NHL playoffs have distinct Canadian flavour

The matchups for the Stanley Cup playoffs are all set. Find out which teams are ready to clash in the post-season. The matchups for the Stanley Cup playoffs are all set, with the NHL's post-season to begin on Tuesday with three games.Here's who will...

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Foreign worker program changes expected today

The federal government is expected to announce details today of changes to the temporary foreign workers program that will require employers to do more to find Canadian workers so they don't have to look elsewhere. The expected changes come after a...

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Abdicating Dutch queen was a wartime Ottawa schoolgirl

When the future Dutch Queen Beatrix and her family returned to the Netherlands after their Second World War sojourn in Ottawa, the young princess discovered mealtimes just weren't what she was used to. For one thing, there was no ice cream. "For the...

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Luka Magnotta trial date set for fall 2014

The trial date for accused killer Luka Magnotta has been scheduled for Sept. 15, 2014. Magnotta faces a charge of first-degree murder and four other counts in last May's slaying of Jun Lin. Magnotta's preliminary hearing ended two and-a-half weeks...

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Sheriffs, court workers join Alberta prison-guard strike

Courtroom sheriffs, court clerks and reporters and social workers in Alberta are joining striking jail guards on the picket line this morning. "We're hoping this is very short-lived," union spokesman Derrick Karbashewski said today. "We're looking for...

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MacNeil didn't die from hospital infection, says authority

Beloved Canadian singer Rita MacNeil did not die from a hospital-acquired infection, the Cape Breton District Health Authority said in response to a now-corrected article published in the Globe and Mail newspaper on Friday. The 68-year-old singer died...

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Via terror plot suspect a 'very good boy,' mom says

The mother of Chiheb Esseghaier says she does not believe the terrorism-related charges against her son. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) The mother of one of the two suspects accused of trying to carry out an al-Qaeda-supported plot to derail a Via Rail...

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2nd largest pipeline spill in Alberta history leads to charges

The company that owns a pipeline that leaked 28,000 barrels of crude oil near a First Nations community in northwest Alberta — the largest spill in the province in 35 years — is now facing environmental charges. Plains Midstream Canada ULC is facing...

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7 Alberta jails locked down after walkout

Alberta's justice minister says remand centre workers who have walked off the job in Alberta are engaging in an illegal job action. Jonathan Denis was responding early Saturday morning to a strike that began at the Edmonton Remand Centre after a correctional...

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Prince Philip presents regimental colours in Toronto

Prince Philip took part a ceremony at the Ontario legislature on Saturday morning, where he presented a new regimental flag to the Third Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment. The ceremony marks the 200th anniversary of a key battle of the War of...

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Senior Mounties told not to meet MPs without prior approval

Internal emails obtained by CBC News show that RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson has ordered all senior Mounties to get clearance from his office before committing to any meetings with MPs or senators. Specifically, they are to notify a liaison office that...

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Chris Hall: The every-backbencher-with-a-crime-bill week

This is the eighth annual "Victims of Crime Awareness Week'' in Canada. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson made sure he reminded everyone of that Thursday when he threw the government's weight behind yet another Conservative MP's bill to toughen the Criminal...

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Canada tried to deport terror suspect Raed Jaser

CBC News has confirmed that Canada tried nine years ago to deport Raed Jaser, one of the two men accused in the Via Rail terror plot, but authorities didn't proceed and later granted him permanent residency. Jaser, 35, and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, have...

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Trudeau's masculinity seen as subtext in Tory attack ads

The headline on the Conservative party's latest mailout reads "He's in way over his head," but what's drawn around Justin Trudeau's head could be carrying a powerful subliminal message too. A swirl of tiny little stars — reminiscent of Tinkerbell's...

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How can you tell if your shirt was made in a sweatshop?

The death of more than 300 people in a garment building collapse in Bangladesh has renewed concerns about the conditions of workers who make clothing for some of the biggest brands in the Western world, including Canada's Joe Fresh. But analysts say...

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Stories we tell about Muslims: Join the chat on Thurs at 7 p.m. ET

How might the stories we tell as a society oversimplify the view of a diverse international community? (iStock)Two pairs of Muslim men are believed responsible for the twin bombings that recently rocked Boston, as well as the allegedly al-Qaeda-linked...

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Time capsule in a bottle washes up in Nova Scotia

When Jillian Boyce and Kelly Johnston stuffed a letter and some trinkets into a bottle and sent it down the Shubenacadie River in 2002 they could only hope someone would find it. On Wednesday, the piece of their history washed back into their lives....

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Via terror plot suspect says Criminal Code 'not a holy book'

One of two men accused of an al-Qaeda-directed plot to derail a Via Rail passenger train appeared to question the authority of a Toronto court on Wednesday, saying that the Criminal Code should not apply to him because it's "not a holy book." Chiheb...

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Winnipeg's Susan Griffiths dies by assisted suicide in Zurich

Susan Griffiths, the Winnipeg woman who went to Switzerland to take advantage of the country's assisted-suicide law, has died. She was declared dead shortly before 7 a.m. CST. Griffiths, 72, had multiple system atrophy, a rare disease that was robbing...

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Anti-bullying apps will fail unless society takes action, critics say

Schools are resorting to anti-bullying apps to try to curb online harassment, as high-profile cases continue to expose a harrowing world of practically nonstop cyberbullying. But critics say these apps have limitations and don't address the toxic peer...

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Winnipeg woman's assisted suicide plan OK'd by Swiss doctor

A Winnipeg woman is one step closer to dying today, thanks to a Swiss physician who has confirmed that she is psychologically prepared for the end. It was one of the significant but no less painful last hurdles that 72-year-old Susan Griffiths has had...

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Rehtaeh Parsons's family has 'heartfelt' talk with Harper

Leah Parsons and Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter arrive on Parliament Hill. (CBC) Two weeks after their daughter died following months of alleged online harassment, the family of Rehtaeh Parsons sat down with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and urged...

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Via terror plot suspect tracked by RCMP for a year

The RCMP had been following one of the two suspects accused of trying to carry out an al-Qaeda supported plot to derail a Via passenger train for almost a year, CBC News has learned. Sources told CBC's Power & Politics host Evan Solomon that the...

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