1 hostage released uninjured from Texas synagogue, police say

Authorities say a man apparently took hostages on Saturday during services at a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas.

The Yellowknife Minor Hockey Association plans an overhaul to its structure, getting rid of female-only development teams, an option for more elite players, in favour of what it's calling a travel team model.

A Quebec-based RCMP police officer has been arrested for allegedly threatening U.S. President Donald Trump online.

A City of Hamilton public works employee is being credited with helping save residents trapped inside a burning east Hamilton home before firefighters arrived Wednesday morning.

The 2026 PWHL draft takes place Wednesday in Detroit. While the Victoire took home the Walter Cup this year, the team will look a lot different next season.

Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, U2's Bono and the Edge, Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen are among the musicians scheduled to take the stage celebrating the opening of the Obama Presidential Center’s Grand Opening Ceremony in Chicago's South Side.

Scientists have solved a mystery that puzzled them for decades: Why were so many dead children buried by hunter-gatherers in Russia 5,500 years ago? It turns out they were killed by the earliest known outbreak of the plague, revealing new insights about the disease.

Vancouver bars are rushing beer and staff to the front line of the World Cup's war on thirst.

Vancouver bars are rushing beer and staff to the front line of the World Cup's war on thirst.

Scientists have solved a mystery that puzzled them for decades: Why were so many dead children buried by hunter-gatherers in Russia 5,500 years ago? It turns out they were killed by the earliest known outbreak of the plague, revealing new insights about the disease.

CBC/Radio-Canada must provide more local coverage in emerging "news deserts," where declining advertising revenue has resulted in the closure of hundreds of outlets in the past two decades, according to a new Senate report on Canada’s public broadcaster.

A Hamilton man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting seven women in crimes dating back to 2018. The 37-year-old recorded and posted the assaults online after meeting the women in school, his community, and on dating apps and websites, according to an agreed statement of facts.

Stormy weather is bearing down on Toronto just as the city prepares to host its secod game of FIFA World Cup 2026.

Tom Holland has apparently confirmed that he and his longtime love Zendaya have tied the knot, ending months of speculation triggered by Zendaya's stylist.

Manitoba's ongoing hepatitis A outbreak, which has claimed the lives of four people, has prompted a travel alert by the national public health agency of the United States.

Derald Flamand, 64, is one of eight people to survive Saskatchewan's deadliest highway crash. He travelled from B.C. to see a new plaque west of Swift Current, Sask., that details the fiery three-vehicle crash that left 22 young men dead on May 28, 1980.

A pair of 14-year-old boys in Edmonton have been charged for allegedly using artificial intelligence to create child exploitation images of their classmates.

Canada's population dipped by about 55,000 people in the first three months of this year, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada, which estimates the population as of April 1 was 41,417,056.

Canada's population dipped by about 55,000 people in the first three months of this year, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada, which on Wednesday set the population at 41,417,056.

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive in Manhattan, plans to argue at trial that he was in a state of "extreme emotional disturbance" when he allegedly committed the crime, a judge revealed at a court hearing Wednesday.

OceanGate interacted with numerous federal departments and agencies in Canada, yet was not held to any standards by federal regulators. Canada's Transportation Safety Board has made six recommendations aimed at closing those gaps.

Employees of Newfoundland and Labrador’s health authority recently received an email titled June Holiday thanking them for their hard work in recent months — only to find out it was all just a cybersecurity test. Now, the NLHS Digital Health Service CEO is apologizing, saying the email was "not sensitive."

A proposed class-action lawsuit that says Costco "systematically cheated" customers by advertising its hugely popular Kirkland Signature seasoned rotisserie chicken as containing no preservatives is "fatally flawed" and should be thrown out, lawyers for the company say.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Jim Hiller as head coach, the club announced Wednesday.

The Maple Leafs have hired Jim Hiller as the 41st head coach in franchise history. The 57-year-old returns to Toronto after spending four seasons as an assistant coach with the club from 2015-19.

The Maple Leafs have hired Jim Hiller as the 41st head coach in franchise history. The 57-year-old returns to Toronto after spending four seasons as an assistant coach with the club from 2015-19.

Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials say broadly matches the document.

High-tech surveillance cameras, police drones and AI analytics are changing how law enforcement responds to property crime at remote, hard-to-access industrial sites across Alberta.

A business jet with six people on board crashed on a highway in Laredo, Texas, and caught fire Tuesday night, authorities said, killing one person and causing chaos as people left their vehicles to frantically try to smash the cockpit window and free those inside.

Quebec City police have largely driven the numbers, issuing 11,092 fines in six years. Now Montreal is mulling a bylaw of its own regulating interactions between police and citizens, but advocates say it could exacerbate tensions and police misconduct.