Ex-F1 champ Schumacher shows 'surprising' improvement

Michael Schumacher underwent a second surgery after a brain scan showed small, "surprising" signs of improvement, but grim doctors said Tuesday they could offer no insight into the prognosis for the Formula 1 champion. Schumacher, who turns 45 on Friday,...

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The top 10 Canadian newsmakers of 2013

Embattled politicians, a misbehaving pop star and a Nobel Prize-winning author — the top Canadian newsmakers of the year span young and old, esteemed and controversial. Rob Ford Toronto's beleaguered mayor has endured a wave of scandals this year since...

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Officials warn of toxic smoke near North Dakota derailment

Many residents evacuated a southeastern North Dakota town overnight after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded, and officials warned that acrid smoke could blow into the area. No one was hurt in Monday's derailment of the 1.6-km-long train...

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Hockey mom brutally beaten outside arena not expected to survive

A 53-year-old hockey mom who was brutally assaulted while waiting to pick up her son in an arena parking lot in Surrey, B.C., Sunday night, is not expected to survive the attack, police say. The woman was discovered unconscious in the Newton...

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Helicopter set to rescue passengers stranded on vessel in Antarctic ice

Passengers aboard a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for a week are expected to be rescued by helicopter, after three icebreakers failed to reach the paralyzed vessel, officials said today. The 74 scientists, tourists and crew on...

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Toronto mayor says all of city should have power restored today

About 725 customers are still without electricity in Toronto, but everyone's power should be fully restored today, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said, more than a week after an ice storm hit Eastern Canada and knocked out electricity to...

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Husband of Ontario politician George Smitherman found dead

Christopher Peloso, the husband of Ontario's former deputy premier George Smitherman, has been found dead after being reported missing for the second time this year. Smitherman released a statement saying Toronto police confirmed to him they had found...

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Russia on edge as new suicide bomb attack rips apart city bus

A blast that tore through an electric bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd during Monday's morning rush hour, killing 14, was probably carried out by suicide bombers from the same organization behind a railway explosion a day earlier, officials...

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Doctors working 'hour by hour' on Michael Schumacher's head injury

Doctors treating Michael Schumacher refused Monday to predict an outcome for the seven-time Formula One champion, saying they were taking his critical head injury "hour by hour" following a skiing accident. Chief anesthesiologist Jean-Francois Payen...

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The major tech flops, fizzles and failures of 2013

It's been a harsh year for a number of the big names in consumer technology. While previous years have seen huge gadget successes such as Samsung's Galaxy S3 or Apple's iPad, 2013 seems more notable for fizzles than hits. When even a company's own brass...

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Toronto hopeful about power repairs, but N.B. wary of new storm

Officials in Toronto are sounding an optimistic note as crews continue to return power to people who have been without heat or light for eight days, but New Brunswick's power utility is worried a winter storm bearing down on the Maritimes will cause...

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Most of Manitoba under extreme wind chill warning

Environment Canada has issued wind chill warnings for most of Manitoba after a wicked storm hit the province Saturday morning. A blowing snow warning for most of Southern Manitoba has since ended. Meteorologist Mike McDonald told CBC news some...

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Boy Scouts of America opens ranks to gay youth on Jan. 1

The Boy Scouts of America will accept openly gay youths starting on New Year's Day, a historic change that has prompted the BSA to ponder a host of potential complications — ranging from policies on tentmates and showers to whether Scouts can march in...

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Suicide bombing in Russia kills at least 14 as Olympics near

A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the entrance hall of a Russian train station on Sunday, killing at least 14 people in the second deadly attack within three days as the country prepares to host the Winter Olympics. The bomber detonated her...

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Vito Rizzuto funeral visitation a chance to 'gather intelligence,' says mafia expert

Visitation of Vito Rizzuto is scheduled for today ahead of the reputed Mafia boss's funeral on Monday in the Montreal neighbourhood of St-Leonard, and it's expected to draw a big crowd. Montreal police said officers will likely be discreetly observing...

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Boy, 9, youngest to reach Aconcagua summit

A nine-year-old boy from Southern California has become the youngest person in recorded history to reach the summit of Argentina's Aconcagua mountain, which at 6,962 metres is the tallest peak in the Western and Southern hemispheres. Tyler Armstrong...

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Head of railway in Lac-Mégantic disaster 'also a victim,' he says

The railway executive behind the company whose train smashed into Lac-Mégantic wants people to know he's been suffering, too. Looking back at the year as it comes to a close, Ed Burkhardt said he's still troubled by the Quebec derailment and has thought...

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Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson reinstated by A&E

Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson will return to work on A&E's reality show despite his comments about gay immorality, the channel said Friday, reversing its decision to suspend him after facing a backlash and threatened boycott. In a statement...

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A year of hot air on MPs' and senators' expenses

Politicians' expenses are usually a sleeper issue because so little is known about travel and housing claims that are regulated in secret sessions by the politicians themselves. But this year, the veil on politicians' expenses was pulled back - a bit...

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Ice storm aftermath: warm weather brings more outages

About 40,000 customers in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick remain in the dark one week after a major ice storm blanketed Central and Atlantic Canada, and warming temperatures have caused new power outages in Toronto. Toronto Hydro CEO Anthony...

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