Works for me. Sarah Palin's scorched-earth plan for the GOP: Neil Macdonald

Sarah Palin, who now says she's definitely interested in "serving" as president next year, made a speech last weekend at a gathering of Republican White House aspirants in Iowa. It was somewhat coarser, and certainly more bitter, than her usual bundle...

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Proposed law aims to 'remove terrorist propaganda' from internet

The anti-terrorism bill unveiled Friday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper includes a section that gives his government the power "to order the removal of terrorist propaganda" from the internet. That would still require a judicial order, as well as the...

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Fracking called likely cause of earthquakes in northern Alberta

Alberta's provincial energy regulator says a significant earthquake in northern Alberta was likely caused by hydraulic fracturing. If fracturing is confirmed as the cause, scientists say, it will have been the largest earthquake ever to result...

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Prison bus initiative helps bring inmates, family together

A prison inmate who stays connected with family and gets to see them while in jail has a better chance of turning their life around once they get out, but for some whose loved-ones are incarcerated, significant challenges stand in the...

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Energy earnings: How bad will they get?

Suncor will report its fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 5. (Agence France Presse) Canadian Oil Sands surprised no one on Thursday when it reported sharply lower earnings and a massive cut to its dividend. But as energy earnings season gets fully underway...

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2 families chased by rabid wolf escape 'absolute disaster'

Two families had a frightening run-in with a rabid wolf while snowmobiling in Labrador. Shortly after the confrontation on a trail between Wabush and Labrador City last Sunday, the wolf was found and killed by wildlife officers. It...

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CSIS to be given 'power to disrupt,' not arrest, jihadists in new terror bill: Chris Hall

Canada's spy agency is expected to be given new powers to stop would-be Canadian jihadists before they leave the country as part of sweeping new anti-terrorism measures being unveiled Friday. Sources familiar with the proposed legislation tell CBC News...

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Could Colombia's outdoor escalators solve Canada's transit woes?

The effectiveness of a city's transit system does not have to be connected to the dollars spent — at least not in the example set by Medellin, Colombia. Brent Toderian, a former Vancouver city planner, considers Medellin a model for urban creativity....

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'I felt a calling': Doctor's busy truck-stop clinic fills health-care void in U.S.

Robert Day is in rough shape, slumped over in a chair in one of Dr. Rob Marsh's exam rooms. For nine days, the truck driver from Fort Worth, Texas, has had trouble breathing, and has been delirious and coughing up phlegm. The pungent odour from...

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Just 4 credit card purchases can reveal who you are

Credit card data isn't quite as anonymous as promised, a new study says. Scientists showed they can identify you with more than 90 per cent accuracy by looking at just four purchases, three if the price is included — and this is after companies "anonymized"...

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Tim Hortons layoffs blindsided workers, manager says

They didn't see it coming. That's what a laid-off Tim Hortons manager tells CBC News. Instead, she says, just days before job cuts were announced, the company played down media speculation about mass layoffs and gave employees the impression they...

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Falling loonie part of new race to the bottom: Don Pittis

In the Cold War it was called nuclear escalation. Each time one side upped its missile count, the other would up it more. Soon both sides were so bristling with missiles that the only possible strategy was mutually assured destruction,...

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Spy agencies 'drowning in data' and unable to follow leads: security expert

Mass trolling of internet data — as done by Canada's electronic spy agency in a project dubbed Levitation — can impede cyber spies in the hunt for extremists more than it helps, some security experts argue. "We've focused too much on bulk collection...

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New anti-terror bill could put chill on freedom of speech

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said last weekend that new anti-terror legislation to be introduced on Friday will, among other things, "criminalize the promotion of terrorism." Such a move, however, could have a chilling effect on freedom of expression...

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Target's $8K cheque for student contest bounces - and organizer pays $5 penalty

Adam Normand was pleased when Target put up an $8,000 sponsorship for the student business competition he was organizing. Target had given the Canadian Association of Business Students some money before to sponsor its central case competition,...

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PayPal Canada freezes gardener’s account over Cuba connection

Two avid gardeners from Alberta have run afoul of Washington's Cold War sanctions against Cuba. Brian and Jan Ficht, who live near Edson, had their PayPal Canada account frozen after they used it to pay for a three-week educational tour of Cuba's urban...

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Canadian spies track millions of downloads daily: Snowden files

Canada's electronic spy agency sifts through millions of videos and documents downloaded online every day by people around the world, as part of a sweeping bid to find extremist plots and suspects, CBC News has learned. Details of the Communications...

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