Surrey Six murder trial: updates from the opening day

The trial of three men accused of gunning down six people in a Surrey high-rise in 2007 is scheduled to begin Monday in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Matthew James Johnson and Cody Rae Haevischer are charged with six counts of...

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Former Edmonton cop Derek Huff blows whistle on brutality, corruption

A former cop with an exemplary record is going public about what he calls corruption in Edmonton police ranks, after he tried internally to expose what he believes is organized brutality, but got no results. "I stood up for what's right, and I just...

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Canadians in Egypt jailed for another 45 days

Canadians John Greyson and Tarek Loubani, jailed in Egypt since their Aug. 16 arrest, have had their imprisonment extended for another 45 days, according to a friend who spoke with the pair's lawyers in Egypt. The two men are on the 13th day of a hunger...

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Kenya mall attack: Toronto-born teen undergoes surgery

The hospital treating a Toronto-born teen injured in last week's deadly attack at a Nairobi shopping mall is expected to release new information Monday about her condition. Fardosa Abdi, 17, is being treated at Sunnybrook Hospital after arriving in...

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Public umbilical cord blood bank launches in Ottawa

A newborn baby boy's umbilical cord blood is collected to try to cure his sister of leukemia in Beijing in 2005. Canada is the only G8 country without a national cord blood bank, Canadian Blood Services says. ( China Photos/Getty) Canada's first ever...

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Autistic girl turned away by B.C. dentist

The parents of a girl with autism have filed a human rights complaint against a Chilliwack, B.C., dentist after they were told not to return to the clinic. Sophia Filiatrault, 12, was considered untreatable by the dental office because she could...

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Lunenburg, N.S., blaze was accidental, fire marshal says

The fire that badly damaged a 100-year-old building on the historic waterfront in Lunenburg, N.S., started accidentally, the fire marshal says. The blaze ignited around 7 p.m. on Friday and crews from 15 stations battled it for 11 hours....

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Canadians jailed in Egypt describe arrest, detention

Two Canadians on a hunger strike in an Egyptian prison have released a statement demanding to be set free and explaining what they were doing and what they saw the day they were arrested in Cairo on Aug. 16. A close friend, Justin Podur, posted the...

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Ontario's youth unemployment among worst in Canada

Young people in Ontario — especially Toronto — are among the least employed in the country, according to a new report that shows the province's unemployment rate is higher than the national average. The report, released Friday by the Canadian Centre...

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Memorial honours 11 police, peace officers across Canada

Two Ottawa men killed in the line of duty over the past year are among 11 police and peace officers remembered today at the Canadian Police and Peace Officers Memorial on Parliament Hill. Since 1998, the last Sunday of every September is Police and...

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Conservatives' long view on debt — and smaller government

The Conservative Party of Canada has launched a new fundraising drive that amounts to saying, "Give us money so we can protect you from the government." It's an odd angle coming from the governing party until you consider this: the Conservatives...

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For many Canadian doctors, managing pain is 'not a high priority'

This week on The Sunday Edition Michael's Essay: Atheists should stop behaving like persecuted outsiders. Understanding pain Dr. Fernando Cervero is working to change the way we think about and treat pain. He's a professor of anesthesia and the...

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Canada 'skeptical' of Iran despite historic talk with U.S.

It will take more than a long-distance phone call, even a historic one, to thaw diplomatic relations between Canada and Iran, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird indicated in an interview with CBC Radio's The House. U.S. President Barack Obama's spoke...

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Ottawa bus crash: Investigators re-enact collision

Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board and from Ottawa police's collision unit are at the site of a fatal bus crash that shook the nation's capital 10 days ago. On Sept. 18, at 8:48 a.m. ET, an OC Transpo double-decker bus travelling...

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Lunenburg fire guts 100-year-old building

Police say they're not treating as suspicious a fire that badly damaged a 100-year-old building on the historic waterfront in Lunenburg, N.S. The blaze started around 7 p.m. on Friday and crews from 15 stations battled it for 11 hours....

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Rehtaeh Parsons hospital review gets more time

The province has appointed an independent expert to review the practices at a Halifax hospital in the wake of allegations that the hospital strip-searched Rehtaeh Parsons, who was receiving treatment for suicidal thoughts a year before her death. (Facebook)...

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Is the anti-bullying message getting through?

Despite all the high profile media campaigns, government programs and school initiatives launched to address youth bullying, tragic stories continue to emerge about teenagers continuing to suffer. This week, the mother of 15-year-old Saskatchewan...

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Tuition debt carried by many parents to help kids

Many Canadian parents pay a hefty portion of students' tuition fees, even if it means sacrificing their financial stability, to help their children avoid a post-graduation life burdened by tens of thousands of dollars of student debt. Ross Campbell,...

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Drug-sniffing dog searches OK on 'reasonable' grounds

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that police can deploy drug-detecting sniffer dogs for warrant-less searches against suspects, but only with "reasonable suspicion based on objective, ascertainable facts" of criminality. The decisions mean that...

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Info czar warns against government's new obstructive tactics

Suzanne Legault, Canada's Information Commissioner, told civil servants this week that she is worried about new tactics and delays that threaten the public's right to information. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Canada's information watchdog is rebuking...

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Canadian population surpasses 35 million

Canada's population has surpassed 35 million over the past year, a 1.2 per cent increase with growth generally higher in the western provinces, according to Statistics Canada. The information is contained in the agency's population estimates released...

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Why Stephen Harper has no time for the UN: Chris Hall

You could see just that hint of the smile Stephen Harper reserves for questions he doesn't agree with, as he waited out one such query during a media session this week with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Why, the reporter wondered, would Harper...

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Revenue Canada corruption feared over $400K cheque to Mafia

The Canada Revenue Agency issued a rebate cheque for nearly $400,000 to a top Quebec Mafia figure even though he owed the tax department $1.5 million at the time, heightening concerns of possible infiltration of the agency by organized crime. Details...

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Loblaws marketing guru Dave Nichol dies

(Retrontario/YouTube) Dave Nichol, the popular pitchman for the Loblaws grocery store chain in Canada, has died at age 73. The Chatham, Ont., native appeared in television ads for Loblaws in the 1980s and '90s, pitching products for the President's...

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Heather Conway plans to take CBC 'to the next level'

Heather Conway has been formally appointed as the CBC's next executive vice-president of English-language services, a position that puts her in charge of media products in what she calls "the most important cultural institution in the country." 'You...

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Toronto's Hamid Ghassemi-Shall freed in Iran from death row

The wife of Iranian-Canadian Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, who was on death row in Tehran, says her husband has been released. Antonella Mega, left, says her husband, Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, has been released from an Iranian jail. (Handout) Antonella...

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BlackBerry takeover offer buys company time

A takeover is necessary to give battered BlackBerry the time it needs to get itself back in order, company watchers say. On Monday, BlackBerry said a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. had signed a letter of intent to buy...

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