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Aug 21, 2019
Shaw Communications Inc. and Vidé???????otron have joined major Canadian telecom companies that have expressed concern over the CRTC's decision to lower the prices that smaller internet providers have to pay them to use their networks.
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Aug 21, 2019
A House of Commons ethics committee meeting is underway in Ottawa today as opposition MPs push for Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion to testify about his report finding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act.
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Aug 21, 2019
Lodgepole pines can send distress signals warning nearby trees of an imminent attack and urging them to get their defences in place, a new study from the University of Alberta found.
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Aug 21, 2019
South Africa's Equality Court has restricted the display of the country's old apartheid-era flag, ruling that its gratuitous use amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination.
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Aug 21, 2019
Canada's inflation rate held steady at two per cent in July as the price of gasoline got cheaper but the price of airline tickets soared.
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Aug 21, 2019
A Nevada county that's home to the Area 51 military base has drafted an emergency declaration and plan to team up with neighbouring counties ahead of events next month tied to the Storm Area 51 internet drive.
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Aug 21, 2019
An Edmonton man has been fighting for 10 months to come home from Pakistan where he once worked as a scientist on the government's missile defence program.
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Aug 21, 2019
The Danish government expressed shock and disbelief on Wednesday over U.S. President Donald Trump's cancellation of a state visit to Denmark after its prime minister rebuffed his interest in purchasing Greenland.
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Aug 21, 2019
A B.C. man who describes himself as a "natural person" not subject to tax law has taken his fight against prison time to the province's highest court — and he has lost, resoundingly.
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Aug 21, 2019
The Progressive Conservativie's repeal of the previous 2015 curriculum, developed under the former Liberal government, sparked considerable controversy.
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Aug 21, 2019
The Ontario government's revised sex-education curriculum for elementary schools was released Wednesday, and includes a focus on instruction on health and cybersafety, while requiring school boards to allow parents to exempt children from teachings on human development and sexual health.
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Aug 21, 2019
The Ontario government's revised sex-education curriculum for elementary schools was released Wednesday, and includes a focus on instruction on health and cybersafety, while requiring school boards to allow parents to exempt children from teachings on human development and sexual health.
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Aug 21, 2019
The Ontario government's revised sex-education curriculum for elementary schools includes instruction on health, cyber safety and consent, like the 2015 curriculum the PCs opposed, and requires school boards to allow parents to exempt children from teachings on human development and sexual health though it's not clear how that policy will play out.
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Aug 21, 2019
A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China itself as demonstrators prepared a sit-in at a subway and site of a mid-summer mob attack.
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Aug 21, 2019
A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China itself as demonstrators prepared a sit-in at a subway and site of a mid-summer mob attack.
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Aug 21, 2019
A British consulate staffer is being detained by China for 15 days of 'administrative detention' for breaking Chinese law, as Hong Kong people protest signs that China is extending its judicial reach into the semi-autonomous region.
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Aug 21, 2019
A Canada Border Services Agency agent breached federal privacy law when she took a photo of confidential police information and emailed it to a member of her family, says an internal report.
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Aug 21, 2019
A three-year, multi-agency investigation led by the U.S. tax authority targeted a key "broker" in a smuggling scheme that allegedly moved millions of dollars worth of tobacco through a border-straddling First Nation and into the Canadian black market, U.S. court records reveal.
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Aug 21, 2019
Saskatchewan foster parents Erin and Trevor McLellan care for a six-year-old girl who has had thousands of epileptic seizures. The McLellans decided to go public after a dispute with Saskatchewan's Ministry of Social Services over how much they are compensated.
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Aug 21, 2019
With just weeks to go before an election call, opposition MPs plan to put Liberals on the spot with a motion to bring Canada's ethics commissioner before a Commons committee to testify about his conclusion that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke Canada's conflict of interest laws.
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Aug 21, 2019
First, astronomers made history when they detected a gravitational wave from two black holes merging. Then it was two neutron stars. Now, astronomers believe they've detected a gravitational wave coming from another first-time discovery: a black hole swallowing a neutron star.
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Aug 21, 2019
We are still two months from the federal election, but industry groups, partisan advocates and unions have been busy spending big money on highly targeted Facebook ads to push their agenda.
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Aug 21, 2019
Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research centre, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy.
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Aug 20, 2019
Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou claim she was the target of a "covert criminal investigation" designed by Canadian and U.S. authorities to illegally detain and search the Huawei executive when she landed in Vancouver in December 2018.
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Aug 20, 2019
An Australian court has upheld convictions against the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of children sex abuse.
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Aug 20, 2019
Three people are now confirmed dead in the fiery 10-vehicle crash that prompted an evacuation alert in southern Alberta on Tuesday.
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Aug 20, 2019
An evacuation alert has ended for the hamlet of Chinook in southeast Alberta, after a fiery 10-vehicle crash that threatened the community, killed at least one person and injured multiple others on Tuesday.
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Aug 20, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that American Jewish people who vote for Democrats show "either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty."
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Aug 20, 2019
Canada's chief electoral officer issued a public statement today assuring environmental organizations that they're free to promote action to fight climate change during the fall federal election without falling afoul of the Canada Elections Act.
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Aug 20, 2019
Alberta is increasing the oil curtailment limit from 10,000 to 20,000 barrels per day, while extending the curtailment to December 2020.
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Aug 20, 2019
The location and moderators have been named for the upcoming federal election debates in October.
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Aug 20, 2019
The Conference Board of Canada predicts that Alberta's economy will shrink by 0.8 per cent this year, in large part due to uncertainty regarding pipelines.
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Aug 20, 2019
The 'off-Facebook activity' tool is first being rolled out in South Korea, Ireland and Spain and allows users to block the social network from gathering information about them on outside websites and apps.
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Aug 20, 2019
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced his resignation Tuesday, blaming the collapse of his 14-month-old populist government on his rebellious and politically ambitious deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, the leader of the nationalist League party.
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Aug 20, 2019
Officers were called Saturday afternoon to a rural area near Ashcroft, B.C., for a report that two bodies had been discovered north of Spences Bridge.
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Aug 20, 2019
Jack Letts, who was dubbed Jihadi Jack after being accused of travelling to Syria to fight for ISIS, and is now a prisoner there, said he's not surprised he was stripped of his British citizenship, and that he "has hope Canada does take me."
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Aug 20, 2019
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says that, if his party forms the next federal government, he'll make Employment Insurance (EI) benefits for new parents tax-free to ease the cost of raising a child in Canada.
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Aug 20, 2019
The Canadian military is assessing whether a member suspected of recruiting for a global neo-Nazi terrorist group will keep his job, Department of National Defence officials said Tuesday.
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Aug 20, 2019
The RCMP raided the rural Manitoba house of a military reservist who is suspected of recruiting for a global neo-Nazi terrorist group late Monday night and seized a number of firearms.
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Aug 20, 2019
Canada's Laurence Vincent Lapointe, an 11-time canoe world champion, revealed on Tuesday that she has tested positive for Ligandrol, which can help repair and build muscles.
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Aug 20, 2019
Canada's Laurence Vincent Lapointe, an 11-time canoe world champion, revealed on Tuesday that she has tested positive for Ligandrol, which can help repair and build muscles.
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Aug 20, 2019
Watch live coverage starting at 10:30 a.m. ET as 11-time world canoe champion Laurence Vincent Lapointe discusses her provisional suspension following a positive test for a banned substance.
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Aug 20, 2019
A new study says sea-ice loss in the Arctic and unusually cold winter weather in the midlatitudes of Asia and North America are connected, but it's not a cause-and-effect relationship that some research has previously suggested.
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Aug 20, 2019
Airbnb has taken dramatic action against one of its biggest hosts in Canada, shutting down his account and eight others linked to it in the wake of a CBC investigation that unearthed duplicate listings, shady guest ratings and hundreds of traveller complaints.
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Aug 20, 2019
Airbnb has taken dramatic action against one of its biggest hosts in Canada, shutting down his account and eight others linked to it in the wake of a CBC investigation that unearthed duplicate listings, shady guest ratings and hundreds of traveller complaints.
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Aug 20, 2019
Airbnb has taken dramatic action against one of its biggest hosts in Canada, shutting down his account and eight others linked to it in the wake of a CBC investigation that unearthed duplicate listings, shady guest ratings and hundreds of traveller complaints.
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Aug 20, 2019
What are Quebec MP Pierre Nantel's chances of re-election now that he has switched teams to run for the Greens?
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Aug 20, 2019
Top corporate bosses express new concern for environment, workers and society, marking a radical conversion from the view that only shareholders count.
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Aug 20, 2019
Top corporate bosses express new concern for environment, workers and society, marking a radical conversion from the view that only shareholders count.
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Aug 20, 2019
What are Quebec MP Pierre Nantel's chances of re-election now that he has switched teams to run for the Greens?
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Aug 20, 2019
A new study that suggests sockeye returns have dropped by three-quarters in the Skeena River over the last century should serve as a "wake-up call" for B.C., the lead researcher says.
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Aug 20, 2019
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of an effort to restore calm and that talks with non-violent protesters would provide "a way out" for the Chinese-ruled city.
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Aug 20, 2019
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of an effort to restore calm and that talks with non-violent protesters would provide "a way out" for the Chinese-ruled city.
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Aug 20, 2019
Security forces detained 30 people overnight in Indian-administered Kashmir's main city of Srinagar, local officials said on Tuesday, seeking to keep a tight lid on protests over the federal government's decision to strip the region of its autonomy.
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Aug 20, 2019
Security forces detained thousands if people in Indian-administered Kashmir, local officials said on Tuesday, seeking to keep a tight lid on protests over the federal government's decision to strip the region of its autonomy.
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Aug 20, 2019
An August weekend turned into every parent's nightmare for Tykao Hazard and Kris Benoit when their 4-year-old son George wandered out of the family van and vanished into the woods of near Mackenzie, B.C., about 180 kilometres north of Prince George for a harrowing 32 hours.
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Aug 19, 2019
Direct observations from a NASA space telescope have for the first time revealed the atmospheric void of a rocky, Earth-sized world beyond our own solar system orbiting the most common type of star in the galaxy, according to a study released on Monday.
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Aug 19, 2019
Footage from an Alaska kayaking trip shows a sudden and up-close look at part of a collapsing glacier.
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Aug 19, 2019
The Canadian Armed Forces is investigating whether one of its own Winnipeg members may be involved with racist extremist activities, including recruiting for a global neo-Nazi hate group.
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Aug 19, 2019
The mother of a former child refugee taken into foster care not long after arriving in Canada in the mid-1990s is making an emotional plea to save her son from being deported to Somalia in two days.
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Aug 19, 2019
Hong Kong's million-person march in a downpour Sunday could mark a turning point in the standoff with the city's administration. Harder to discern is exactly which direction it will go from here.
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Aug 19, 2019
Schools reopened in India-administered Kashmir's main city on Monday, but most classrooms were empty as parents kept their children home, fearing unrest over the government's decision two weeks ago to revoke the region's autonomy.
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Aug 19, 2019
Bell Canada says it will cut about 200,000 rural households from a broadband internet build-out to offset the impact of a regulatory change that lowers the wholesale broadband rate it can charge smaller providers.
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Aug 19, 2019
U.S. Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan spoke about travel restrictions to Israel and the Palestinian territories after they were denied entry into the Jewish state last week.
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Aug 19, 2019
U.S. Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan are scheduled to speak about travel restrictions to Israel and the Palestinian territories after they were denied entry into the Jewish state last week.
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Aug 19, 2019
U.S. Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticized Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the Jewish state and called on fellow members of Congress to visit while they cannot.
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Aug 19, 2019
The Federal Court of Canada has approved the settlement of a class action lawsuit against the government to compensate thousands of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children who attended federally operated Indian Day Schools.
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Aug 19, 2019
The Federal Court of Canada has approved the settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the government to compensate thousands of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children who attended federally operated Indian day schools.
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Aug 19, 2019
The U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the United States and Russia abandoned this month, the Pentagon said.
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Aug 19, 2019
The Conservative Party is offering media organizations the opportunity to cover party leader Andrew Scheer's campaign this fall at a dramatically reduced price — a little less for the entire election period than what the party charged for two weeks in 2015.
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Aug 19, 2019
Hugh Hurwitz has been removed as acting director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, and given another position, more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal custody.
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Aug 19, 2019
New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill said on Monday he is following a recommendation that an officer be fired for his role in the 2014 death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, which prompted nationwide protests.
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Aug 19, 2019
After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying gasps of "I can't breathe" gave voice to a national debate over race and police use of force.
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Aug 19, 2019
Immigration and Citizenship Canada has reached an agreement that will allow Venezuelans caught up in their country's administrative meltdown to remain in Canada even if their passports and other documents are no longer valid, CBC News has learned.
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Aug 19, 2019
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control say states have reported 94 possible cases of severe lung illness tied to vaping, primarily among teenagers and young adults.
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Aug 19, 2019
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Monday that the United States will extend by 90 days a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to Huawei.
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Aug 19, 2019
Prince Andrew has rejected any suggestion he participated in the alleged sex crimes that U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein is accused of, says Buckingham Palace.
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Aug 19, 2019
Some environmental groups say Elections Canada warned them that discussing the dangers of climate change during the upcoming federal campaign could be deemed partisan activity.
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Aug 19, 2019
Some environmental groups say Elections Canada warned them that discussing the dangers of climate change during the upcoming federal campaign could be deemed partisan activity.
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Aug 19, 2019
Some environmental groups say Elections Canada warned them that running paid advertising about the dangers of climate change during the upcoming federal campaign could be deemed partisan activity.
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Aug 19, 2019
Ontario will move ahead with some of its controversial municipal funding cuts for public health and child care next year, Premier Doug Ford announced Monday at a gathering of municipal leaders in Ottawa.
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Aug 19, 2019
Ontario will move ahead with its controversial municipal funding cuts for public health and child care next year.
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Aug 19, 2019
Ontario will move ahead with some of its controversial municipal funding cuts for public health and child care next year, Premier Doug Ford announced Monday at a gathering of municipal leaders in Ottawa.
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Aug 19, 2019
After Canada's thumping of the Australians 90-70 in just their third exhibition game, a result many weren't expecting, head coach Nick Nurse talked at great length about the quick evolution of his team.
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Aug 19, 2019
With a crisis of this magnitude, you would expect an all-hands-on-deck response from governments. But most politicians, with a few exceptions, seem to be sleepwalking through this nightmare — too afraid to be seen as "coddling" or "weak."
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Aug 19, 2019
New data this week will offer more clues about how long Canada can fend off the wave of fear bombarding the global economy.
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Aug 19, 2019
New data this week will offer more clues about how long Canada can fend off the wave of fear bombarding the global economy.
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Aug 19, 2019
Water problems in Newark, N.J. are drawing comparisons with the previous water crisis in Flint, Mich., after officials began distributing bottled water this week. The city says it's acting out of an abundance of caution, but activists say the problem has been ignored for too long.
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Aug 19, 2019
Ontario cottage owners are in for a shock this fall as electricity rates for seasonal customers are set to rise by as much as 129 per cent.
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Aug 19, 2019
China lashed out at Taiwan on Monday over its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, a day after hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully in the latest massive demonstration in the Chinese territory.
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Aug 19, 2019
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Rosemount brand cooked diced chicken meat is being recalled due to possible Listeria contamination.
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Aug 19, 2019
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Rosemount brand cooked diced chicken meat is being recalled due to possible Listeria contamination.
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Aug 18, 2019
The Alberta Energy Regulator says a pipeline has spilled 40,000 litres (roughly 250 barrels) of crude oil into a creek.
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Aug 18, 2019
Welcome to The National, the flagship nightly newscast of CBC News
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Aug 18, 2019
China's embassy in Ottawa told Canada on Sunday to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs a day after the country issued a joint statement with the European Union in defence of the "fundamental right of assembly" for Hong Kong citizens.
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Aug 18, 2019
Leader of the People's Party of Canada Maxime Bernier made the case for why he should take part in official election debates at his party's first national conference in Gatineau, Que., on Sunday.
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Aug 18, 2019
Secret British government documents have warned of serious disruptions across the country in the event that the U.K. leaves the European Union without a trade deal on Oct. 31, according to a report.
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Aug 18, 2019
A parade with 12,000 marchers, including politicians from three levels of government, capped off 11 days of festivities in the 36th edition of Montréal Pride.
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Aug 18, 2019
In this week's Canada Votes newsletter: How could the ethics commissioner's report affect the election? Plus: Éric Grenier takes a look at how the polls could shift and we answer your question about gun control.
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Aug 18, 2019
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is confirming that President Donald Trump "wants to take a look at" buying Greenland, although the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark has said it's not for sale.
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