W5 marks the 100th anniversary of the Halifax explosion. Atlantic bureau chief Todd Battis sits down with the oldest living survivor, with new revelations, and tells the story of a city destroyed that rose again from the ashes.
In a dramatic move, House Speaker Geoff Regan kicked Conservative MP Blake Richards out of the Commons for heckling.
A group that represents Canadians living with and caring for those with autism says too many families are having to fight with the Canada Revenue Agency to ensure they can receive the Disability Tax Credit.
A federal agency is ordering Air Transat to cover out-of-pocket expenses for passengers caught in an hours-long tarmac delay this summer as part of a ruling that places the blame for the fiasco solely on the airline.
In a rare move, Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth called a news conference to discuss the problem of drinking and driving, after three of his officers were arrested for impaired driving in the span of just seven weeks.
The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing arguments in a lengthy court battle over a British Columbia Christian University’s proposed law school, which would ban students from engaging in sexual intimacy outside of heterosexual marriage.
Researchers in Calgary say employees should be aware they could fail workplace drug tests due to second-hand smoke from marijuana.
World leaders are condemning a video that appears to show people being 'sold like goats' in Libya, where hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants are trapped and at the mercy of their human traffickers.
Quebec's legislature has passed a motion calling on store clerks to stick with a simple "bonjour" when greeting customers instead of the hybrid "bonjour/hi" often heard in Montreal.
A PhD student from Syracuse, N.Y. is desperate to retrieve the research notes he says were stolen from his car in Montreal, and is offering $5,000 to anyone who returns them.
A Toronto police officer convicted of attempted murder in the shooting death of Sammy Yatim has had his bail revoked.
New research finds that young people who become addicted to smartphones and the internet actually develop chemistry imbalances in their brains.
An ambitious start-up is targeting 2020 for the launch of a floating city off French Polynesia, where it hopes to use a 'start-up' ethos to eventually create a climate-friendly, small-government alternative to land-based nations.
An Ottawa woman has been awarded $4,000 after she successfully argued her privacy was violated when footage of her jogging was used in a commercial without her consent in a legal first for Ontario.
The NDP MP, who prompted the first-ever secret ballot vote of its kind, lost her bid to have her private member’s bill revived.
A New Brunswick mother in hiding is appealing to the public for information regarding the whereabouts of her former partner after he escaped police custody nearly three months ago.
Survivors and family members of victims of gun violence are calling on Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to bring forward tougher gun laws.
A court in Sweden has sentenced a Swedish man to 10 years in prison for coercing teenagers in Canada, Britain and the United States to perform sexual acts in front of webcams by threatening them or their families.
A Swedish court has convicted a man of raping girls in three countries, including Canada, solely through his online contact with them.
Prince Harry's bride-to-be Meghan Markle may be a princess after all. researcher at the Boston-based New England Historic Genealogical Society , one of the world's premier genealogical organizations, said Thursday that Markle is a direct descendant of England's King Edward III.
A Calgary family says they were stunned when the glass dining room table they were sitting at suddenly shattered and sent pieces of glass hurtling through the air. Now they are trying to understand what happened.
Former "Today" show host Matt Lauer, fired for sexual misconduct, said Thursday that repairing the damage that he has caused is now his full-time job.
A deadly chemical was in the container from which a Croat war criminal drank shortly before dying, a Dutch prosecutor said Thursday, as an independent investigation into the dramatic death of Slobodan Praljak continued.
Insults and barbs are ramping up in the House of Commons over Finance Minister Bill Morneau, with the federal Conservatives calling for his resignation. Plus in news out of the art world, a Calgary artist is apologizing for using photos of British comedians in a public art display.
With Christmas less than a month away, experts are urging zealous decorators to take care when putting up holiday lights this season.
