Home News Feeds News Feeds CBC | Top Stories News FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY Earl leaves thousands without power Hurricane Earl has left thousands in Atlantic Canada without electricity. Human remains found near Orangeville The remains found near Orangeville, Ont., on Sunday are human but police will not make a direct link with a woman who has been missing from the town since last Sunday. Canadian medics assess Pakistan relief needs A small team of Canadian medics headed to Pakistan on Sunday to help flood victims. GG-designate visits Queen David Johnston, Canada's governor general-designate, paid a visit to Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Sunday for his first official audience with Queen Elizabeth. Graham promises new N.B. holiday New Brunswick's Liberal Party is promising a February statutory holiday if elected Sept. 27. Missing Manitoba senior a frequent hiker Spirits remained high Sunday that a Manitoba senior declared missing by RCMP this weekend would be found safe and sound. Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38 Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala - some of them rescuers who had come to save people trapped by a wall of mud. New Zealand tallies quake damage Damages from the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit New Zealand could total about $1.8 billion (NZ), officials said Sunday. Vatican decries Iran stoning sentence The Vatican on Sunday raised the possibility of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to spare the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery. Spain separatist group announces ceasefire The Basque separatist militant group ETA declared a ceasefire in a video statement issued on Sunday, suggesting it might turn to a political process in its quest for independence. Asthma 'spike' looms as school year nears With the new school year around the corner, parents of asthmatic children are bracing for the "September spike." Cricket match on amid allegations of match-fixing Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed insisted his team would play the Twenty20 international against England on Sunday despite fresh allegations of corruption involving his players. Gulf well's blowout preventer recovered Investigators will finally get to examine a blowout preventer that failed to stop the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill more than four months ago. Alberta man charged with killing father An Alberta man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his father, the RCMP said Saturday. Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies Los Angeles Times cartoonist Paul Conrad, who nabbed the Pulitzer Prize three times, has died at age 86. [ Back ]