Chris Hall: So who is to blame for the temporary foreign worker mess?

An email arrived this week from a self-described Conservative of 22 years. He wanted to talk about the increasingly maligned Temporary Foreign Worker Program that's been the hot, no make that the heated topic of debate in the Commons this week....

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Bob Hoskins, Who Framed Roger Rabbit star, dead at 71

British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from noir drama Mona Lisa to animated fantasy Who Framed Roger Rabbit has died aged 71. A family statement released Wednesday by publicist Clair Dobbs said Hoskins died in a hospital after a bout...

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The Sterling lifetime suspension and other infamous punishments in sports

The L.A. Clippers' billionaire owner Donald Sterling was slapped with a lifetime ban from the NBA and a $2.5 million US fine for his racist comments, but how does that punishment stack up with those handed down in some of the biggest scandals in professional...

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Mennonite ties to Mexican drug cartels years in the making

Canadian and American authorities are concerned about Alberta Mennonites bringing Mexican cartel drugs into Canada. Cocaine worth millions of dollars has crossed over the border and violence associated with the criminal activity is likely to ramp up,...

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TV at 75: How HBO and Netflix are forcing networks to evolve

With people increasingly turning to mobile devices and video-streaming services to catch up on their favourite shows, many have forecast a bleak future for the traditional TV industry. But as the industry marks the 75th anniversary today of the first...

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'Basement, now!': Death toll from U.S. tornadoes rises

A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, forced frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark Tuesday morning. As the...

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Sailor charged with desertion was harassed, wife claims

The wife of a Royal Canadian Navy officer accused of leaving his post during a military operation is speaking out ahead of his court martial, and says her husband left his ship because of an intolerable atmosphere of harassment on board. Lt. Derek de...

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The slow public death of affirmative action in the U.S.: Neil Macdonald

Affirmative action was a feel-good term concocted to sell remedial social engineering in the civil rights era; today, it's dying, precisely because of what the euphemism was meant to obscure. Put bluntly, the original idea of affirmative action was...

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Struggling students seek 'sugar daddies' online to pay debts

Some Canadian university and college students are paying their way through school with the help of a website featuring "sugar daddies" willing to help pay their bills and loans in exchange for dates. Seeking Arrangement touts itself as "Canada's No....

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Couple says boat-sinking survivor showed up at cabin, 'screaming' for husband

An elderly man and his wife who live on Texada Island off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast say they were shocked when the sole survivor of a weekend boating accident showed up at the door of their remote cabin on Sunday afternoon.  Ramona and...

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Pit bull that bit most of year-old girl's nose off to be put down

The pit bull that bit a baby girl's face in west Ottawa yesterday is in bylaw department custody and on a list to be euthanized, police say. One-year-old Cali Leclair, pictured above, was bitten by a pit bull at a home in west Ottawa on Sunday...

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Mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city shot in the back

The mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city was shot in the back and pro-Russia insurgents seized more government buildings Monday as the U.S. hit Russia with more sanctions for allegedly fomenting the unrest in eastern Ukraine. Armed insurgents tacitly...

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Hate spin? Blame the internet and 24/7 news: Andrew MacDougall

The CBC's Neil Macdonald last week posted a piece bemoaning the lack of clarity in today's communications, whether it be political or academic. It got me thinking about my own views on political reporting and communication. In my old life as director...

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'There's just really nothing there anymore': Deadly tornadoes strike U.S.

Emergency officials on Monday began searching through the debris left by a powerful tornado that carved a 129-kilometre path of destruction through suburban Little Rock, Ark., killing at least 16 people. The tornado that slammed into Vilonia, about...

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South Korea ferry: Video shows captain boarding boat

Video CBC News Posted: Apr 28, 2014 9:20 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 28, 2014 10:39 AM ET The South Korean Coast Guard has released video footage showing the captain and crew of the capsized Sewol ferry boarding lifeboats as the ferry...

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John Paul II, John XXIII become Roman Catholic saints

Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints on Sunday before hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. Never...

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Mahmoud Abbas calls Holocaust 'most heinous crime' against humanity

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called the Nazi Holocaust "the most heinous crime" against humanity in modern times in a statement released on Sunday, an apparent bid to build bridges with Israel days after troubled peace talks collapsed. Abbas...

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