Two teenagers cried as they testified at the trial of a B.C. woman who was charged after a teen died while her son was hosting a party at her house in 2008.

The Conservative government is poised to change the refugee system yet again in an attempt to deter what it considers bogus claimants, CBC News has learned.

Federal and provinical health authorities say they will take action after CBC News revealed two Vancouver-area clinics were offering Botox injections that would be administered by people not licensed to carry out the procedure.

A former systems security adviser to Nortel Networks says he has no doubt that extensive cyber attacks on the technology company contributed to its downfall.

By 2016, foreign-born youth and Canadian-born youth from immigrant families will make up a quarter of the country's population, according to predictions by the Canadian Council on Social Development. As their numbers grow, more attention is being paid to their successes and failures.

Environment Canada has drastically cut back on its monitoring of air pollution that can cause health problems for Canadians, reassigning scientists involved in that monitoring to other priorities.

Half of Canadian adults polled say they were bullied as children or teenagers — and 62 per cent of those bullied say having an adult mentor would have helped them cope.

Most First Nations and Métis children living off reserve reported excellent or very good health but factors like poor housing conditions and access to medical care seem to make a difference, a report suggests.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is the target of an anonymous Twitter account, one day after he tabled an online surveillance bill that would give police more powers to gather personal information from communications providers.

The father of a six-year-old girl who went missing on a cold winter day in eastern Newfoundland is speaking out to defend his child's babysitter.

Whitney Houston's funeral will be livestreamed, to satisfy the desire of fans to grieve alongside family members at the Saturday memorial.

The housing resale market retreated in January following a strong December finish to 2011, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.

An explosion hit a major oil pipeline feeding a refinery in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday, witnesses say. The blast struck the pipeline near a district being shelled by government troops.

Mormon church leaders have apologized to the family of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal after his parents were posthumously baptized, a controversial ritual that Mormons believe allows deceased people a way to the afterlife but offends members of many other religions.

Daredevil Nik Wallenda has overcome the final obstacle and received permission to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls.

Two more houses arrive at the northern Ontario reserve of Attawapiskat after a 12-hour trip over 300 kilometres of ice road from Moosonee.

The violent storm that sank the Ocean Ranger, killing 84 men, still haunts people 30 years after the disaster on the Grand Banks east of Newfoundland.

The United States says Iran is lashing out at the world to distract attention from the damage that international sanctions are having at home.

Two NDP MPs broke party ranks to vote with the government in the final House of Commons vote on scrapping the long-gun registry.

Waving the Canadian flag is an easy act of patriotism. But beyond that what are hallmarks of being Canadian? The Institute for Canadian Citizenship, a group of five national organizations including the CBC, commissioned a public opinion poll that asked Canadians what they think are characteristics of a good citizen. Take our survey to find out how your views compare to the people surveyed.