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...

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Big Brother's power is building, warns George Orwell biographer

Earlier this month, the most talked about novelist in the English language wasn't Dan Brown, Stephen King or George R. R. Martin and his Game of Thrones series. It was George Orwell, whose most famous novel, 1984, saw its sales spike by a reported 7,000...

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Protests for and against Morsi spark fears of violence

Thousands of people are gathering in cities across Egypt ahead of large protests planned for today. Many of the demonstrators want President Mohamed Morsi to step down, saying he has failed to tackle Egypt's economic and security problems. Chants of...

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Germany compares reported U.S. bugging to 'Cold War'

A top German official accused the United States on Sunday of using "Cold War" methods against its allies, after a German magazine cited secret intelligence documents to claim that U.S. spies bugged European Union offices. Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger...

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Mayhem marks start of 100th Tour de France

Riders at the Tour de France know to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared them for the mayhem that turned Saturday's first stage of the 100th Tour into a demolition derby on two wheels. Seemingly for the first time at the 110-year-old...

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Half of voters don't see Conservatives as an option

Half of Canadians would not consider voting for the Conservatives in the next federal election, a new Nanos Research poll suggests. In an interview airing Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, Nik Nanos of Nanos Research tells host Evan Solomon "the Conservatives...

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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...

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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...

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Obama meets with Mandela family

Barack Obama, on his first official tour of South Africa, met privately with the family of critically ill Nelson Mandela today. The meeting took place in Johannesburg at the Nelson Mandela Center of Memory, which is part of the former South African...

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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...

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Neil Macdonald: Republican response on gay marriage a spectacular display of intolerance

Wisely, House Speaker John Boehner and the rest of the Republican leadership on Wednesday resisted the politician's natural attraction to swarms of television cameras. Shortly after the Supreme Court issued what amounted to a judicial declaration of...

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Chris Hall: Cancelled convention gives Harper time to wade through flood of problems

Stephen Harper already stood knee-deep in trouble before floodwaters inundated downtown Calgary, washing out the Conservatives' policy convention in the prime minister's home base. Harper expected to be standing before frustrated party delegates last...

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Calgary floods spotlight cities' costly failure to plan for climate change

Many Canadian cities and towns are ill-prepared for the rising frequency of catastrophic weather events like the southern Alberta floods, and it's a problem that taxpayers will ultimately end up paying for, climate change experts say. "There are other...

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BlackBerry shares open 25% lower on TSX

BlackBerry, based in Waterloo, Ont., reported a first-quarter net loss of $84 million US on Friday, compared to a $518-million net loss a year ago, but short of expectations. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) Shares in BlackBerry were down by as much...

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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...

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How Canada's banks help money move in and out of tax havens

The murky world of offshore finance physically resides mainly in tropical islands, but it is not a world unto itself. As the recent leak of secret tax-haven files attests, offshore havens rely for their existence on the financial infrastructure of the...

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Alberta floods: Keeping up with Calgary Mayor Nenshi

A roar of applause greets Mayor Naheed Nenshi as he ambles up upon a riser above thousands of Calgarians gathered in a stadium parking lot to volunteer with flood relief efforts. With a microphone clutched in his hand and some much-needed sun shining...

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Why the U.S. hasn't nabbed Edward Snowden yet

As surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden hopscotches across the globe to avoid extradition to the United States, some wonder how mighty America could ever fail to catch its most famous fugitive. But experts suggest that the intense public interest...

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Rob Ford's friend 'Dave' made calls to mayor's radio show

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is employing a man who has made repeated calls to his weekly radio show in the past, CBC News has learned. The mayor and his brother, Coun. Doug Ford, have hosted a radio show on Newstalk 1010 for more than a year. The Fords...

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Flooded downtown Calgary has half of power restored

Just over half of Calgary's downtown has had power restored, according to city officials. Four out of seven power zones in the downtown core had power as of 7 a.m. MT, Bruce Burrell, Calgary Emergency Management Agency director, said Tuesday morning....

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