Boys, 9 and 11, buried by snowplow survived 7 hours in air pocket

Two boys trapped in a snow pile for about seven hours after a snowplow buried them are recovering in hospital. The two cousins told reporters on Friday they could hear their worried families' cries but couldn't respond loudly enough to be heard. Police...

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Pipeline spills 60,000 litres of crude into muskeg in northern Alberta

No impact to wildlife reported, cleanup has begun The Canadian Press Posted: Nov 29, 2014 10:08 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 29, 2014 10:10 PM ET The Alberta Energy Regulator says close to 60,000 litres of crude oil have spilled into muskeg...

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Crickets as snacks: Ontario bug farmer aims to ease world food shortage

If the idea of munching on a handful of crickets has you gagging,  Darren Goldin is sure he can change your mind. He's betting the farm on it — Next Millennium Farms, to be exact.  That's where Darren and his two brothers are raising...

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Ferguson protesters shrug at resignation of police officer Darren Wilson

Ferguson, Mo., officials on Sunday planned to address the resignation of a police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, as his parents prepared to attend a church service where civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton was scheduled...

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Michaëlle Jean chosen as new head of la Francophonie

Former governor general Michaëlle Jean has been chosen as secretary-general of la Francophonie, the organization announced today. Jean was chosen by consensus at the summit of French-speaking nations in Dakar, Senegal, which began on Saturday....

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Theremin turning heads in Canadian music, literary circles

The sound it produces is beautiful, unsettling, haunting and unmistakable … resembling, as one critic famously said, "a cello lost in a dense fog, crying because it does not know how to get home."   He was talking about the theremin, also called...

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'I thought it was a film': Germans reflect on fall of Berlin Wall

Sequence of events 'on the scale of the fall of the Roman Empire' CBC News Posted: Nov 08, 2014 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Nov 08, 2014 5:00 AM ET CBC's Nahlah Ayed at the Berlin Wall 1:15 CBC's Nahlah Ayed at the Berlin Wall 1:15...

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'We are not the police': CBC defends Ghomeshi investigation

CBC's executive vice-president of English Services Heather Conway is defending management's handling of the Jian Ghomeshi scandal, saying it was not the role of the broadcaster to investigate someone's private sex life. CBC News...

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NDP MPs angry with the way Trudeau handled harassment allegations

What began with a non-partisan attempt to deal with serious allegations of personal misconduct against two Liberal MPs has descended into a nasty political dispute between the Liberals and the NDP. CBC News has learned that the two NDP MPs who came...

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Canada, China sign currency hub deal to boost trade

Canada and China have signed a reciprocal currency deal that's expected to dramatically boost exports. The hub will foster far easier trade between the Canadian dollar and the Chinese yuan, also known as the renminbi. It makes Canada the first country...

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Ex-military man targeted Veterans Affairs office with guns, explosives

A 45-year-old Calgary man who once worked in military intelligence before going on long-term disability has pleaded guilty to firearms and exploses charges, linked to a planned attack on a downtown Calgary skyscraper that houses Veteran Affairs...

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The evolution of Remembrance Day from modest WW I origins

It began as a visceral response to the terrible death toll of the First World War, but for Canadians, Remembrance Day has evolved into a tribute to all military dead and a celebration of the Canadian Forces in general. The victory of 1918 came at a...

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Ontario fines homeless woman for building her own home

A First Nations woman in Northern Ontario faces thousands of dollars in fines and a stop-work order on the cabin she is attempting to build in the place where she grew up.​ Darlene Necan is a member of the Ojibways of Saugeen First...

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CBC investigation prompts Nunavut health-care review

Nunavut's health minister has ordered an independent external review of how the department mishandled the case of a nurse facing numerous allegations.  Monica Ell made the announcement in the legislature on Thursday afternoon after a CBC News...

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Canada's jobless rate drops to lowest point since 2008

The Canadian economy added 43,000 jobs in October, pushing the jobless rate down to its lowest level since November 2008. Statistics Canada said Friday that Canada has now produced 182,000 jobs in the past year. But two-thirds of those jobs have...

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How a Bruce Springsteen concert helped bring down the Berlin Wall

Ronald Galenza and the Berlin Wall were born in the same year. Growing up on the repressive East German side, he was almost destined to rebel. In a place that walled its people in, shot them if they tried to escape, and tried to control the music to...

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SNC-Lavalin to axe 4,000 jobs

SNC-Lavalin plans to lay off about 4,000 people in the next year and a half as part of a major cost-cutting move. (The Canadian Press) Montreal engineering conglomerate SNC-Lavalin says it will cut 4,000 jobs over the next 18 months in an attempt...

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Mrs. Castrator goes to Washington, round up the hogs: Neil Macdonald

Joni Ernst, an adept at hacking testicles off hogs, is on her way to Washington, castration accoutrements in hand. On Tuesday night she became the 51st Republican winner in the struggle for the United States Senate, pushing her party...

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What a baby’s death reveals about Nunavut’s health care

Nunavut put the public health of Cape Dorset "at risk" by mishandling a nurse facing numerous complaints, according to internal government emails obtained by CBC News. The government ended up promoting her to the community's top nursing post. One...

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Toronto-to-New York bus crash sends 26 to hospital

Twenty-six people were taken to hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, after a Toronto-to-New York bus crashed in upstate New York early today. The crash happened at 2:30 a.m. ET on Highway I-81 near Nedrow, N.Y., about...

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Why Scotiabank is cutting jobs while earning billions: Don Pittis

Why is Scotiabank cutting 1,000 Canadian jobs while earning billions in profits? It seems crazy. But in the end, it all comes down to a conflict between risk and prudence. On Tuesday, the Bank of Nova Scotia set aside nearly half a...

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Barack Obama doesn't have to be a 'lame-duck' president

With just over two years left in his term, Barack Obama now faces the predictable barrage by some critics and political observers that his remaining time as president will mostly be as a "lame duck." But history shows that...

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'The beginning of the long dash' indicates 75 years of official time on CBC

It has been called the longest-running feature on CBC Radio.  The National Research Council's official time signal was first broadcast on CBC Radio 75 years ago on Wednesday.  On Nov. 5, 1939, as the Second World War was breaking...

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'Incompatible with Canadian values': Immigrants in polygamous marriages to be banned

A bill that would ban individuals in polygamous marriages from immigrating to Canada will be tabled this afternoon, CBC News has learned. The government also wants to protect women and girls who seek to escape...

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Work for free? Bank of Canada head draws fire for suggesting that

Advocates for young workers took Stephen Poloz to task Tuesday after the Bank of Canada governor recommended that jobless university graduates beef up their resumes by working for free. Speaking to a House of Commons committee, Poloz suggested young...

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