CBC news

Whitney Houston's friends and family joined music and film celebrities in a packed New Jersey church for the late pop icon's funeral, where she was remembered as a "sweet miracle" and one of the greatest singers in the world.

Lawyers for survivors of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship on Saturday pressed for new drug tests on the ship's captain after traces of cocaine were reportedly found on the outside of a hair sample.

A coalition of Christian groups and parents is disappointed by a Supreme Court of Canada decision preventing them from opting children out of ethics and religious instruction.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says he is surprised to learn of a section of the government's online surveillance bill provides for "exceptional circumstances" under which "any police officer" can request customer information from a telecommunications service provider.

An Ottawa man who was arrested in Bahrain and allegedly tortured in prison has won his court case, but says he won't feel safe returning to the airport for a flight out of the country without a representative from Canada at his side.

Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at thousands of people marching in a funeral procession that turned into a protest in Damascus, killing at least one person.

Southern Newfoundland communities are commemorating the 70th anniversary of one of the province's worst marine disasters — the wrecks of USS Truxtun and USS Pollux off Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula.

The Jeremy Lin story has taken the basketball world by storm. But how far around the globe does a Cinderella story with such religious overtones really travel?

A Toronto man loses a bid to have his losses at the casino and racetrack written off against his income tax bill.

Canadian government scientists are still being hampered from talking to the media about their taxpayer-funded research and that's bad news for the public, say groups representing both journalists and federal scientists.

Toronto Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins was among 22 new cardinals who were inducted into the elite Roman Catholic group during a ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday.

The Netherlands government says Prince Johan Friso spent a quiet night in the hospital but his life remains in danger after an avalanche seriously injured the Dutch royal.

The 19-year-old driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a limousine near Whistler last month, killing the limo driver, told police he was high on LSD at the time, CBC News has learned.

CBC's The Fifth Estate has uncovered details in two past sexual abuse cases handled by Scouts Canada that were never reported to police.

The federal government introduced a bill Friday that declares same-sex marriages "valid for the purposes of Canadian law" and lays out rules for same-sex divorce for non-residents.

Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died at the age of 48.

Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials have announced, providing his campaign a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up a visit to China aimed seeking new investments by officially announcing that Beijing will loan two of the country's prized giant pandas to Canadian zoos.

Four people are dead after an early-morning fire quickly engulfed a residential trailer in Selkirk, Man.

Iran will soon unveil "big new" nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed while reiterating Tehran's readiness to revive talks with the West over the country's controversial nuclear program.