CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers: Snowden documents

A top secret document retrieved by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and obtained by CBC News shows that Canada's electronic spy agency used information from the free internet service at a major Canadian airport to track the wireless devices of thousands...

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Canada's economy expands for 5th straight month

The resources sector expanded in November after a slight contraction the previous month. Canada's gross domestic product was 2.6 per cent bigger in November than it was the same month a year earlier. Statistics Canada reported Friday that Canada's...

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Montreal Metro scarf tangling leads to woman's death

A 48-year-old woman died Thursday morning after her scarf got caught in the escalator at the Fabre Metro station in Montreal. 'While she was trying to pull up her scarf from the escalator, her hair got caught too.' —Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant,...

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Elliot Lake mall collapse investigation update expected

Police say they will have an update today on the criminal investigation into the fatal collapse of a mall roof in Elliot Lake, Ont., in June 2012. Ontario Provincial Police began their investigation shortly after part of the Algo Centre Mall's...

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The system failed Phoenix Sinclair. Today we find out why

The Manitoba government is set to release the final report today from the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry, which examined how the province's child welfare system failed the five-year-old girl before she was murdered by her mother and stepfather in 2005. ...

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Had enough of bitter cold weather? Expect more today

Wind-chill warnings extend from Estevan,  Sask., through Manitoba and Ontario, and east to Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., this morning, as Canada faces yet another bout of extreme cold. In the U.S., a blast of freezing rain and snow was expected to hit...

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Decision on RU-486 drug may reignite Hill abortion debate

The abortion debate on Parliament Hill isn't likely to fade in 2014 as Health Canada is expected to decide whether to approve a drug that terminates pregnancies. Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, has been under consideration by Health Canada...

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Neil Macdonald: Where was my currency discount when the loonie was strong?

Having lived for so long in the savagely competitive American marketplace, I'm always amazed when I return to Canada at how some of my more bovine fellow citizens are willing to rationalize being milked. Whenever the discussion drifts to how just about...

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Canada Post's 1st mailbox changes coming in early February

Canada Post says it will unveil in the next two weeks which areas of the country will be the first to be switched from door-to-door to community mailboxes, as part of the phasing out of home deliveries. Spokesman Jon Hamilton said the transition,...

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Gas flows again to some communities after pipeline blast

Slowly, natural gas has been flowing back into southeast Manitoba communities affected by a weekend pipeline explosion. More than 100 contractors with TransCanada Pipelines, which owns the line, worked in shifts through the night Monday into...

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The new ministerial responsibility: punish the underlings

Near the end of the fall sitting of Parliament, Tom Mulcair had a little bee in his bonnet over the lost, then found, emails of Ben Perrin, the prime minister's former legal counsel at the centre of the Duffy-Wright affair.  During question period...

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Michel Arsenault, ex-FTQ president, testifies at corruption inquiry

The Quebec corruption inquiry resumes this morning with much-anticipated testimony from Michel Arsenault, the former president of the province's largest labour group, the Quebec's Federation of Labour (FTQ). This will be Arsenault's first appearance...

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CN derailment in N.B.: 'Not the way that we wanted to begin the year'

The investigation is underway into the cause of the second train derailment in three weeks in northwestern New Brunswick. (Google Maps) ​CN spokesman Jim Feeny says the investigation is underway into a freight train derailment in northwesterrn...

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L'Isle-Verte search resumes for 22 seniors after deadly fire

Crews in L'Isle-Verte, Que., continue the search today for 22 people who are presumed dead after a deadly fire tore through a residence for seniors just after midnight last Thursday. Police on Sunday confirmed the deaths of 10 people.Three victims have...

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HBC sells flagship Toronto store, will open Saks location

Queen Street location will see Saks and The Bay operate alongside each other CBC News Posted: Jan 27, 2014 10:03 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 27, 2014 10:03 AM ET Hudson's Bay Co. is selling its iconic Queen Street store in downtown Toronto...

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L'Isle-Verte fire survivors describe narrow escape

Nelida Pettigrew always had boots, a scarf and a warm coat ready at the door, just in case. Her daughter made a point of ensuring that if Pettigrew ever needed to leave her room at the Résidence du Havre in a hurry, she would be properly dressed.  ...

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More see Trudeau as excellent prime minister than Harper: poll

More Canadians think Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau would do an excellent job as prime minister than either NDP Leader Tom Mulcair or Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a new poll by Abacus Data suggests. The poll also suggests 68 per cent of Canadians believe...

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Gas pipeline explosion leaves thousands without heat in southern Manitoba

A fire is out after burning for more than 12 hours at the site of a natural gas pipeline explosion near Otterburne, Man., about 50 kilometres south of Winnipeg. But officials say there are now natural gas outages affecting as many as 4,000 people...

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Transport of Alberta oilsands products risky, U.S. study warns

​​U.S. scientists are warning that there are environmental risks, regulatory holes and serious unknowns regarding the shipment of Alberta oilsands products by pipeline, rail and tanker. The findings are in a 153-page report from last September by the...

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Search for missing in L'Isle-Verte suspended over bad weather

Recovery operations in the frozen rubble of the Résidence du Havre seniors' home in L'Isle-Verte came to a temporary halt on Sunday due to high winds and blowing snow in the area. Quebec's provincial police announced that they were suspending...

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The political steamroller that is Quebec's charter of values

You can tell it's coming on election season in Quebec because almost every day there has been a new drama created by the Parti Quebecois' proposed charter of values. Last week, as formal public hearings began into the secularization project, it was...

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60% of Great Lakes covered in ice, ships in danger

The unusual deep freeze gripping southwestern Ontario concerns the Canadian Coast Guard, which is warning that it could pose dangers to shipping operations. Andre Maillet, a supervisor of operations for the Canadian Coast Guard, said all the ice on...

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Accused ex-cop Benoit Roberge vows to name names in Hells Angels case

One of the country's former top biker cops, now accused of selling information to the Hells Angels, says he will "not go down alone," in a telephone conversation obtained by a joint CBC and Radio-Canada investigation. Benoit Roberge, a former sergeant-detective...

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