Noel Biderman has stepped down as CEO of the Toronto-based infidelity website AshleyMadison.com and its parent company. The move comes amid a hacking scandal that is under investigation by police.
B.C.'s hot, dry summer has come to a sudden end, with a deluge of heavy rain over the coming weekend threatening to trigger flash flooding on the South Coast.
The Virginia television journalists killed by a former co-worker during a live broadcast were shot both in the head and body, a coroner said on Friday, as more details surfaced about the attack.
Under increasing pressure from opposition parties and industry, the NDP government is set to release details today about Alberta's review of royalty rates paid by oil and gas companies.
Bryce Casavant, the B.C. conservation officer who was suspended for refusing to kill two black bear cubs, is being transferred out of the service, but his union is fighting back.
An Environment Canada scientist has been sent home on administrative leave and is being investigated after writing and performing an anti-Conservative protest song called Harperman. There are concerns that he has breached the department's ethics code.
Recent polls suggest that Stephen Harper's Conservatives may be in the midst of a slide that could see them surpassed by Justin Trudeau's Liberals for second place behind the surging NDP.
A Benedictine monk, who works at a private Rhode Island school, was recently filmed during his routine attempt at solitude on top of a wind turbine. Brother Joseph Byron says he climbs the structure to enjoy the view.
After a week with wild swings in the values of stocks and commodities, oil futures ended up gaining 17 per cent in two days and the TSX was up 3.3 per cent in the same period.
A pilot was killed after his propeller-driven stunt plane crashed while he was practising tricks for a weekend air show in New York's Hudson Valley, state police said Friday.
A dispute over energy projects and aboriginal rights is heating up at a pipeline protest camp in northern B.C. where First Nations leaders fear police are planning mass arrests.
Watch live action from Day 8 of the IAAF world track and field championships in Beijing, featuring Andre De Grasse and the Canadian 4x100-metre relay team.
Usain Bolt and the clumsy cameraman who toppled him after Bolt's 200-metre victory returned to the scene of their collision Friday at the world championships in Beijing, only this time there was nobody doing backflips.
The air quality in Calgary is at six — or moderate risk — on Friday evening. We take a look at the question many are asking: "When is the smoke going to clear?"
The Alberta Energy Regulator has ordered Nexen Energy to suspend operations on 95 pipelines at its Long Lake oilsands operation in northern Alberta, where five million litres of bitumen, sand and oil leaked last month.
What was behind China's big stock market fall this week? According to Chinese media reports, the answer had nothing to do with the country's economic weakness. As government censors suppress information about the market crash, Day 6 talks to an anonymous activist who unblocks censored information in China.
From fears that China's stock bubble is overinflated, to some new numbers meant to show how overtaxed Canadians are, it was a busy week in the business news. Good thing the CBC's Jacqueline Hansen is here to walk you through the week that was in her video recap.
Data analysts are reporting some interesting findings from the Ashley Madison data dump. For example, almost none of the female members ever used the site, and Canada had the highest percentage by population of accounts.
There are now 20 political parties registered to run in the fall federal election. What drives these niche party leaders — and do they add or detract from the democratic process?
An Air Canada pricing mistake controversy highlights a quandary for regulators: Should airlines have to make good on honest mistakes spotted by savvy deal-seekers?
Canadian Laura Paul has dedicated her life to rebuilding houses in New Orleans, many of which remain heavily damaged a decade after the city was hit by Hurricane Katrina.
Police hunting for the perpetrators of Thailand's deadliest bombing arrest a suspect they say fits the description of a man identified on security cameras as leaving a rucksack at the site of the Aug. 17 blast in Bangkok.
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison, the latest twist in a long-running trial criticized worldwide by press freedom advocates and human rights activists.
Former Prime Minister Paul Martin defends the Liberals' plan to invest in infrastructure and run at least three more deficits. He also criticizes the NDP's commitment to immediately balance the budget, saying it moves the party to far right of political spectrum
Click on the video player above starting at 4:55 a.m. ET to watch live action from Day 8 of the IAAF world track and field championships in Beijing, featuring Canada's Damian Warner in the final two legs of the decathlon, plus Andre De Grasse and the Canadian men's 4x100m relay team in the final of their event.
