Новости за 21.03.2017

As police scour the country for an Ontario man accused of killing his seven-year-old stepson, the child's family is preparing to lay him to rest.

Journalist and broadcaster Betty Kennedy, famed for her work on CBC's long-running current affairs quiz show Front Page Challenge, has died at 91.

A Transportation Safety Board report says the circumstances that led to a railcar rolling out of control through the streets of Regina last year could have been prevented.

The Trump administration warns that U.S.-bound travellers from 10 airports in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa will be banned from carrying certain electronic devices on board, owing to fears terrorists could conceal bombs in larger devices.

Benjamin Ferencz started his legal career in the spotlight — his first trial was as a chief U.S. prosecutor of the Nazi extermination squads in Nuremberg. Since then, he's spent seven decades fighting for peace and international justice.

Three wooden statues on the Harbour Passage along the Saint John waterfront have become a safety hazard and will be removed "as soon as possible."

The world experienced its hottest year in 2016, a trend that contributed to the wildfires that decimated parts of Alberta and appears to already be worsening, according to a global analysis released Tuesday.

New data shows RCMP have arrested nearly half as many illegal border crossers already this year as they did in all of 2016.

The Calgary Royals lost their quarter final game to the Calgary Buffalo Wranglers after a coin toss didn't land in their favour.

Daily briefing from Washington, D.C.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s controversial family vacation to a private island in the Bahamas owned by the Aga Khan cost Canadian taxpayers more than $127,000, including thousands of dollars in per diems for government employees who accompanied him.

School children in Boston are learning geography from a map that shows countries as they really are — size-wise.

Shoppers Drug Mart tells CBC News it is experiencing intermittent computer system outages in stores across Canada. This may prevent customers from using their debit cards to make payments or from collecting Shoppers Optimum points today.

With an empty 26-ounce bottle of vodka back in his hotel room, Sunwing pilot Miroslav Gronych admitted to being drunk when he showed up to fly a plane from Calgary to Regina in December. Gronych pleaded guilty on Tuesday to having care and control of an aircraft with a blood alcohol level over .08.

In a friendly open letter to the parent company of Subway restaurants, Canadian fast casual restaurant Freshii has proposed a tie-up between the two businesses that would see some Subway locations converted to Freshii restaurants.

Parents of an 11-year-old girl who had two limbs amputated after a serious bacterial infection caused by streptococcus A are asking why their daughter's condition was dismissed as the flu.

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch batted away Democrats' efforts Tuesday to get him to reveal his views on abortion, guns and other controversial issues, insisting he keeps "an open mind for the entire process" when he issues rulings.

Prosecutors have decided to stay proceedings against dozens of people as part of a major probe into the Montreal Mafia. The RCMP-led investigation, which centred around intercepted Blackberry messages, raised "unprecedented legal questions."

Two-time Olympic medallist Ryan Cochrane, who won a Canadian record eight world championship medals, announced his retirement from competitive swimming Tuesday.

A year after a 16-year-old First Nations girl was found dead in Kenora, Ont., the racially divided city is learning how to cope with tragedy by finding common ground.

Britain has followed the U.S. and introduced restrictions on carry-on electronics on direct inbound flights from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday.

Winnipeg Morning show

The P.E.I. Legislature's standing committee on Infrastructure and Energy is sending a letter to cabinet and the Public Schools Branch about the possibility of schools closures.

Peel police have identified the woman found dead yesterday morning on a Mississauga driveway as 43-year-old Cheryl McVarish.

Two people were taken to hospital following a fire Monday night at a home in Ottawa's Crystal Beach neighbourhood, fire officials say.