Air Canada passengers to receive up to $800 if they get bumped

The new rules coming into effect in September require that passengers be compensated $200, $400 or $800 per passenger depending on whether t...

Defence minister listed in promos for 'anti-Semitic conference'

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson's name is all over promotional literature for a conference next month hosted by a fringe Catholic group. ...

NFL reaches $765M settlement of concussion lawsuits

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, seen here in 2011, is one of more than 4,500 ex-players wanting to resolve concussion-related ...

PM Harper says no plans to send Canadian military to Syria

Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke to reporters Thursday on various topics, including the situation in Syria, and said Canada has no plans ...

Canada's Olympic short-track team to be named

The first athletes to be officially nominated to the Canadian team for the Sochi Olympics will come from the sport of short-track speedskati...

Canadians remain in Egypt jail as prosecutor no-shows

Tarek Loubani and John Greyson were arrested in Cairo on August 16. Two Canadian men remain behind bars in Egypt with their fate still up i...

Syria, Senate questions likely at PM Harper announcement

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is likely to face questions on the Senate and on Syria at an announcement in Toronto this morning beginning at...

Gang life in Calgary: jail time, bounties and 'family'

Many of the founding members of Calgary's notorious FOB gang started in organized crime at a young age, initially dealing in small quant...

Marijuana more risky for teens than previously thought

Teenagers smoke pot outside the Vancouver Art Gallery: Some studies say it is riskier than previously thought for youth to smoke pot. (CBC)...

U.S. fast-food workers hold walkouts over low pay

Fast-food worker Liz Morgan, 22, shouts during a strike inside of McDonald's in Flint, Michigan, on July 31. Workers were set to holding...

TIFF films with the biggest buzz

Jake Gyllenhaal plays a man and his doppelganger in Enemy, Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Jose Saramago's novel The Double. (Toro...

Soft-drink makers accused of using 'Big Tobacco playbook'

Security guards monitor Andy Warhol's Large Coca-Cola print at a Sotheby auction in New York in 2010. Britain recently banned a Coke ad ...