How China has rewritten the history of Tiananmen Square

Across Canada and around the world this week, there will be commemorations, vigils and demonstrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the massacre at Tiananmen Square; but not in China. The Chinese government has successfully re-written this recent...

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Boy held captive tells police rescuers he wants normal food, school

Police say a 10-year old boy they rescued from horrific living conditions in London, Ontario, told them there were two things he really wanted — some regular food, and to go school. The boy, who police say had been locked in a squalid bedroom for at...

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5 ways air travel in Canada has changed, and 5 ways it could

The federal government recently announced two new rules that are set to change the way Canadians experience the evolving world of air travel. Even for frequent flyers, there often seems to be something new at the airport on every trip — from check-in...

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Should the media stop naming rampage killers?

Many have watched the heart-wrenching interview with Richard Martinez, the father of one of the victims of the California shooting, who pleaded with politicians to do something about U.S. gun laws. But in a recent interview with CBC's As it Happens,...

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Facebook will appeal Vancouver woman's class action lawsuit

Social-media giant Facebook says it will appeal a court ruling that will allow a Vancouver woman to launch a class action lawsuit against the company. B.C. Supreme Court Judge Susan Griffin ruled yesterday that there is enough evidence to...

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Quebec climber saved from mountain spent night on edge of death

A Quebec man is lucky to be alive and be on his way home after a dramatic rescue from the side of a Colorado mountain. Samuel Frappier, 19, was rescued Wednesday from Broadway Ledge on Longs Peak, the highest mountain in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National...

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2.1 billion people worldwide now obese, overweight

Modernization has not been good for health, global obesity experts say. (Shutterstock) Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis. Researchers...

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Vanity, sunscreen fatigue behind the rise in skin cancer

An ominous rise in melanoma cases in recent years shows that many people aren't treating the risk of sun exposure seriously, say medical professionals. These days "people are really applying a lot less sunscreen," says Dr. Beatrice Wang, director of...

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'It was a total mistake': Lodge owner sorry for First Nations alcohol comment

The owner of a Manitoba fishing lodge said he's devastated by a section printed in his visitors guide that says aboriginals cannot handle alcohol, and has issued an apology. "It was a total mistake and should not have been in there. It's an old trip...

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Girls with bra straps exposed among 30 sent home from N.L. school

About 30 students at Menihek High School in Labrador City, N.L., were sent home because of attire deemed to have violated the school's dress code — including wearing sleeveless shirts and having bra straps exposed. The students — a...

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N.S. woman 'tortured' for years by her family speaks out

Two Nova Scotia registered nurses who run a human rights advocacy group are speaking out about domestic "torture" cases with the help of a woman victim who first sparked the issue for them more than 20 years ago.  "We tried to find people...

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Recovery of baby Victoria shows social media reach of Amber Alerts

The parents of a day-old baby who was kidnapped from a hospital in Trois-Rivières on Monday night are praising a group of Facebook users for helping recover the child and apprehend the abductor. This resolution to a story that is every parent's nightmare...

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Melanoma cases on the rise in Canada

Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is on the rise among Canadian men and women, but it is also one of the most preventable forms, according to a new report. The Canadian Cancer Society's annual statistics report shows skin cancer rates in...

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Is 'copycat' behaviour why young males go on killing rampages?

Alienated and disturbed young men like Elliot Rodger who go on shooting sprees are often modelling their behaviour on other male violence, experts say, and choose mass killing "as the mark with which they can be men." Dr. Michael Welner,...

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Maya Angelou, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, dies at 86

Celebrated American poet, author and activist Maya Angelou, the literary force known for her autobiographical book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, has died at the age of 86. Wake Forest University, where she had served as Reynolds Professor of American...

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Ontario man charged in slaying of B.C. hockey mom

A 27-year-old Ontario man has been charged with second-degree murder in the December 2013 attack that killed 53-year-old Surrey hockey mom Julie Paskall. Supt. Kevin Hackett, speaking on behalf of the Lower Mainland's Integrated Homicide Investigation...

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Ukraine election: Journalist killed, voters blocked in volatile east

Ukraine's critical presidential election got underway Sunday under the wary scrutiny of a world eager for stability in a country rocked by a deadly uprising in the east. While there were no immediate reports of fighting, pro-Russia insurgents were trying...

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Knowlton Nash, longtime anchor of CBC's The National, dead at 86

Knowlton Nash, a decorated Canadian journalist who went from selling newspapers as a boy in Toronto to serving a decade as anchor of CBC's The National, has died at age 86. Born Cyril Knowlton Nash in Toronto in 1927, it didn't take him long to find...

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Gunman in California drive-by killing rampage blames women's snubs

In YouTube videos and a long written manifesto, Elliot Rodger aired his contempt for everyone from his roommates to the whole human race, reserving special hate for two groups: the women he says kept him a virgin for all of his 22 years, and the men...

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