Where to celebrate Canada Day this long weekend

Canadians from coast to coast to coast and beyond will help mark the country's 146th birthday on Monday. Events in Ottawa get underway at 9 a.m. ET and run until 10 p.m., with live music by Metric, Carly Rae Jepsen, and a special performance by Cmdr....

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy now living in Canada

A Christian girl who was falsely accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has fled to Canada, CBC News has learned. Rimsha Masih, 14, was charged with blasphemy in 2012 for allegedly burning pages of the Qu'ran. Muslim cleric Khalid Jadoon was arrested on...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

4 dead after mid-air crash north of Whistler

Four people are dead after a collision involving a glider and a small plane near Pemberton, B.C., north of Whistler, on Saturday afternoon around 1 p.m. PT. Second Lt. Erin Edwards with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria said crews have...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

5,000 High River flood evacuees assess damaged homes

Residents in High River, Alberta returned their homes Saturday for the first time in more than a week to find them in a variety of states. Heather Dupont says her home was fine except for a mess that her three cats made. Ryan Domes escaped with a flooded...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Toronto pride 2013 marks milestone year

This year's gay pride celebrations unofficially mark a milestone year in many ways for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community. This year saw the first openly gay professional baskeball player, Jason Collins came out, the U.S. Supreme...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy now living in Canada

A Christian girl who was falsely accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has fled to Canada, CBC News has learned. Rimsha Masih, 14, was charged with blasphemy in 2012 for allegedly burning pages of the Qu'ran. Although she was acquitted, supporters say her...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

How the Toronto Raptors helped spark a hoops factory

With Brampton, Ont., native Anthony Bennett making history by becoming the first Canadian No.1 NBA draft pick and with predictions that Thornhill, Ont.-born Andrew Wiggins could follow suit next year, the Greater Toronto Area seems to be building a reputation...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Youth key to helping families fight stigma of mental illness, suicide

After 18-year-old Steven Hutchison took his own life in his dorm room at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont., earlier this year, a lot of his close friends kept in touch with his parents. Young people who had known the popular, ever-smiling athlete...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Labrador town evacuated over air quality woes from fire

Most people living in the town of Wabush evacuated the western Labrador community overnight to escape smoke from a nearby forest fire. Town officials declared a state of emergency at approximately 9 p.m. local time on Friday, and residents were transported...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

1st-degree murder charge laid in Petawawa, Ont., slaying

A 25-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder after a stabbing attack in Petawawa, Ont., left one man dead and two women critically injured. Brian David Goddard appeared in a Kingston, Ont., courtroom...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Dissatisfied chiefs could form new First Nations group

Tensions between the Assembly of First Nations and some chiefs who are feeling excluded could boil over next month at a meeting where a new breakaway organization could be born. The National Treaty Gathering at Onion Lake, Sask., is taking place July...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Ontario man accused of Mafia links faces prison in Italy

A Thunder Bay, Ont., man could be facing up to 19 years in prison in Italy if he is found guilty on charges of being associated with the 'Ndrangheta, a branch of the Italian Mafia. Prosecutors allege that Giuseppe Bruzzese, 66, was caught on tape in...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Forest fire puts Labrador town on evacuation notice

The mining town of Wabush in western Labrador has told its residents to be prepared for an evacuation order, as a forest fire rages on its doorstep Friday. Mayor Ron Barron issued a warning to the town of about 2,000 late Thursday night, asking residents...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Derailed tankers pulled from Calgary bridge

Crews in Calgary successfully removed six tanker cars that teetered on a broken rail bridge over the swollen Bow River early today. Workers had earlier removed an oil product from the tankers, which derailed early Thursday morning when part of the bridge...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Mayor of flooded-out High River says he gets the frustration

The mayor of High River says he understands the community's frustration as officials try to plan a safe return to the flooded Alberta town. Provincial inspectors are going house to house in the town 70 kilometres south of Calgary to determine which...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Boy, 2, dies after being left in car in Milton, Ont.

Police say a two-year-old Milton, Ont., boy died Wednesday after he was left for a "significant portion of the day" in a family member's car. Police responded to the call just after 5 p.m. Wednesday in a residential area in Milton. Halton Regional...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Parking tickets incense dad of dying child

A father who has been enduring the dread of watching his child die of cancer has lashed back at what he calls an insensitive bureaucracy that continues to leave parking tickets on his car outside a St. John's hospital. "Having a child in this situation...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

As Canadian as...? CBC readers fill in the blank

In 1972, Peter Gzowski decided that Canada needed a national simile, an answer to "As American as apple pie." So, he ran a contest on the radio: Complete the phrase "As Canadian as..." Some 40 years later, CBC News asked readers to complete the sentence...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Toronto propane firm guilty in fatal 2008 blast

The owner of Sunrise Propane has been found guilty of environmental and workplace safety violations following an explosion in 2008 in northwest Toronto that killed a worker and forced thousands from their homes. The company and its directors, Shay Ben-Moshe...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Man tied to Rob Ford scandal pleads guilty to manslaughter

One of the men embroiled in the crack cocaine scandal involving Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of alleged gang member Anthony Smith, avoiding a trial. Nisar Hashimi was charged three months ago with first-degree...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

10 tidbits about Canadians we learned from Statscan today

Statistics Canada released the second batch of figures Wednesday from its voluntary National Household Survey, looking at labour, education, workplace, commuting, work language and mobility and migration. Some highlights: Higher learning 64.8 per...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Is Canada becoming dependent on temporary foreign workers?

Dave Kaiser owns and operates McDonald's restaurants in Cranbrook, B.C., and Fernie, near the Alberta border — two towns less than an hour's drive from each other, but with workforce challenges that stand a world apart. In Cranbrook, Kaiser has no trouble...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Calgary flooding forces state of emergency extension

The state of emergency in Calgary has been extended for eight more days, for a total of 21. "We want to continue to use those powers for an appropriate amount of time," said Bruce Burrell, Calgary Emergency Management Agency director. A state of emergency...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Rob Ford staffer 'Dave' suspended after phone call

David Price, a senior staff member in Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's office, has been suspended after a phone call to a local newspaper. The controversy comes in response to an exclusive CBC News story reporting that Price made repeated calls to Ford's weekly...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Camper dies when tree falls on tent in Manitoba storm

A 45-year-old man was killed when a tree fell on the tent he was camping in during a storm Wednesday morning. Emergency crews were called just before 2 a.m. to the campground at Falcon Beach in eastern Manitoba. A large tree had fallen on a tent during...

22.41 | 0 komentar | Read More

Secret tax-haven files lift veil on $32M Ontario fraud

To Time magazine, Peter Sabourin was a "venture capitalist." In the pages of Canadian Business, he became a "tax consultant." For the Financial Post, he transformed into an expert on offshore investment. No matter the label, this much is certain: The...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Deluged Canmore, Alta., declares state of emergency

Are you in Canmore? Submit your breaking news, stories, photos and videos. Upload Now You must be a member of the CBC News Community to upload. Sign Up now. Canmore, Alta., has declared a local state of emergency because heavy rainfall made...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Top court dismisses final appeal in Rob Ford conflict case

The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected an application to hear a final appeal in Mayor Rob Ford's conflict of interest case, a legal matter that could have ousted him from his job. As is customary, the Supreme Court gave no reasons for dismissing the...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Yemeni activist mulls stay in Canada after coming out as gay

An internationally known youth activist who was involved in the 2011 Yemeni revolution has a new and possibly more dangerous battle on his hands. Ala'a Jarban is in Montreal at a training program, weighing whether to stay in Canada or return to the...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

Explosion flattens fireworks factory southwest of Montreal

A blast this morning at a fireworks factory in Coteau-du-lac, Que., levelled a building and sent a massive plume of black smoke into the air visible for kilometres. The explosion happened just before 9 a.m. ET today at the factory located just off Highway...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More

How open is Ottawa's new 'open data' website?

Maybe you need some demographic information before you start a small business. Or maybe you have to finish a high school project on Canadian immigration trends. Or perhaps you want to make a map showing pollution across the country. Any of those projects...

22.40 | 0 komentar | Read More