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Outdoor experts are hoping that an avalanche that killed three world-class climbers last spring will lead to improved safety in the sport.

Fish farm company Mowi, formerly known as Marine Harvest, says divers are investigating the damage resulting from a fire at its salmon farm at Robertson Island.

Mike Gunderman, whose daughter was in the show, took to Facebook to express his concerns about the play. He said the concert was a “kick in the groin” to anyone who works in the struggling oil industry.

Christians in the Gaza Strip will be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas, Israel authorities said on Sunday, reversing a decision not to issue them permits.

The White House argued Sunday that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put herself in an untenable position by stalling House-passed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in hopes of shaping the upcoming Senate trial.

A weekend plane crash on the west coast of Vancouver Island was confirmed Sunday by an official with the Joint Rescue Coordination Center who spoke to a CBC affiliate. The wreckage was found Sunday morning.

A weekend plane crash on the west coast of Vancouver Island was confirmed Sunday by an official with the Joint Rescue Coordination Center who spoke to a CBC affiliate.

The person killed in a plane crash on the west coast of Vancouver Island on Saturday has been identified as a man in his 70s from the Comox Valley.

The weekend crash of a Cessna 172 on the west coast of Vancouver Island was confirmed Sunday by an official. At least one person died in the crash, according to the B.C. Coroners' Service.

Photos from the scene of a pileup on a Virginia highway showed a tangled mass of metal, with car hoods crumpled, windows smashed and a red truck plopped on top of another vehicle.

With a test dummy named Rosie the Riveter in the commander's seat, and gifts and clothing meant for International Space Station crew, Boeing safely landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico desert Sunday after an aborted flight that threatened to set back the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year.

Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states.

RCMP have made arrests after a 69-year-old man was killed in a shooting inside a Walmart in Red Deer, Alta., on Friday.

RCMP have made arrests after a 69-year-old man was killed in a shooting inside a Walmart in Red Deer, Alta., on Friday.

After the Notre Dame fire in April spewed dozens of tonnes of toxic lead dust in just a few hours, Paris authorities discovered a problem with the city's public safety regulations: There was no threshold for them to gauge how dangerous the potentially deadly pollution was from the dust that settled on the ground.

A tire fire that's been burning at a recycling business in Minto, N.B., since Friday is under control, but it will likely be days before it is put out.

A tire fire that's been burning at a recycling business in Minto, N.B., since Friday is under control, but it will likely be days before it is put out.

There was no breaking point or seminal moment that prompted Akim Aliu to post two tweets less than a minute apart that would rock the NHL in a matter of hours.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said Russia and China had blood on their hands after the two countries used a veto of a UN Security Council resolution to block cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey and Iraq to millions of Syrian civilians.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said Russia and China had blood on their hands after the two countries used a veto of a UN Security Council resolution to block cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey and Iraq to millions of Syrian civilians.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said Russia and China had blood on their hands after the two countries used a veto of a UN Security Council resolution to block cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey and Iraq to millions of Syrian civilians.

Canada on Sunday joined countries condemning Russia and China after the two used a UN Security Council veto to block cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey and Iraq to millions of Syrian civilians.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Leonard Mawora made a public plea for help to find his passport after he accidentally left it in a bag he returned to a store. On Saturday night, that help arrived.

British supermarket giant Tesco suspended a Chinese supplier of Christmas cards on Sunday after a press report said a customer found a message written inside a card saying it had been packed by foreign prisoners who were victims of forced labour.

The piano was a gift to Joan Miller from her father shortly before he passed away. Miller wasn't sure she'd see it again once she moved to a Regina care home.

The piano was a gift to Joan Miller from her father shortly before he passed away. Miller wasn't sure she'd see it again once she moved to a Regina care home.

Hong Kong riot police pepper sprayed protesters to disperse crowds in the heart of the city's financial district on Sunday after a largely peaceful rally in support of China's ethnic Uighurs turned chaotic.

Hong Kong riot police pepper sprayed protesters to disperse crowds in the heart of the city's financial district on Sunday after a largely peaceful rally in support of China's ethnic Uighurs turned chaotic.

Virginia O'Hanlon became indelibly linked to Christmas for asking a simple question in a letter to the editor in 1897: Is there a Santa Claus? While she embraced her legacy during her lifetime, so, too, have her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Mark Gollom writes.

Canada offered to help Turkey investigate the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, but the Turks never took up the proposal, new documents show.

Beyond the repetitiveness of the content, meme marketing carries enormous risks for companies that hand over their brands to unknown creators, writes Veronica Sheppard.

With urban congestion increasing every year, some customers are seemingly more willing to pay a premium to commute by air — and more startups taking off as a result.

With urban congestion increasing every year, some customers are seemingly more willing to pay a premium to commute by air — and more startups taking off as a result.

The Canadian navy will take possession of two Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships in the new year — and it looks like they'll be spending as much time in the sunny south as they do in the Far North.

During the Second World War, Julius Erbe helped save a pair of candlesticks from a synagogue in Poland. Erbe eventually settled in Vancouver. Now, decades later, his son has given the candlesticks to a Toronto synagogue that was built in honour of that same synagogue ravaged by the Nazis in 1939.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison cut short a vacation with his wife and adult children amid public anger at his absence from Australia at a time of national crisis.

Edmonton's Connor McDavid, Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon, Washington's Alex Ovechkin and Boston's David Pastrnak were voted NHL All-Star captains on Saturday.

Toronto and Tokyo will begin competing next season as new franchises in the International Swimming League (ISL), the professional league announced in Las Vegas on Saturday.

A U.S. federal judge rejected motions filed by Calgary-based TC Energy and U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to dismiss a lawsuit which aims to block the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Umpires agreed to co-operate with Major League Baseball in the development and testing of an automated ball-strike system as part of a five-year labour contract announced Saturday, two people familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.