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Apr 18, 2024
Carole Love plays her violin as preparations for more conventional efforts continue to save the whale trapped in a Vancouver Island lagoon for nearly a month.
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Apr 18, 2024
The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer repeatedly raised concerns over the prosecution's changing theory of what happened that night and at one point indicated she did not see how a jury could reach a guilty verdict on murder based on evidence presented in court.
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Apr 18, 2024
A brutal, deadly stretch of heat in West Africa would not have been possible without human-caused climate change, a new report has found.
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Apr 18, 2024
The United States has voted against a Palestinian request for full United Nations membership, blocking the world body from effectively recognizing a Palestinian state.
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Apr 18, 2024
With gas prices spiking overnight, the question of how people are going to afford rent and groceries was top of mind for some Ontarians.
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Apr 18, 2024
In outlining new rules coming into effect May 1, Premier David Eby promised homeowners will still be able rent out their homes to visitors for Taylor Swift concerts and World Cup games, so long as it isn't taking long-term housing stock off the market.
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Apr 18, 2024
A provincial environmental team is measuring air quality in an industrial area in southwestern Ontario after data indicated high levels of benzene and Aamjiwnaang First Nation urged the shutdown of a facility. Members of the Sarnia-area community describe their symptoms and how air quality fears are impacting them.
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Apr 18, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered an hour-long rebuttal to the Liberal government's budget Thursday — a fiery and pointed speech that painted the multi-billion dollar spending plan as a threat to the country's future.
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Apr 18, 2024
An interprovincial police investigation has led to the arrest of 14 people linked to "grandparent scams" alleged to have defrauded Canadians of millions of dollars since February 2022.
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Apr 18, 2024
The judge overseeing former U.S. president Donald Trump's criminal trial dismissed two jurors on Thursday, as lawyers struggled to assemble a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates for one of the most high-profile trials in American history.
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Apr 18, 2024
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal trial dismissed a juror on Thursday who said she felt intimidated that some personal information was made public, as lawyers struggled to assemble a jury for one of the most high-profile trials in American history.
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Apr 18, 2024
On the fourth anniversary of a deadly rampage that claimed the lives of 22 Nova Scotians, Brad Johns has apologized for saying he doesn't think domestic violence is an epidemic.
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Apr 18, 2024
Nova Scotia Justice Minister Brad Johns made the comment on the anniversary of the 2020 mass shooting, which began with the shooter assaulting his common-law wife.
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Apr 18, 2024
The hype behind Taylor Swift's new album went into overdrive as it appeared to leak online two days ahead of its Friday release. Swifties started sharing tracks on X that they claimed to be from the singer's upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department.
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Apr 18, 2024
The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives.
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Apr 18, 2024
Benjamin Morrisseau, the artist's nephew and one of the accused in the Norval Morrisseau art fraud ring case, has reached a resolution with elders as part of the restorative justice process. He appeared in a Thunder Bay, Ont., court on Thursday.
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Apr 18, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is well-placed to return to power in elections that begin on Friday, with opinion polls putting him and his Bharatiya Janata Party in the lead, ahead of an opposition alliance.
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Apr 18, 2024
Google said on Thursday it has terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company's cloud contract with the Israeli government.
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Apr 18, 2024
The bungled sale of a $2.89 million Richmond, B.C., home under a Chinese-language contract was the subject of a recent B.C. Supreme Court decision, with the court ruling the one-page handwritten document outlining the deal is legally binding.
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Apr 18, 2024
President Joe Biden accepted endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop Thursday as he aims to undermine Donald Trump and marginalize the candidacy of independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Apr 18, 2024
President Joe Biden will accept endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop in Philadelphia on Thursday as he aims to undermine former president Donald Trump and marginalize the candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Apr 18, 2024
Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip.
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Apr 18, 2024
Two scientists whose connection was sparked in Saskatchewan are working together from different sides of the globe to improve animal health in Sri Lanka, in hopes of addressing a potential global health threat.
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Apr 18, 2024
A once-sealed affidavit filed with the Tax Court of Canada and obtained by The Fifth Estate details how alleged scammers tricked the Canada Revenue Agency and made off with $37 million of taxpayers' money.
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Apr 18, 2024
Hosting sporting mega-events presents a slew of logistical challenges and countless risks, as evidenced by recent terror threats and a resurgence of an old scourge: soccer hooligans.
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Apr 18, 2024
The Trudeau government wants to use federal prisons to detain migrants deemed "high-risk," according to a line buried in the federal budget tabled on Tuesday.
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Apr 18, 2024
The federal government bought the project when the proposed pipeline was on the verge of falling apart before there was ever a shovel in the ground in the face of legal, political, and regulatory challenges.
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Apr 18, 2024
For the first time since 1997, no one from three generations of the Dunaway family group attended the Arizona Coyotes' fan appreciation night — the final game of the regular season — amid reports Wednesday's game against the Edmonton Oilers was the last one before the team is relocated.
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Apr 18, 2024
As a family physician, Dr. Nhung N. Tran-Davies had been right next to her patients' tough moments. When she was diagnosed with cancer, her patients surprised her by showing up for her.
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Apr 18, 2024
Thunder Bay's police service is back under the microscope after Ontario Provincial Police laid charges against several people linked to the force. Here's a history of the longtime concerns as well as more about the charges and those facing them, including from court documents obtained by CBC News.
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Apr 18, 2024
Quebec appears to be winning its battle against the rising tide of measles after 45 cases were confirmed province-wide this year.
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Apr 18, 2024
Some Ontario academics are waging a campaign against new legislation from Premier Doug Ford's government that they say would pave the way for political interference on campus.
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Apr 18, 2024
Six months after Hamas's deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the way Canada's MPs have reacted and the positions they have taken are having an impact on support for federal parties in different communities.
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Apr 17, 2024
After more than a dozen years of city's "Be Part of the Energy" slogan, most Calgarians said it no longer made them feel they belonged.
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Apr 17, 2024
International student Meraj Ahmed suffered a sliced tendon in his left hand when he was stabbed while confronting a thief on Boxing Day in Vancouver's Olympic Village.
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Apr 17, 2024
Tayla McLeod was last seen around 8:30 p.m. local time on April 15 in the community of Fort Nelson, 130 km south of the B.C.-Yukon border.
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Apr 17, 2024
The Ontario Legislature has banned the wearing of keffiyehs with its speaker saying the scarves are a "political statement," while the premier is calling for a reversal of the move.
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Apr 17, 2024
A technical error by Tim Hortons led coffee drinkers across Canada to falsely believe they had won a $55,000 boat as part of the franchise's Roll Up To Win promotion.
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Apr 17, 2024
Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia, Ont., is calling on all levels of government to shut down a facility after data indicated high levels of a harmful chemical were present in the air. The First Nation says it sent its employees homes Tuesday as they were complaining of headaches, nausea and dizziness.
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Apr 17, 2024
The federal government announced Wednesday that oral health care providers who provide services to Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) clients can bill the insurance company directly without formally signing up for the program.
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Apr 17, 2024
The final home is in place at a tiny house community in Fredericton, where a local entrepreneur backed a project designed to give people access to their own affordable — and safe — housing.
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Apr 17, 2024
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's predecessor Bill Morneau says there was talk of increasing the capital gains tax while he was on the job — but he resisted such a change because he feared it would discourage investment by companies and job creators.
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Apr 17, 2024
The sound of a vehicle backfiring spooked a circus elephant while she was getting a pre-show bath in Butte, Mont., leading the pachyderm to break through a fence and take a brief walk.
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Apr 17, 2024
Cloud seeding has been named by some media reports as a possible contributor to record-setting rain and flooding in Dubai, U.A.E. Here's a closer look at what cloud seeding is, how it's used and whether it could have made the flooding worse.
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Apr 17, 2024
Cloud seeding has been named by some media reports as a possible contributor to record-setting rain and flooding in Dubai, U.A.E. Here's a closer look at what cloud seeding is, how it's used and whether it could have made the flooding worse.
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Apr 17, 2024
The federal government's 2024 budget includes significant new spending on projects and programs — and it's relying on revenue from a change to the capital gains inclusion rate to help pay for it.
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Apr 17, 2024
Best-selling British author Sophie Kinsella announced Wednesday that she has glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.
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Apr 17, 2024
Canada's space sector received a boost from the federal government in its budget, both in terms of money and vision, with proposed funding for a moon program and the formation of the National Space Council.
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Apr 17, 2024
Toronto Raptors centre Jontay Porter has been banned from the NBA, the league announced on Wednesday.
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Apr 17, 2024
Toronto Raptors two-way player Jontay Porter was banned from the NBA on Wednesday after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose.
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Apr 17, 2024
The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting flights through the world's busiest airfield for international travel.
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Apr 17, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian military had attacked a large Russian airfield in occupied Crimea and thanked his top military commander for staging the strike.
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Apr 17, 2024
British actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of the Sun tabloid newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house, his lawyer said in court documents on Wednesday.
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Apr 17, 2024
One year after a daring heist of nearly $24 million CAD in gold bars and cash from Toronto's Pearson Airport, police say they are announcing arrests in the case.
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Apr 17, 2024
Peel police say a joint task force investigating a multimillion-dollar gold heist at Pearson airport last year has arrested multiple people, laid 19 related charges and interrupted a "large quantity of firearms" intended for import into Canada in connection with the case.
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Apr 17, 2024
Police say they have arrested multiple people and laid 19 charges in connection with what investigators are calling the largest gold heist in Canadian history.
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Apr 17, 2024
Health-care workers across the country are reporting high levels of burnout, and many say child care with flexible hours would help. Whether 24/7 daycare for children of health-care workers is feasible is still an open question, but at least two provinces are trying to find out.
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Apr 17, 2024
Parents in Nova Scotia are expressing concern about the rising cost of infant formula and the struggle to find their brand in stock. Prices have jumped 30 per cent since 2022, without much relief in sight. As a result, families are often chasing down coupons and turning to charity.
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Apr 17, 2024
A new lineage of the mpox virus linked to efficient human-to-human transmission has been identified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) — and the researchers behind the finding are calling for swift action to 'avert another global mpox outbreak.'
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Apr 17, 2024
An ArriveCan contractor who declined to answer questions during a committee appearance last month will face further questioning by MPs when he appears in front of the House of Commons this afternoon.
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Apr 17, 2024
Clarisse Mukashumbusho, just 10 years old during the 100-day Rwandan genocide in 1994, escaped death by hiding under a pile of bodies — including her family's. Thirty years later, she recounts what it was like gowing up without her parents and most of her siblings.
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Apr 17, 2024
Star light, star bright, will there be a new star tonight? That's the question astronomers are waiting to answer, as they await a spectacular stellar explosion they believe is on the horizon.
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Apr 17, 2024
The RCMP says it has executed a search warrant at an location previously listed as the mailing address for ArriveCan contractor GC Strategies.
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Apr 17, 2024
The RCMP says it has executed a search warrant at an location previously listed as the mailing address for ArriveCan contractor GC Strategies.
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Apr 17, 2024
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie was attacked on a New York stage in August 2022 and suffered life-changing injuries. He spoke to CBC's The Current about his new book, in which he details the stabbing, imagines a conversation with the alleged attacker and shares how he beat the odds to survive.
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Apr 17, 2024
Following the difficulty of the pandemic-altered Tokyo Games, fans will once again pack venues and create electric atmospheres for athletes when the Games begin this summer in Paris.
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Apr 16, 2024
The three had been charged for their roles in a blockade that tied up cross-border traffic between Canada and the United States at Coutts for two weeks in early 2022 in protest of COVID-19 rules and restrictions.
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Apr 16, 2024
The federal government is upping its funding for the CBC and Radio-Canada in its 2024 budget, easing the financial strain on the public broadcaster and the need for major job cuts and programming reductions this year.
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Apr 16, 2024
Fishery officials say they're shifting tactics after Emerson the elephant seal returned — yet again — to Oak Bay on Friday, just five days after a team removed him from Saanich and dropped him off on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
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Apr 16, 2024
Fishery officials say they're shifting tactics after Emerson the elephant seal returned — yet again — to Oak Bay on Friday, just five days after a team removed him from Saanich and dropped him off on the West Shore of Vancouver Island.
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Apr 16, 2024
Seven jurors were empanelled by the second day of Donald Trump's trial Tuesday, leaving only five slots plus several backups unfilled. It was faster than most had predicted for the historic and unusual criminal trial.
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Apr 16, 2024
The Trudeau government's eighth budget is aimed explicitly at the fact that, for many Canadians, life does not seem very fair right now. The present feels inequitable and the promise of a better future is not guaranteed.
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Apr 16, 2024
A natural gas pipeline rupture Tuesday morning in west-central Alberta has sparked an out-of-control wildfire.
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Apr 16, 2024
A judge has dismissed an attempt to quash one of four first-degree murder charges against a man accused of killing four Indigenous women in Winnipeg, just two weeks ahead of his jury trial.
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Apr 16, 2024
High school basketball coach Karlyn Pixley says she always knew Aaliyah Edwards would achieve her childhood dream of playing in the WNBA.
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Apr 16, 2024
U.S. sportswear brand Nike later clarified that the high-cut bodysuit for women track and field athletes is just one of the options available those competing in this summer's Olympic Games, but the backlash has reignited longstanding criticisms of sexism in athletic uniforms.
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Apr 16, 2024
Indigenous history is rooted in the Niagara Region on both sides of the border, a legacy that these Haudenosaunee people are making sure is recognized.
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Apr 16, 2024
Peel Regional Police and the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau say they plan to announce arrests on Wednesday in the theft of roughly $20 million in gold and nearly $2 million US in cash from Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
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Apr 16, 2024
More than 500 people have been trained by Alberta Wildfire for this wildfire season, which is already underway in the province. This year, new recruits have been told to prioritize their mental health, as this season is forecast to be intense.
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Apr 16, 2024
More than 500 people have been trained by Alberta Wildfire for this wildfire season, which is already underway in the province. This year, new recruits have been told to prioritize their mental health, as this season is forecast to be intense.
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Apr 16, 2024
Team Canada on Tuesday revealed a new collection of athlete clothing from Lululemon less than 100 days from the start of the Paris Olympics.
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Apr 16, 2024
A group of three teens has been arrested for alleged sexual assault in relation to hazing on a hockey team, Manitoba RCMP say.
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Apr 16, 2024
NASA's plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there's a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday.
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Apr 16, 2024
Connor McDavid achieved a rare feat as his team was administering a rare beating, scoring a goal and adding his 100th assist of the season as the Edmonton Oilers throttled San Jose 9-2 in their final regular-season home game on Monday night.
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Apr 16, 2024
When a strange object hit Alejandro Otero's home in Florida, he had to return early from vacation. Once he got in touch with NASA, he learned it was a piece of space junk from the International Space Station.
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Apr 16, 2024
The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday in southern Greece before thousands of spectators from all over the world amid the ruined temples and sports grounds where the ancient games were held.
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Apr 16, 2024
The artist and curators representing Israel at this year's Venice Biennale announced Tuesday they won't open the Israeli pavilion exhibition until there is a ceasefire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages.
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Apr 16, 2024
Canada's inflation rate went up slightly in March compared to February, with Statistics Canada pointing out gasoline prices are partly behind the increase, along with shelter costs such as mortgage interest rates and rent.
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Apr 16, 2024
The consumer price index shows inflation was at 2.9% in March compared to the year before, a slight increased compared to February.
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Apr 16, 2024
Canada's inflation rate went up slightly in March compared to February, with Statistics Canada pointing out gasoline prices are partly behind the increase.
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Apr 16, 2024
Parts of Alberta are at heightened risk of another grasshopper population boom in 2024, after significant outbreaks during the last growing season — but it's a waiting game to see how many insects take wing.
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Apr 16, 2024
The Municipal District of Pincher Creek has been dealing with a water crisis for months, which has already cost it more than $1 million. Now, time is ticking on a possible solution — but are bigger problems still ahead?
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Apr 16, 2024
Data on emergency department closures across Manitoba in 2023 obtained by CBC News paints a picture of a fragile rural health-care system in some areas that has residents worried about accessing care.
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