Across the globe, revellers looking for a respite from the gloom will converge on the beaches of Brazil, the shores of Sydney harbour and the potentially snowy streets of Las Vegas (yes, really) to welcome 2015. Here's a look at how the world is celebrating.
The murders of six adults and two children in Edmonton were committed by a man known to police, who used with a stolen 9mm handgun, police chief Rod Knecht said in a news conference Tuesday night.
The B.C. Ministry of Health says preliminary Ebola tests on a Canadian nurse who recently returned from West Africa have come back negative.
Authorities say a two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after he reached into her purse at a northern Idaho Walmart and her concealed gun fired.
New Democrat MP Sylvain Chicoine is seeking $175,000 in a defamation lawsuit filed against former employee Fabiola Ferro, who in the fall filed a court claim alleging that the politician had a sexist and misogynist attitude towards her.
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has won the dubious distinction of worst celebrity neighbour of 2014, according to an annual survey.
Forty bodies have been recovered at sea from AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which went missing Sunday, Indonesia's navy says.
RCMP say half a dozen people are facing charges following a double homicide on Boxing Day in Anahim Lake, a remote community in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of B.C.
Team Canada dealt with their toughest test of the relegation round by claiming a 4-1 victory over Finland.
After five years in which oil traded in a narrow band around the $100 US a barrel mark, crude markets returned to volatility this fall. Analysts have no consensus on how low it could go, but they're ready to predict a pullback in investment.
An Indonesian official says objects have been spotted in the sea by a search plane hunting for the missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501.
The death toll from a Greek ferry that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea rose to five, the Greek coast guard says. More than 160 people remained trapped on the smoke-filled vessel adrift in rough seas between Italy and Albania.
Metro Vancouver Transit Police shot and killed a distraught man inside a grocery store in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday morning, according to the province's Independent Investigations Office.
A day after the funeral of one of two police officers gunned down in their patrol car, the city's police commissioner called Sunday for a "lot less rhetoric and a lot more dialogue" to defuse the tension between police officers and the population they protect.
A Porter Airlines flight from Toronto to Sudbury was forced to make an emergency landing at Pearson airport Sunday night after the plane's cabin filled with smoke.
Connections to Google Inc.'s popular email service have been blocked in China amid efforts by the government to limit access to the company's services.
Sky-high housing prices in Vancouver are forcing many young professionals out of the city and into long commutes from far-flung suburbs, with some choosing just to leave the region altogether.
