'A new Rob Ford' returns to work — but can he win?

When the mayor of Toronto emerges today from his self-imposed time-out of more than two months, the world will see a slimmer, healthier and rehabilitated Rob Ford. At least, that is, according to his campaign manager Doug Ford, who...

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Putin gets payback for Canada's anti-Russia stance: Brian Stewart

As Prime Minister Stephen Harper was pouring vitriol and sanctions on Russia for months over the Crimea and Ukraine crisis, he did not seem to have expected much of a serious slap-back from President Vladimir Putin. While Ottawa joined other allies...

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Power outages, highways closed as rain, winds slam southern Manitoba

The western Manitoba city of Brandon and 23 other communities in the province remain in states of local emergency today after overland flooding became a major concern following a weekend rainstorm. The other communities are Archie, Arthur, Cameron,...

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5 things to watch for in today's Ontario and Alberta byelections

Besides being the day that many Canadians will be taking off so they can have an extra-long weekend, Monday is also byelection day in four federal ridings. Here are five things to think about before the results roll in on Monday night: 1. Scarborough-Agincourt...

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GM unveils compensation plan for ignition switch victims

When Kenneth Feinberg announces the terms of General Motors' plan to pay victims of crashes caused by bad ignition switches, he'll have an open wallet. Feinberg, the country's most well-known compensation expert, is scheduled to reveal the terms Monday,...

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Does Rob Ford deserve another chance? See what Torontonians say

Mayor Rob Ford is expected back in Toronto on Monday. He's been away since early May to seek treatment for alcohol-related substance abuse. His trip to rehab came about a year after reports first broke that someone had been offering to sell a video...

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Ramadan around the world

Updated 22 dead, 5 detained after India buildings collapse Does Rob Ford deserve another chance? See what Torontonians say Canada Job Grant won't be in place July 1 in most provinces New Designing Women's Meshach Taylor dies ...

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Most provinces miss July 1 target to deliver Canada Job Grant

Most if not all of the provinces and territories will fail to deliver the federal government's controversial Canada Job Grant in time for Canada Day, despite a three-month extension given to them to implement and deliver the grant by July 1. Less than...

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Rescuers hear 'feeble voices' of trapped workers after India buildings collapse

Police in southern India detained five construction company officials Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for dozens of workers believed buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains. It was one of two weekend...

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Designing Women's Meshach Taylor dies

New The Associated Press Posted: Jun 29, 2014 10:18 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 29, 2014 10:18 AM ET Meshach Taylor's agent says the actor who appeared in the hit sitcoms Designing Women and Dave's World has died. He was 67....

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5 key questions about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's return

Seven weeks of relative calm at Toronto City Hall will come to an abrupt end Monday as Mayor Rob Ford returns from seven weeks in rehab to revive his re-election campaign. After a year of scandal that featured Ford admitting to using crack, multiple...

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New York's 9/11 museum: What should we think about the event now?

The guide had just finished leading us around the haunting artifacts inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum, which has just opened deep in the bedrock of New York City, when he offered up this idea: a museum doesn't tell you what to think, but what to think...

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Hamilton MP speaks of family torn apart by alcoholism, mental illness

As Wayne Marston prepares to drive to Hamilton, he chooses a song from his vast repertoire. Every week the NDP MP clocks more than a thousand kilometres back and forth from Parliament Hill to his Hamilton riding, where he lives with his wife, Barb....

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Russia accuses U.S. of fuelling Ukrainian crisis

Russia's foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union. Speaking in televised remarks Saturday, Sergey Lavrov said that "our American colleagues still...

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Pakistan family slits throats of young couple over love marriage

A young couple in Pakistan were tied up and had their throats slit with scythes after they married for love, police said Saturday. The 17-year-old girl and 31-year-old man married on June 18 without the consent of their families in eastern Pakistan's Punjabi...

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Missing Malaysia jet passengers and crew likely suffocated: investigators

The passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot, a new report released by Australian officials said. In a 55-page report, the Australian Transport...

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Ex-NHL enforcer Gino Odjick may have 'months or even weeks' to live

Former Vancouver Canucks enforcer Gino Odjick has a rare terminal heart illness, and doctors say he may have as little as a few weeks to live.  Odjick, in a letter published Thursday on the Canucks' website, said he was diagnosed with...

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Russia haggles over Ukraine ceasefire extension

Russia would welcome a three-day extension of a ceasefire in east Ukraine but it must not simply delay an "ultimatum" for  separatists to lay down their arms, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Friday. "We hope that this does...

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Peter MacKay's wife defends his comments about women

Updated Justice minister's wife says media reports of MacKay's remarks based on hearsay The Canadian Press Posted: Jun 27, 2014 7:17 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 27, 2014 10:27 AM ET CBC's Compass talks to Afshin-Jam MacKay 5:21 ...

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