declared winners in those respective ...

Rob Ford elected Toronto city councillor

On mobile? Click here to watch live coverage starting at 8 p.m. CBC News projects that Rob Ford will be elected as a councillor in Ward 2,...

Prosecutors to appeal Oscar Pistorius verdict, sentence

New Olympian and Paralympian double-amputee received 5-year sentence The Associated Press Posted: Oct 27, 2014 9:09 AM ET Last Updated: O...

Public visitation for Cpl. Nathan Cirillo being held in Hamilton

Mourners wishing to pay tribute to the soldier killed at the National War Memorial in Ottawa will have a chance to express their grief today...

Franklin discovery: Searchers consider 'winter dive' to explore Erebus further

Searchers who found one of the lost vessels of the ill-fated Franklin expedition are so eager to get back to their discovery they are think...

High fidelity 2.0: How your favourite music could sound even better

If you look at your average television, it’s obvious that picture quality has become significantly better over the years. We’ve gone from VH...

Attempt begins to recover plane that crashed in lake nearly 74 years ago

Efforts have begun in central Ontario to recover a military plane that crashed in Lake Muskoka nearly 74 years ago with two crew on board. N...

Hockey takes its place in Canada's healing after deaths of 2 soldiers

The Ottawa Senators hope they can do their part in the process of mourning Cpl. Nathan Cirillo on Saturday night and help the nation's c...

Jack Bruce, bassist from 1960s band Cream, dies at 71

New 1960s group included Eric Clapton The Associated Press Posted: Oct 25, 2014 12:20 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 25, 2014 12:56 PM ET Music...

Member of 1960s group Cream dies

New !960s group included Eric Clapton The Associated Press Posted: Oct 25, 2014 12:20 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 25, 2014 12:20 PM ET Music...

Google exec breaks sound barrier, sets records with leap from near-space

Google executive Alan Eustace broke the sound barrier and set several skydiving records over the southern New Mexico desert early Friday aft...

Young Canadian radicals who've travelled overseas

7 Extremists killed in battle, pursued by authorities for terror attacks CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2014 7:46 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 24, 2...

NYC hatchet attacker not tied to terror groups, police say

New York City police Commissioner William Bratton says the hatchet attack on four rookie officers was a terrorist act by a homegrown radical...

Should we stop intervening in the Middle East? Nahlah Ayed

Is it right for Western nations to intervene abroad using military force? There are few questions in our time that are as incendiary. There ...

Canadian couple accused of spying in China held in near isolation

A Canadian couple accused of spying near China's sensitive border with North Korea has been kept in near isolation for more than 80 days...