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Atlanta ice storm produces eerily empty streets, robo-calls from the mayor Atlanta ice storm has prompted worry that millions of people could be without power for a week or more. The National Weather Service has called the storm 'mindboggling' if not 'historic.' By Patrik Jonsson |...

Federal budget 2014: Skills training, infrastructure top the agenda Andrea Janus, CTVNews.ca Staff Published Tuesday, February 11, 2014 3:36PM EST...

Legal first: Nova Scotia court issues first cyberbullying prevention order By Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – 3 hours ago HALIFAX - A unique Nova Scotia law aimed at stopping online harassment received its first test in court Tuesday when a judge imposed a...

Canadian survives gunshots after defending school group in Dominican Republic By The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – 19 hours ago WINNIPEG - Family members of a Canadian who was shot multiple times while defending a group of Manitoba school students in the Dominican Republic are...

Massive explosion wounds several at New Hampshire Ball Bearings factory Officials say 15 people were injured at the plant in Peterborough, NH, that makes high-tech aerospace parts. By Michael Walsh / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Monday, February 10, 2014, 5:15 PM...

Fugitive owners of Bangladesh fire-disaster factory sent to jail By Ruma Paul | Reuters – 9 hours ago By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Two fugitive owners of a Bangladesh garment factory turned themselves in on Sunday to face homicide charges for the deaths of 112 workers in the country's...

Florida lawmakers to probe biometric scans in schools Barbara Liston, Reuters Feb 4, 2014 , Last Updated: 5:22 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida lawmakers on Tuesday gave...

Tennessee judge who ordered name change for baby Messiah fired Tim Ghianni, REUTERS Feb 4, 2014 , Last Updated: 6:56 PM ET...

Canadian band claims their music used to torture Gitmo inmates QMI Agency Feb 4, 2014 , Last Updated: 1:57 PM ET A...

Ont. fire station, emergency vehicles lost to fire QMI Agency Feb 3, 2014 , Last Updated: 8:26 AM ET Several...

Homeowners pay for Hydro One's failed policies TORONTO - Talk about a power trip. Why did the high voltage lines cross the road? Why did Hydro One move transmission lines for a solar farm that hasn’t yet been built off the property of one of their senior managers to neighbours’ properties...

Inside Lev Tahor: Jewish sect is traditional and radical, but is it illegal? CHATHAM, Ont. — Head down, hand on his wide-brimmed hat to hold it in place while his robes flap, a Lev Tahor man steels himself against a stiff winter wind. The gusts howl down the long laneway at Spurgeon...

System failed to protect Phoenix Sinclair from killer mom and boyfriend: Inquiry An inquiry report on the tragic life and death of Phoenix Sinclair finds a systemic child welfare failure prevented action that could have saved her life. And it’s calling for a sweeping overhaul of the...

Cheap father deprived family and asks to be spared criminal record He was born on Christmas Day. The spirit of the season didn't take. A tyrant miser begged to be spared a criminal record Friday after subjecting his wife and five kids to years of deprivation. By winter they froze because the...

Conrad Black ousted from Order of Canada, stripped of privy councillor status OTTAWA - Conrad Black, who was convicted in the U.S. and served a prison sentence there, has been removed from the Order of Canada effective immediately, says the Governor General. Black has also been stripped of...

Man claims to have been adrift for 16 months QMI Agency Jan 31, 2014 , Last Updated: 4:08 PM ET A real-life castaway drama is unfolding in the South Pacific, where a...

Engineer charged in fatal Elliot Lake mall collapse Kevin McSheffrey, QMI Agency Jan 31, 2014 , Last Updated: 1:46 PM ET The man who last inspected the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ont., before the roof collapsed and killed two women has been charged with criminal negligence. Robert...

Salt Lake elementary school trashes lunches over unpaid fees The image of Oliver Twist comes to mind when hearing about this lunchtime travesty that occurred at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City, Utah on Tuesday. Approximately 40 students had their lunches revoked and dumped into...

Foul-mouthed Facebook tirade costs worker her job The story of a Corner Brook, N.L., newsprint mill worker who unleashed her fury at managers in a Facebook post is being cited as a cautionary tale for disgruntled workers who vent on social media. The woman is a 13-year veteran of Corner...

Amanda Knox, ex-boyfriend found guilty in murder retrial Naomi O'Leary, Reuters Jan 30, 2014 , Last Updated: 4:51 PM ET...