Duffy, Wallin, Brazeau may keep medical benefits

Procedural wrangling in the Senate means a vote on whether three senators should be suspended and lose their pay won't happen until at least Friday, but amendments proposed late last night may allow them to keep their medical benefits even if they're...

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Young politicians no longer a novelty in Canada

At age 30, David Joanasie is the youngest person to be elected to the Nunavut legislature, but by the current standards in the House of Commons and some of the country's provincial legislatures, the newly elected MLA who won a seat Monday night...

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Canada's uniforms for Sochi Winter Games to be unveiled

Canadians will get their first look Wednesday at the uniforms the country's Olympians and Paralympians will wear at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Hudson's Bay Company is set to reveal the team uniforms at 2 p.m. ET in Toronto. Athletes will wear...

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Parents of 3 both lose BlackBerry jobs in Waterloo

A family of five is now without stable income after another round of BlackBerry job cuts. Phil Ingram lost his job at BlackBerry on Monday as the smartphone maker announced its latest round of job cuts, just six months after...

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John Furlong calls allegations '17 months of living hell'

Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong says the police have cleared him of allegations of sexual abuse and he is looking forward to confronting his accuser in court. Furlong made the statement during an interview with CBC News on Wednesday morning....

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Who is Arthur Hamilton, the lawyer named by Mike Duffy?

When the Conservative Party finds itself in trouble, lawyer Arthur Hamilton is often the man tasked with the troubleshooting. A soft-spoken figure in the courtroom, his quiet intensity hints at past achievements as a high-school athlete. ...

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Premier loses seat in Nunavut election

Two of 22 constituencies are tied, many new faces have been elected as MLAs and Premier Eva Aariak has lost her seat as the votes have now been counted in Nunavut's fourth territorial election.   All in all, only six of the 22 MLAs in...

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Patrick Brazeau says RCMP haven't contacted him over expenses

Senator Patrick Brazeau, who is being investigated by the RCMP over allegations of breach of trust, says he has not yet been contacted by the force. In an exclusive interview with CBC's Power & Politics, Brazeau told host Evan Solomon that...

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Pipeline safety: Canada lags U.S. on making data public

After a long day tending his expansive canola farm near Swan Lake, in central Manitoba, Dan Hacault turns on his computer to try to find out more about what's buried below his cash crops — eight pipelines. The veteran farmer says he spends hours...

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5 new questions after Mike Duffy's Senate bombshell

As the Senate continued to mull over motions to suspend Senators Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Pamela Wallin over the expense controversy, Duffy unloaded another series of bombshell revelations Monday afternoon.  He claimed...

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Pipeline safety incident rate doubled in past decade

Pipelines regulated by the federal government — which include some of the longest lines in the country — have experienced a swell in the number of safety-related incidents over the past decade, documents obtained by CBC News suggest. In recent months,...

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Drivers fined for parking when not parked

A company that says it's the world's largest privately-owned parking firm is again under fire from drivers, who complain they were slapped with unjustified $110 fines. "If they are doing this over and over — they are probably making quite the profit,"...

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Canadian researchers use bees to drop pesticides on crops

The survival of the struggling bee population could soon be doubly important to agriculture. While bees pollinate crops, Canadian researchers have found they can also be used to control pest insects and manage disease by dropping off pest control...

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Budget watchdog affirms 2015 surplus despite slower growth

Canada's budget watchdog predicts the Harper government will be able to balance the budget in 2015 despite slowing growth, but concluded it will be a close shave and that subsequent surpluses will be smaller than Ottawa projects. The latest fiscal and...

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6 ways parents can give kids a healthy 'media diet'

Parents should limit the total entertainment screen time to less than one to two hours per day, pediatricians recommend. (Marcus Donner/Reuters) Concerns about children's use of media are increasingly urgent in the digital age, say U.S. pediatricians...

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Alberta school bus crash 'not about pointing blame,' says mayor

It will be important for residents of a small Alberta town near Calgary to support each other as they heal from a horrific school bus crash that sent nine children and the bus driver to hospital on Friday, said the town's mayor. Crossfield Mayor Nathan...

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Thousands march in Montreal for values charter

Thousands of supporters of the Parti Québécois government's proposed charter of values took to the streets of downtown Montreal Saturday in a demonstration organized by "Les Janettes," a group founded in mid-October by the influential...

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Trudeau challenges Harper to testify under oath

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is renewing his call for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to testify under oath, about what he knew and when he knew it, in the Senate expenses scandal. In an interview with CBC Radio's The House, Trudeau said Parliament is...

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Senate to consider changing suspension motion

The leader of the government in the Senate, Claude Carignon, says he is open to amendments to a motion that, as it currently reads, would suspend three senators without pay or benefits for two years over allegations of wrongdoing with their expense claims....

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1,500 Canadians held in foreign prisons, majority in the U.S.

For nearly two months all eyes were turned to John Greyson and Tarek Loubani, the Canadian activists held in an Egyptian prison before being allowed to return to Canada. Two other detained Canadians, Greenpeace activists Alexandre Paul and Paul Ruzycki,...

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Berwick asks where RCMP were when Harley Lawrence died

Harley Lawrence was found dead following a fire at a bus shelter in Berwick. RCMP have called his death suspicious. (Courtesy of Debbie Saltzman ) Friends of the homeless man found dead earlier this week in the small Nova Scotia town of Berwick...

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Anger over Senate expenses scandal spills onto the streets

Video CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2013 8:07 PM CT Last Updated: Oct 25, 2013 9:06 PM CT B.C. reaction to senate scandal 1:43 B.C. reaction to senate scandal 1:43 What do you think of the Senate expenses scandal? CBC...

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