Canada's pullout of UN drought convention called 'regrettable'

The United Nations has responded to Canada's withdrawal from a UN convention that fights the spread of droughts, calling the pullout "regrettable." Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Canada was withdrawing from the United Nations Convention to Combat...

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Alberta's 'King Ralph' remembered

Ralph Klein, the colourful and controversial politician who led Alberta for 14 years, is being remembered as a populist leader who never lost his common touch. The former Alberta premier died surrounded by friends and family in a long-term facility...

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Former NDP politician Peter Kormos dead at 60

Former Ontario NDP MPP Peter Kormos has died at the age of 60. The cause of death is not immediately known. Kormos died Saturday morning at his Welland, Ont., home, according to Niagara Region Coun. Andrew Petrowski Police and EMS were called to Kormos's...

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Sidney Crosby helped lure Jarome Iginla to Pittsburgh

The allure of playing with Sidney Crosby was too tempting for Jarome Iginla to pass up. The former Calgary Flames captain joined Hockey Night in Canada's Ron MacLean Saturday for an exclusive interview on Inside Hockey to talk about what lured him into...

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Police probe deadly shooting at Toronto's Yorkdale mall

Updated 1 male dead 1 seriously injured, in hospital 5-6 suspects sought by police Incident might be gang related, police say Police not naming victims Were you at Yorkdale Mall ? Submit your breaking news, stories, photos and videos....

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Canada's pullout of UN drought convention called 'regrettable'

The United Nations has responded to Canada's withdrawal from a UN convention that fights the spread of droughts, calling the pullout "regrettable." Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Canada was withdrawing from the United Nations Convention to Combat...

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Alberta's 'King Ralph' remembered

Ralph Klein, the colourful and controversial politician who led Alberta for 14 years, is being remembered as a populist leader who never lost his common touch. The former Alberta premier died surrounded by friends and family in a long-term facility...

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4 family members die in house fire north of Toronto

A father, mother and two of their teenage sons have died in a house fire in East Gwillimbury, Ont., about 50 kilometres north of Toronto, friends and police say. Police confirmed that Kevin, 55, Jennifer, 51, Cameron, 16, and Robert Dunsmuir, 19, died...

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Ralph Klein's remarkable political life

Ralph Klein was a blunt but popular man who fiercely defended the interests of his home province of Alberta. His tenure as premier in four consecutive majority governments helped to reshape the province. Simply put, his impact on Alberta was huge and...

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Stockwell Day: Ralph Klein was 'genuine,' kept his word

Ralph Klein owed me nothing. When he ran for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party in 1993, I supported another worthy candidate. For that effort, I fully expected to be overlooked in his selection of ministers for his new cabinet....

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Sex-selective abortion motion blocked again

Conservative MP Mark Warawa has lost his appeal to bring a motion condemning sex-selective abortion to the House of Commons for debate. The procedure and House affairs committee upheld a decision by its subcommittee that Warawa's motion, M-408, isn't...

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Hospital parking rates a 'tax' on sick Canadians

Rising hospital parking rates amount to a tax on ailing Canadians, says one medical specialist. A CBC Marketplace report found many Canadians are missing hospital appointments and experiencing added stress due to the costs of parking at their local...

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Tax season facts and figures

Tax season is a festive time for those who are nuts about numbers. In their honour and for their enjoyment, CBC News has compiled some tax trivia, courtesy of Statistics Canada except where noted, including taxes paid by the rich (and the rest of us)...

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Canada's pullout of UN drought convention called 'regrettable'

The United Nations has responded to Canada's withdrawal from a UN convention that fights the spread of droughts, calling the pullout "regrettable." Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Canada was withdrawing from the United Nations Convention to Combat...

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4 dead in southern Ontario house fire

Investigators are probing a fire at this home north of Toronto. (Jermaine Hylton/CBC) Four people have died in a house fire in East Gwillimbury, Ont., about 50 km north of Toronto. York Regional Police said that at 5:30 a.m. ET they received a 911...

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Date rape drug busts put China at top of border agency's list

Canada Border Services Agency data analyzed by CBC News shows China was the largest single source of drugs seized between 2007 and 2012, most of it in the form of substances often referred to as date rape drugs. The bulk of the $1.5 billion total...

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Weapons seized as 7 Natuashish kids found sniffing gas

Seven children between the ages of nine and 12 were discovered Wednesday night sniffing gas in an unsupervised house. RCMP seized two unsecured shotguns, a large quantity of ammunition and several lighters in a house in Natuashish on Wednesday night....

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Quebec zookeeper attacked by tiger

A zookeeper was attacked by a tiger at the Saint-Félicien wild zoo in the Lac-St-Jean region of Quebec this morning. Quebec provincial police said the man was inside the pen with the tiger and was seriously injured. He was still conscious when he was...

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BlackBerry swings back to profit

BlackBerry posted a profit in the fourth quarter as the smartphone maker gave a first glimpse of its performance since unveiling its latest suite of smartphones several weeks ago. The Waterloo, Ont.-based company reported a profit of $94 million US...

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Jarome Iginla says goodbye to Calgary

The Calgary Flames ended months of speculation on Wednesday night by trading longtime captain Jarome Iginla to the Pittsburgh Penguins for U.S. college forwards Kenneth Agostino and Ben Hanowski and Pittsburgh's first-round pick in the 2013 NHL draft....

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Senator discloses details of affair with political assistant

Conservative Sen. Pierre-Hughes Boisvenu says the Senate ethics officer told him last year he couldn't keep his girlfriend on his office payroll, but he did nothing about it for six months. Boisvenu unexpectedly opened up to reporters Tuesday about...

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Gas prices spike at fastest pace since May 2008

Much higher gasoline prices pushed Canada's annual inflation rate up to 1.2 per cent in February, a sharp rise from the previous month's level but still well within policymakers' acceptable range. Consumer prices increased by 1.2 per cent in the year...

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U.K. flight diverted to Iqaluit due to allegedly drunk man

A 39-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a flight he was on from Vancouver to the U.K. was diverted to Iqaluit. Police said the man was intoxicated and acting "belligerent and aggressive." They say passengers had to help flight attendants...

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Conservative MP calls anti-abortion colleagues 'rogue'

Conservative MP Mark Warawa is a "rogue member" and has to suffer the consequences of holding views contrary to his caucus, one of his caucus colleagues said Wednesday morning after Warawa complained he wasn't allowed to talk about abortion in the House...

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Wiretap order needed to seize text messages, court rules

Police need a wiretap order to seize text messages from your wireless provider, Canada's highest court has ruled. "Text messaging is, in essence, an electronic conversation. Technical differences inherent in new technology should not determine the scope...

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7 things to watch for in the N.L. budget

What a difference a year makes. The run-up to last year's Newfoundland and Labrador budget saw oscillating warnings about the need for austerity. Premier Kathy Dunderdale warned of spending cuts of up to three per cent, or roughly $200 million. She...

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How police search for missing children decades later

Police have been searching for Michael Dunahee for more than 22 years, since the then four-year-old boy disappeared during a family outing in Victoria, B.C. While the missing child is believed to have grown into a 26-year-old man, police investigative...

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