Americans are no longer allowed to bring home polar bear hides as hunting trophies, a top U.S. official says - in a change that deals a severe blow to an industry worth more than $3 million a year to Canada's North.

The Canadian Auto Workers union confirmed Thursday it has reached tentative contract deals with General Motors and Chrysler.

B.C. is ready to help a 17-year-old girl who's been taken into custody by U.S. child welfare authorities in Texas, B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal said Wednesday.

A Winnipeg family who lost their home in a fire last Friday is dealing with more bad news, after finding that scavengers had picked through the rubble of their inner-city home and made off with their remaining possessions.

A fire that destroyed a crab vessel off Newfoundland's northeast coast Wednesday night raced through the longliner in minutes, the skipper of the rescuing vessel says.

A billionaire investor announces he will fight to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo.

Usernames and passwords from voice-over IP accounts are being traded online, a telecoms firm finds.

Nato backs a new cyber defence centre in Estonia, following attacks on its internet structure.

Television company CBS agrees to buy online technology news and entertainment website CNET.

MySpace has won $234m in damages from spammers - but has little chance of getting the cash say experts.

A survey of software piracy in UK firms has shown that it has fallen for the first time in three years.

A Doctor Who fan is embroiled in a row with the BBC after publishing knitting patterns for the show's monsters online.

Bill Thompson on how to be safe and keep risk alive online

Scientists prepare for "seven minutes of terror" as the Phoenix spacecraft attempts to land on the surface.

The search giant Google is the latest company to launch a service aimed at making the web more social.