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Apr 26, 2024
CBC News gets exclusive access to the Canadian military's training program in Jamaica, where foreign troops are being prepped for deployment to Haiti, which is reeling from political chaos and gang violence.
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Apr 26, 2024
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles has given Premier Doug Ford a deadline to reverse the ban on the wearing of keffiyehs at the provincial legislature or else she says the NDP will defy the ban.
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Apr 26, 2024
Defence Minister Bill Blair says the first ten of 50 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSVs) promised to Ukraine last year will be delivered to the war-torn country by this summer, but likely won't be fully in service until the fall.
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Apr 26, 2024
The way concert tickets are sold is "broken," according to a new letter signed by more than 250 major recording artists including Billie Eilish, Blue Rodeo and Fall Out Boy. But as they call out "predatory" re-sellers, some experts say that's not the answer.
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Apr 26, 2024
A charge against a Toronto man accused of flying what police called a "terrorist flag" at a pro-Palestinian demonstration earlier this year has been withdrawn.
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Apr 26, 2024
A CSIS officer's allegations that she was raped repeatedly by a superior in agency vehicles set off a harassment inquiry, but also triggered an investigation into her that concluded the alleged attacks were a "misuse" of agency vehicles by the woman.
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Apr 26, 2024
The Ontario Provincial Police has launched a review after one of its officers was recorded vocally supporting — and possibly helping — protesters outside an event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this week.
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Apr 26, 2024
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says attempts by Air Canada staff to take her headdress from her on Wednesday have created "a pivotal learning moment in history."
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Apr 26, 2024
The owners of Ted Baker's Canadian operations have filed for creditor protection in a bid to help the retailer get enough "breathing room" to decide whether to liquidate and wind down the business or pursue other unspecified alternatives.
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Apr 26, 2024
The Ontario Civilian Police Commission has ended the term of Malcolm Mercer as administrator of the Thunder Bay Police Service Board. Mercer, appointed two years ago to oversee a board and police service that were in turmoil, said he believes the reconstituted board and new chief are on the right track and functioning properly.
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Apr 26, 2024
Province says people who don't pose threat to public safety will not be charged for mere possession.
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Apr 26, 2024
Premier David Eby is due to make an announcement about public drug use in British Columbia at 1:15 p.m. PT.
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Apr 26, 2024
King Charles will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday.
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Apr 26, 2024
The mother of a three-month-old boy who died from a traumatic brain injury in 2020 burst into tears in a Winnipeg courtroom on Friday and later hugged a prosecutor after the infant's father was convicted of manslaughter in the baby's death.
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Apr 26, 2024
The Ehattesaht First Nation says a killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month is now free after it swam out on its own early Friday morning.
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Apr 26, 2024
#MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there's a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it's alive again.
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Apr 26, 2024
The Supreme Court has ruled that military judges, who preside over dozens of courts martial every year, can serve as officers and their status does not violate the constitutional right to a fair trial.
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Apr 26, 2024
Wildfires have become a prominent year-round concern for the Ktunaxa Nation community of Aq'am, from supporting members to researching and funding prescribed burns in the area.
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Apr 26, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns on Friday about China's support for Russia's military, one of the many issues threatening to sour the recent improvement in relations between the world's biggest economies.
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Apr 26, 2024
TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a new U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with ByteDance, its China-based parent company.
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Apr 26, 2024
The giant prehistoric 'sabre-toothed salmon' has been renamed the 'spike-toothed' salmon after scientists uncovered new information about its weird, giant tusks.
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Apr 26, 2024
Challengers is a slow-building marvel that challenges everyone: its characters, on how far they'll go for the film's central theme; its writer, on the division between reality and fiction; and its viewers, on what they personally define as admirable and, conversely, as villainous.
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Apr 26, 2024
Players beyond the borders of Sudan — from its African neighbours to the Gulf States and beyond — are influencing the course of the conflict for their own purposes and increasing the chances of it metastasizing, analysts say.
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Apr 26, 2024
Players beyond the borders of Sudan — from its African neighbours to the Gulf States and beyond — are influencing the course of the conflict for their own purposes and increasing the chances of it metastasizing, analysts say.
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Apr 26, 2024
Players beyond the borders of Sudan — from its African neighbours to the Gulf States and beyond — are influencing the course of the conflict for their own purposes and increasing the chances of it metastasizing, analysts say.
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Apr 26, 2024
Honda and Toyota are promising billions in new EV investments as governments hand out subsidies and tax credits. But EV sales in North America have slowed amid concerns over costs and range anxiety.
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Apr 26, 2024
The federal government has begun imposing financial sanctions on Canada Life after months of outcry from public servants, retirees and their families who were left fighting for medical claims to be covered.
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Apr 26, 2024
Washington's aid package will certainly help against Russia's invasion, which has lasted over two years. But it also raises questions about the plan, if any, for a final Ukrainian victory.
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Apr 26, 2024
Canada's Olympic fencing team in Paris will be country's largest in decades and its athletes are hungry to make history and earn a podium finish.
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Apr 26, 2024
When the graphic novel remake of Ann M. Martin's book Claudia and the Bad Joke was the best-selling kids book in Canada earlier this month, it was time for bookworms to feel their hearts flutter with nostalgia. The original, part of the wildly popular The Baby-Sitters Club series, was published in 1988.
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Apr 26, 2024
When the graphic novel remake of Ann M. Martin's book Claudia and the Bad Joke was the best-selling kids book in Canada earlier this month, it was time for bookworms to feel their hearts flutter with nostalgia. The original, part of the wildly popular The Baby-Sitters Club series, was published in 1988.
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Apr 26, 2024
The RCMP's federal wing is at a "critical juncture" and its ability to police key national security files — such as foreign interference, terrorism and financial crime — is on the line, says a recent report from the RCMP's independent advisory board.
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Apr 26, 2024
People unknowingly ingest microplastics from what we eat, drink and breathe. Some scientists fear exposure to microplastics could increase vulnerability to heart disease, cancer and other illnesses. While possible links between microplastics and disease are not definitive, researchers are exploring some concerning hints.
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Apr 26, 2024
Girls around the world tend to spend more time on social media than boys and it's hurting their mental health, says a new report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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Apr 25, 2024
Air Canada says it's sorry after staff tried to stow away the headdress of the Assembly of First Nations' national chief in cargo storage before the departure of a flight Wednesday.
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Apr 25, 2024
Aamjiwnaang First Nation in southwestern Ontario has declared a state of emergency over the "ongoing and excessive" discharge of benzene from a nearby plastics plant.
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Apr 25, 2024
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.
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Apr 25, 2024
Nearly three decades after holding Reena Virk's head under water until the 14-year-old drowned, the woman convicted of murder in the case reportedly feels the crime is so "horrendous" that basing a TV series on it could traumatize Virk's family.
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Apr 25, 2024
A baby girl delivered from her Palestinian mother after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah on Saturday has died, according to her surviving family.
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Apr 25, 2024
City officials have removed the slab of sidewalk concrete with a rat-shaped imprint that had become both a source of both pride and consternation for residents.
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Apr 25, 2024
A B.C. Supreme Court statement of claim filed by the plaintiff says she was 14 years old and working on the movie Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains when Jones supplied her with marijuana, then sexually assaulted her in his hotel room.
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Apr 25, 2024
Faraj Allah Jarjour, a Canadian man who died in Cuba in March, was buried in a Russian town north of Moscow after Cuban government workers mistakenly switched two bodies before repatriating them to the wrong countries.
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Apr 25, 2024
Bombardier is now the second large Canadian corporation known to have been granted an exemption from federal government sanctions on Russian titanium.
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Apr 25, 2024
A powerful rainstorm that wreaked havoc on the desert nation of the United Arab Emirates last week was likely made more intense because of climate change, a team of international scientists has found.
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Apr 25, 2024
An Ontario legislator has refused to remove her keffiyeh at Queen's Park and was subsequently banned from returning to the chamber for the rest of the day on Thursday.
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Apr 25, 2024
An Ontario legislator has refused to remove her keffiyeh at Queen's Park and was subsequently banned from returning to the chamber for the rest of the day on Thursday.
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Apr 25, 2024
An Ontario legislator has refused to remove her keffiyeh at Queen's Park and was subsequently banned from returning to the chamber for the rest of the day on Thursday.
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Apr 25, 2024
Andrew Tomlinson has completed all six of the world's major marathons — New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Boston, Berlin and, and most recently, London.
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Apr 25, 2024
A United Nations team in the Gaza Strip visiting the site for a pier and the staging area for maritime aid operations had to seek shelter in a bunker "for some time" on Wednesday after the area came under fire, a UN spokesperson said on Thursday.
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Apr 25, 2024
Heather Stefanson, who was the first woman to serve as Manitoba's premier, has announced she is retiring as an MLA. Her Progressive Conservative government was defeated last October following a divisive election campaign.
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Apr 25, 2024
Alberta authorities are investigating several cases of illicit meat slaughter and sale. That's leading to concerns about food safety.
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Apr 25, 2024
Canada is targeting Iran's defence minister with a new round of sanctions imposed after the country's retaliatory attack on Israel earlier this month.
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Apr 25, 2024
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we learn how native plants help boost biodiversity in your garden, get an update on global and federal action on plastic pollution and get tips for making your wardrobe more sustainable.
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Apr 25, 2024
Tourism officials in the popular Italian city of Venice are introducing a new €5 fee that will apply to day trippers on busy summer days as the city tries to balance the desires of tourists with the needs of locals.
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Apr 25, 2024
The two youths were taken into custody Wednesday night in connection with the death of 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach.
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Apr 25, 2024
The two youths were taken into custody Wednesday night in connection with the death of 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach.
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Apr 25, 2024
Two 14-year-olds have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in relation to the homicide of Ahmad Al Marrach at a Halifax mall.
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Apr 25, 2024
Bob Cole, whose voice and lively language were the soundtrack to countless NHL hockey games over a broadcasting career that spanned more than half a century, has died.
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Apr 25, 2024
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, his office said on Thursday, as a transitional council took power with the aim of returning stability to a country where gang violence has caused chaos and misery.
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Apr 25, 2024
A lawyer representing the special counsel was beginning his presentation on whether a former U.S. president can be prosecuted for acts while he was in office. Earlier, Donald Trump's lawyer argued that the prospect of being indicted could constrain a president.
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Apr 25, 2024
Longtime Toronto Maple Leafs radio announcer Joe Bowen wasn't shy about his frustration with a listless crowd at Scotiabank Arena Wednesday night, as the team dropped game three of its first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins.
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Apr 25, 2024
Japanese automaker Honda will make a $15-billion electric vehicle investment in Ontario to build four new manufacturing plants in the province, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.
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Apr 25, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have announced that Japanese automaker Honda will make a $15-billion electric vehicle investment in Ontario that will see four new manufacturing plants built in the province.
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Apr 25, 2024
Indigenous leaders say a new loan guarantee program from the federal government, announced last week in the 2024 budget, will be a huge boost for economic reconciliation.
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Apr 25, 2024
New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren't part of the case.
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Apr 25, 2024
New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren't part of the case.
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Apr 25, 2024
A CBC analysis found vacant buildings are at greater risk of catching fire, posing a danger to firefighters and threatening the city's built heritage. Despite ongoing efforts by the city to force building owners to take better care of vacant properties, these buildings continue to be at risk.
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Apr 25, 2024
Jury selection is scheduled to happen Thursday in the case of a man accused of killing three First Nations women, and a fourth who is also believed to be Indigenous, in Winnipeg.
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Apr 25, 2024
Last September, 32-year-old Arielle Townsend came home to a letter from the federal immigration department stating her Canadian citizenship was at risk of being revoked. Townsend, who lives in Ajax, Ont., was "completely blindsided."
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Apr 25, 2024
Urban anglers in Thunder Bay, Ont., are flocking to streams and rivers as rainbow trout have begun their spawning run. Longtime anglers say this urban fishing oasis is unique and needs to be protected.
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Apr 25, 2024
Indigenous Services Canada is taking longer to respond to requests to help First Nations children, which critics say is putting lives at risk.
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Apr 25, 2024
There's an "urgent" need to improve training for truck drivers, a new report suggests, and new drivers who have not received adequate training are making Canada's roads less safe.
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Apr 25, 2024
The daughter of renowned Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome wants his name and likeness removed from a Toronto charity's annual awards — which are this weekend — until it is cleared of alleged financial mismanagement.
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Apr 25, 2024
La Niña is on its way, but global temperatures are so warm already that some climate scientists say it may not have as much of a a cooling effect this year as in the past.
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Apr 25, 2024
While the opportunity for Olympian parents to access a nursery may indicate progress at the Games, many women athletes continue to feel under supported, under-resourced, and underfunded during their family planning and motherhood years.
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Apr 25, 2024
Canada's transportation regulator says it has made progress on addressing compensation claims against airlines since a new complaint resolution process was introduced last fall — but incoming complaints have pushed the backlog to a new high.
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Apr 25, 2024
The Landlord and Tenant Board dismissed the renoviction request because the only building permit the landlord had from the city was limited to making minor repairs. It also said it wasn't convinced the work would require the units to be vacant.
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Apr 25, 2024
Women who have received threatening and abusive e-transfers from their former partners say Canadian banks need to step up and do more to prevent the misuse of their banking applications.
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Apr 24, 2024
Ukraine's ambassador to Canada has called out the Trudeau government over a decision to grant Airbus Defence and Space a waiver that will allow the European aerospace giant to continue to use Russian titanium in the manufacture of its aircraft engines. It comes after the company vowed to find a new supplier in 2022.
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Apr 24, 2024
Angela Davidson, known as Rainbow Eyes, received a sentence of 60 days in jail for her actions during the 2021 Fairy Creek protests. She was convicted earlier this year of criminal contempt of court.
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Apr 24, 2024
An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump 's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
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Apr 24, 2024
RCMP confirmed Wednesday that two kayakers that went missing from Vancouver Island have been found dead in the U.S. state of Washington.
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Apr 24, 2024
RCMP confirmed Wednesday that two kayakers that went missing from Vancouver Island have been found dead in the U.S. state of Washington.
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Apr 24, 2024
Rochelle Marr soaked the fruit cake in brandy and gave it a fresh coat of icing after rediscovering it during a deep clean of her freezer.
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Apr 24, 2024
A rash of extortion incidents targeting South Asian home builders in Edmonton has dropped off, but police are continuing to investigate the string of arsons that have destroyed new or under-construction homes.
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Apr 24, 2024
The Muslim community in Halifax is expressing outrage and sadness over the loss of a teenage boy killed earlier this week in what police have ruled a homicide.
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Apr 24, 2024
Peguis First Nation has filed a $1-billion flood damages lawsuit against the federal government, the provincial government and two municipalities located upstream of the Ojibway and Cree community in Manitoba's northern Interlake.
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Apr 24, 2024
The RCMP says a former SNC-Lavalin executive has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison in connection with a bribery scheme for a bridge repair contract in Montreal.
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Apr 24, 2024
Cuba apologized to Canada on Wednesday after authorities accidentally delivered the remains of another man to a Canadian family grieving the loss of a loved one who died while vacationing on the Caribbean island in March.
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Apr 24, 2024
The Official Opposition leader is facing questions after stopping to cheer on an anti-carbon tax convoy camp near the border between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where he accused the prime minister of lying about everything.
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Apr 24, 2024
Even though last month's fire at the Olympic Stadium did not cause any structural damage, repair and decontamination efforts could cost tens of millions of dollars.
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Apr 24, 2024
An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for charges linked to Iran's 2022-23 unrest, his lawyer told Iranian newspaper Sharq on Wednesday.
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Apr 24, 2024
A new study has found that more than half of global branded plastic pollution can be traced back to just 56 companies, led by The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo.
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