40 bodies recovered at sea from missing AirAsia jet

Indonesian rescuers searching for a missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of Borneo on Tuesday as relatives of those on board broke down in tears on hearing the news. Indonesia AirAsia's Flight...

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Tattoo artist creates booming business concealing scars

Samira Omar pushes back her headscarf to reveal burn scars that swirl along her face and neck. Her hands are also dotted with colourless patches where her skin was scorched. The 17-year-old says she was the victim of a horrific bullying incident in...

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AirAsia Flight QZ8501: How can a plane go off the radar?

It seems unlikely for a plane to just drop off the map, given today's tracking technology. But this year, two flights have disappeared while travelling over southeast Asia. AirAsia Flight QZ8501 fell off the radar during the morning of Dec....

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The year in oil: What went wrong as crude dove from $107 US a barrel to $55

After five years in which oil traded in a narrow band around the $100 US a barrel mark, crude markets returned to volatility this fall. Back in late June of this year, oil was trading at $107 US a barrel. At year end, it was headed below $55 a barrel....

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Canadian teacher's wife calls testimonies on alleged sex assaults 'inconsistent, illogical'

Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman is hopeful he will be declared innocent of sexually assaulting children in Indonesia, his wife told CBC News after the latest session of his trial wrapped today. "He is quite fearful of the outcome of the trial,...

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University student wants you to know how government spends tax money

Former House of Commons page Olivia Dorey was once one of the people hand-delivering the federal budget to MPs when the finance minister rose to deliver his speech. That task inspired her to try to read through a budget so she knew better what...

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Unclear whether oil, objects found in sea linked to lost AirAsia jet

An Indonesian helicopter searching for the missing AirAsia jetliner saw two oily spots in the water Monday, and an Australian search plane spotted objects elsewhere in the Java Sea, but it was too early to know whether either was connected to the aircraft...

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Biggest marketing fails of 2014: Apple, Coors and more

Bad luck, bad judgment and horrendous timing turned some creative marketing campaigns into PR disasters this year. Here's a roundup of some of the more remarkable ones. Apple pays $100M to gift customers with U2's first recording in 5 years Result:...

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Air Canada Calgary-to-Heathrow flight diverted to Toronto over 'electrical smell'

An Air Canada flight from Calgary to London's Heathrow Airport was diverted to Toronto for several hours after "a slight electrical smell" was reported on board. Flight AC850 left Calgary for England at 7 p.m. MT. The Boeing 767 with...

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Jun Lin's father addresses media after Magnotta verdict

Diran Lin spoke Monday morning in Montreal, nearly one week after Luka Magnotta was convicted of murdering his son, Concordia University student Jun Lin. Diran Lin, father of Jun Lin, prepared a victim impact statement that was read by his translator...

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Play along with The House's 2014 year-end political quiz

Were you paying attention to the world of politics in 2014? Test your recall of the political events and newsmakers in The House's year-end quiz and go head-to-head with host Evan Solomon and panellists Andrew Coyne, columnist for PostMedia, CBC National...

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Roof issues at closed Ottawa science museum date back to 2010, documents reveal

The closed Canada Science and Technology Museum had been asking the federal government for years to help fix a leaky roof whose "lifecycle had come to an end," according to documents obtained by CBC News through an access to information request....

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2014: Notable people who died

Dalhousie dentistry scandal: Should free speech protect students from punishment? The perfect brew Black Ivory Coffee: Canadian's elephant poop coffee makes a pricey cup of Joe Canada Science and Technology Museum asked for roof funding...

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The stinky truth about the world’s most expensive coffee

The sun rises over a branch of the Mekong River in northern Thailand that serves as bathing waters for local elephants. Blake Dinkin, a Toronto entrepreneur, carefully watches a few of the large mammals. "Oh, there!" Dinkin says, cringing as he...

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Should free speech protect Dalhousie dentistry students from punishment?

Here's one view: The students of Dalhousie University's dentistry school who are responsible for misogynistic Facebook postings about their fellow female students should not be expelled, punished, or sanctioned for their actions.  In fact,...

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Strong winds give 35,000 Quebecers a dark Christmas morning

Weather conditions are making Christmas morning a little more difficult than most Quebecers would like. High winds knocked out power for nearly 35,000 Hydro-Québec clients Thursday, particularly in the Lanaudière region, the Laurentians, Montreal, Laval,...

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2014: Top images of the year

Stunning photos from Ukraine, Russia, Syria and elsewhere "); gigya.socialize.getProviderShareCounts({ callback:window.printSocialCounts, context:...

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'He is a guest among brothers': Dad of Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS begs for release

The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by militants with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has pleaded for his son's release. Jordan is one of several Arab countries participating in the U.S.-led military mission to bomb fighters from the Islamist...

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