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Officials in Austin, Texas, have cancelled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival.

The Grand Princess, which is currently under quarantine measures off the coast of California, is scheduled to arrive in Vancouver on April 2 and the capital city on April 3.

Canada’s spy agency is now warning Canadians travelling abroad for work that they could be targeted by foreign intelligence services.

On Friday, Woody Allen's publisher, Hachette Books Group, decided to cancel the planned release of his memoir Apropos of Nothing. The decision came after dozens employees staged a walkout in protest of the book's publication.

Canada's oilpatch is bracing for the impact of plunging crude prices after OPEC and its allies failed to reach a deal aimed at cutting production as economies slow because of the novel coronavirus.

Scientists are experimenting with insect fat to replace butter in waffles, cakes and cookies. Watch how they make "bug butter" and how people react to a taste test.

New finds of the remains of Homo erectus and their stone tools reveals a culture that developed new ideas, but didn't abandon old ones, says Bob McDonald.

A co-producer of a major documentary series on the Richard Oland murder case broadcast by the CBC is the daughter of Dennis Oland’s lead defence lawyer, CBC News has learned.

A co-producer of a major documentary series on the Richard Oland murder case broadcast by the CBC is the daughter of Dennis Oland’s lead defence lawyer, CBC News has learned.

Tiina Jauhiainen, a Finnish national and former fitness instructor, spoke to CBC News and Reuters about how she become embroiled in a saga involving a Dubai princess that took her to the Philippines, the Arabian Sea and a British courtroom.

The Flat Lake, Alta., singer said in an Instagram post that he'll be playing next Wednesday at The Station on Jasper Avenue.

Kaleab Schmidt's parents say the 13-year-old fell through the cracks.

A German software company has been chosen to test out its replacement for the Phoenix pay system.

A German software company has been chosen to test out its replacement for the Phoenix pay system.

Ontario's government is investing $202 million in new funding to take on human trafficking over the next five years, and Premier Doug Ford says he's sending a message to criminals — "We're coming for you."

Henri Richard, the younger brother of Maurice "Rocket" Richard and a 20-year veteran of the Montreal Canadiens, has died. He was 84.

A B.C. judge has ruled that Gabriel Klein is guilty of murder for stabbing a 13-year-old girl to death at an Abbotsford high school despite his lawyer arguing he should be found guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter.

The network is aiming to 'allow more young women to visualize themselves achieving great things through sport,' says Chris Wilson, CBC's executive director of Sports and Olympics.

In 2016, snowboarder Jason Apps attempted Grouse Mountain’s XL jump in the North Vancouver terrain park. He's now in a wheelchair and wants to sue the resort for negligence.

Two families in Guysborough County, N.S., became forever bound by tragedy in 2017 after an Afghanistan veteran with a complex mental illness — and a history of conflict in his marriage — fatally shot his wife, mother, daughter and himself.

Greek authorities used tear gas and a water cannon to repulse an attempt by migrants to push through the border from Turkey Friday morning, while Turkish authorities fired volleys of tear gas onto the Greek side of the frontier.

A woman who said she took tens of thousands of dollars from a 97-year-old with dementia because she needed the money owns a waterfront cottage on Lake Huron that a neighbour says is worth as much as $1 million, along with a condo in downtown Toronto.

Canada's transport minister said it will take six months to assess the economic damage following weeks of turmoil that culminated in the lifting Thursday of the remaining Quebec rail blockades. But Marc Garneau said the impact will be "serious."

Fort Severn First Nation in northern Ontario declared a state of emergency this week after the pump that supplies its water failed — and warmer-than-usual winter conditions may leave it and some other remote First Nations without safe water past the government's deadline for lifting all long-term boil water advisories.

Run This Town is a new Canadian film inspired by the time when Rob Ford was Toronto's mayor. We showed the film to reporters and politicians who remember Ford to get their review.

Public police forces are choosing not to investigate major accidents at CN and Canadian Pacific Railway, including recent crude oil train crashes and deadly derailments, a CBC News investigation into Canada’s rail system has found.

Public police forces are choosing not to investigate major accidents at CN and Canadian Pacific Railway, including recent crude oil train crashes and deadly derailments, a CBC News investigation into Canada’s rail system has found.

A program unique to P.E.I. called Circles of Safety is helping keep women at high risk of being killed by their former partners safe.

Those under COVID-19 quarantine for the past two weeks in the eastern Ontario city of Cornwall finally have been cleared to head home.

In his recent messaging on climate change, Peter MacKay has picked up on a theme of the Conservative Party's last federal election campaign: that Canada's emissions amount to a drop in the global bucket.

A Calgary woman continued to face a murder charge in the death of her child, even after prosecutors had been given evidence that appears to contradict results of the baby’s original autopsy, The Fifth Estate has learned.

News that a dog tested positive for the coronavirus in Hong Kong likely set off alarm bells this week among pet owners. While there's no indication the virus can spread to humans from dogs, some experts say there may be a need for quarantines.

The federal cabinet has approved an agreement that will see Canada pay nearly $240 million in compensation to the Mohawks of Akwesasne to settle a land claim.

A U.S. federal judge on Thursday sharply rebuked Attorney General William Barr's handling of the special counsel's Russia report, saying Barr had made a "calculated effort" to spin the investigation's findings in favour of President Donald Trump.

A U.S. federal judge on Thursday sharply rebuked Attorney General William Barr's handling of the special counsel's Russia report, saying Barr had made a "calculated attempt" to spin the investigation's findings in favour of President Donald Trump.

Alberta has reported its first presumptive case of COVID-19, the provincial government said Thursday afternoon.

Alberta has reported its first presumptive case of COVID-19, the provincial government said Thursday afternoon.

Surgeons in London are preparing to perform a double-hand transplant on a man from British Columbia, who lost all four limbs in a fight against sepsis and bacterial meningitis that nearly killed him five years ago.