Look at trends in hot searches with Google Trends. Browse by date, or look at top searches in different categories with the new Top Charts function. Finally, with the Explore function, input a search term and see how it trended over time and location.
This is a collection of online resources including news sources as well as websites for International and Canadian organizations. For more information, consult this News Sources Research Guide.
Many news articles are now published directly on the web. News aggregators are good sources to find news headlines, blog posts, and videos.
Use a newspaper database if you're looking for the current or historical news on a specific topic.