A massive explosion sends flames roaring through a neighborhood in the hills south of San Francisco, destroying more than 50 homes and leaving at least one person dead.

The head of a small Florida church says he won't burn the Qur'an on the ninth anniversary of Sept. 11 if he can meet with the organizers of a controversial proposed mosque in New York City.

Both the number of people employed and the unemployment rate rose in August, Statistics Canada reports.

Aboriginal leaders are calling for two Parks Canada workers in Manitoba to be fired after the pair were disciplined for circulating a racist joke by email.

The controversy over the plan by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Qurran has led to large protests across Afghanistan.

The 850 unionized longshoremen who were locked out at the Port of Montreal this summer and employer representatives have reached a tentative deal.

Workers at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel began a 24-hour strike at midnight as the Toronto International Film Festival enters its first weekend.

RCMP Commissioner William Elliott is under fire for wearing a uniform and carrying a gun even though he is not a trained police officer.

An Afghan insurgent commander who was allegedly planning bombings in Kabul on the eve of the Sept. 18 parliamentary elections and two of his associates have been killed in an airstrike, NATO says.

A federal judge on Thursday declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional and said she will issue an order to stop the government from enforcing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy nationwide.

A local fire chief says a gas line explosion likely caused the massive fire burning homes in a residential neighbourhood south of San Francisco.

A groundbreaking study on fallout of the 2006 shooting at Montreal's Dawson College reveals that nearly one-third of students and staff suffered from psychological trauma in the years after the event.

The minister of a Florida church said he is now rethinking his earlier decision to call off plans to burn copies of the Qur'an on Sept. 11.

Donald Trump is offering to buy out one of the major investors in the real estate partnership that controls the site near Ground Zero where a Muslim group wants to build a 13-storey Islamic centre.

The B.C. government has ordered a public inquiry into the police investigation of serial killer Robert Pickton.

A freeze on employment insurance premiums that has been in effect for two years will end in the coming budget, which means premiums will soon rise, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says.

The son of an Iranian woman convicted of adultery believes his mother is still facing a stoning death sentence despite reports that it had been suspended.

The Manitoba agency overseeing the conduct and discipline of provincial lawyers was made aware of Alex Chapman's harassment complaint against Winnipeg lawyer Jack King seven years ago, but no public disciplinary action was taken, its senior lawyer told CBC News Thursday.

A chronic shortfall of generic drugs could compromise the health of patients, Quebec's Order of Pharmacists warns.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has flung the doors open to the possibility of federal funding for professional sports stadiums across the country, saying if his government sends money to Quebec City it will do the same for others.