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Dustin Paxton found guilty of aggravated assault
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/03/hi-cgy-paxton852-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Dustin Paxton has been found guilty in a Calgary courtroom of aggravated assault against his former business partner and roommate, although the judge still has to rule on the charges of sexual assault and forcible confinement.</p>
Convicted leader continued with Scouts movement
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/06/hi--852-henley-6col.jpg"><br/><p>A family in B.C. feels little comfort after Scouts Canada says it was wrong to welcome a twice-convicted pedophile back into an alumni association.</p>
Saskatchewan essential services law struck down
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2011/03/08/hi-court-regina-qb-6col.jpg"><br/><p>A Saskatchewan law limiting the ability of public sector workers to go on strike has been ruled unconstitutional by a Queen's Bench judge, but the provincial government says it is still committed to having essential services legislation.</p>
Conservative MP wants to know when life begins
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/06/hi-woodworth-harper-852-003-6col.jpg"><br/><p>A Conservative MP wants a special committee to look at when life begins, citing a Canadian law that he says limits it to birth.</p>
'Diefenbaby' believes ex-PM's brain could yield clues
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/01/02/hi-george-dryden-cp01223912-6col.jpg"><br/><p>A man who believes John Diefenbaker may have been his father is on the hunt for the former prime minister's brain.</p>
'Right to spank' law called public health threat
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/06/hi-spanking-852-cp-rtxjjiz-6col.jpg"><br/><p>The Criminal Code's justification for physical punishment of children such as spanking should be removed, Canadian researchers say.</p>
Harper China delegation includes oil, banking executives
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/06/hi-harper-speech-china-7761-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Canadian oil and business executives are well-represented in the delegation travelling to China with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, with oil exports expected to be high on the government's agenda.</p>
Byelection called for Jack Layton's riding
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/05/hi-jack-layton-01154267-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a byelection for the Toronto riding of the late NDP leader Jack Layton, who died last August from cancer.</p>
Harper's comments make RIM takeover unlikely, say analysts
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/05/hi-852-rim-logo-cp-01035381-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Prime Minister Stephen Harper's comments that he wants Research In Motion to keep growing as a Canadian company makes a hostile takeover of the BlackBerry maker less likely, analysts said Monday. </p>
Attawapiskat-bound homes delayed
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2011/12/21/hi-modular-home-852-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Modular homes en route to the northern Ontario First Nations community of Attawapiskat have been delayed because their lots are not yet ready, CBC News has learned.</p>
Deaf couple turned away from Statistics Canada survey
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/06/hi-nb-deaf-stats-can-6col.jpg"><br/><p>A Fredericton woman wants an apology from Statistics Canada for the way it treated her profoundly deaf parents after they asked for an interpreter's help with a survey.</p>
Ontario teen mourned after hockey death
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/06/hi-carp-arena-852-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Students at Sacred Heart High School in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Stittsville are mourning the 15-year-old student from Richmond, Ont., who collapsed during a hockey game in Carp on Sunday night and died just hours later.</p>
BMO breached their privacy, customers say
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2012/02/04/hi-bc-120206-go-public-bankruptcy-loretta-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Two customers say the Bank of Montreal violated their privacy and trust by allowing sensitive financial information to get into the wrong hands, then failing to address their complaints.</p>
Canadians receive Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/06/hi-darrel-fox-diamond-medal-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Gov. Gen. David Johnston has presented the first 60 Diamond Jubilee medals to Canadians at a Rideau Hall ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne.
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CAW threatens Electro-Motive plant occupation
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/06/hi-wdr-lockout-london-cp-01872-david-chidley-6col.jpg"><br/><p>The Canadian Auto Workers union is threatening to occupy the Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., if parent company Caterpillar doesn't offer the out-of-work employees a severance package it deems reasonable.</p>
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