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A 38-year-old man was charged with uttering death threats and assault causing bodily harm after a Black man was attacked in central Edmonton Wednesday in what police called a 'hate-motivated' incident — the third such attack in 10 days.

New data released by the Alberta government Friday show Alberta is on track for a record-breaking number of opioid deaths, as more than 900 Albertans died from opioid poisoning in the first 10 months of the year.

Nuclear power is essential to meeting Canada's climate-change goals, and developing portable mini nuclear reactors is a key part of that strategy, the federal energy minister said on Friday. 

Health Canada proposes to lower the nicotine concentration in e-cigarette products to reduce the appeal of vaping to young people.

Telefilm Canada says Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy has been disqualified from competing for best international feature film at the Oscars because it falls short of the non-English language requirements.

Ottawa police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing nine-month-old baby, believed to be with her mother.

Russell Starr of Langruth, Man., and his Canadian teammates are up against six Central and North American rivals this weekend as Canada Basketball makes its first foray into esports.

The industry might be closing out a year full of massive cuts, but Miguel Martin, chief executive of Aurora Cannabis Inc., says there is still plenty of money to be made in the pot business.

The International Ice Hockey Federation says eight players from Germany's team and two staff from Sweden's team at the world junior hockey championship have tested positive for COVID-19 inside the Edmonton bubble.

Usha Srivastava, who's 80, tells the CBC's Heather Hiscox how she learned to use technology to keep in touch with friends and family during the pandemic.

Animal advocates have asked the federal health minister to review a decision that allows Alberta to keep using strychnine to poison wolves in an ongoing effort to preserve caribou herds.

As a Muslim, Taslim Jaffer did not grow up celebrating Christmas. But having kids who are second-generation Canadians has meant embracing new family traditions.

Statistics Canada said retail sales were up 0.4 per cent to $54.6 billion in October, marking the sixth consecutive monthly increase since the record decline in April.

Laurie Pringle left a package full of cat litter in front of her Hamilton home for a recurring thief. The porch pirate took the bait.

The Ford government is considering a lockdown across southern Ontario from Boxing Day until Jan. 11 as COVID-19 cases in the province reach record highs, CBC News has learned. 

The Ford government is considering a lockdown across southern Ontario from Boxing Day until Jan. 11 as COVID-19 cases in the province reach record highs, CBC News has learned. 

Ontario is tightening public health restrictions in five regions as hospitals say they are inundated with COVID-19 patients. 

The territory granted dozens of emergency licenses to Alberta physicians and locums to provide virtual care during the initial stages of the pandemic, CBC News has learned. 

The territory granted dozens of emergency licenses to Alberta physicians and locums to provide virtual care during the initial stages of the pandemic, CBC News has learned. 

More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped last week in an attack on their school, have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrations of their release.

A powerful cyclone pounded Fiji, killing two people, including a three-month old baby, and leaving a trail of destruction across the Pacific Island nation, authorities said on Friday.

Those who are pregnant or breastfeeding will have to weigh their own risks when deciding whether to be vaccinated to protect against COVID-19 because it hasn't been studied in clinical trials, Canadian doctors say.

Not all for-profit long-term care homes in Ontario are equal when it comes to containing COVID-19, an analysis of provincial data by CBC’s Marketplace has found.

Five holiday films that feature LGBTQ main characters are being released in 2020, representing a dramatic shift in the film industry. While some industry insiders welcome the addition of more gay main characters to lighthearted holiday movies, some critics say there's more to be done to shed old tropes.

After two months of living in hotel rooms, members of a remote First Nation will begin returning home today to clean tap water for the first time in 25 years. But because of chronic problems with its treatment plant, the community's boil-water advisory is staying in effect.

After two months of living in hotel rooms, members of a remote First Nation will begin returning home today to clean tap water for the first time in 25 years. But because of chronic problems with its treatment plant, the community's boil-water advisory is staying in effect.

The Liberals have more support in the polls today than they did a year ago, with gains in every part of the country. The Conservatives, NDP and Bloc, however, are no further ahead.

While the latest revelations in the case of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, the outspoken rival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, have enthralled many in the West, the case has been largely ignored by the Russian media — and so, perhaps not surprisingly, by many Russians as well.

The Royal Ottawa Golf Club, one of the country's oldest private courses, has built a $1-million surplus thanks in large part to federal pandemic wage subsidies. It plans to use the money to offset future losses, and help repave its parking lot.

Connections need to be maintained between those inside and outside prison during the pandemic, whether remotely or in person, writes Murray Fallis.

People who live in rooming houses are facing more stress during a pandemic that asks them to isolate while they may share a kitchen and bathroom with dozens of house mates.

People who live in rooming houses are facing more stress during a pandemic that asks them to isolate while they may share a kitchen and bathroom with dozens of house mates.

Six Canadians will run The Marathon Project on Sunday in Arizona. For some, it'll be their first 42.2 km race in months or years, and the first-ever for Justin Kent and Ben Preisner. Fast times on the 6.9 km loop course are expected, so the Olympic standard should be in play.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look back at 20 years of climate policy in Canada and talk to the country's climate minister, Jonathan Wilkinson.

As Indigenous people in B.C. prepare for a vaccine rollout in remote, rural and urban areas, new numbers confirm First Nations people are testing positive for COVID-19 at double the rate of non-First Nations people in some regions.

As Indigenous people in B.C. prepare for a vaccine rollout in remote, rural and urban areas, new numbers confirm First Nations people are testing positive for COVID-19 at double the rate of non-First Nations people in some regions.

B.C.'s Big White Ski Resort is cancelling all upcoming reservations for people who live outside of the Central Okanagan as it responds to a cluster of COVID-19 cases that includes dozens of people.

B.C.'s Big White Ski Resort is cancelling all upcoming reservations for people who live outside of the Central Okanagan as it responds to a cluster of COVID-19 cases that includes dozens of people.

Jeremy Bulloch, the English actor who first donned a helmet, cape and jetpack to play notorious Mandalorian bounty hunter Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy, died Thursday at age 75.

Work on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is shutting down temporarily for the next two weeks as the project assesses recent safety lapses.

Students at West Royalty Elementary School have been learning the American Sign Language version of O Canada to allow them to sign along during the morning's anthem as they are too close together in the classroom to be allowed to sing.

Students at West Royalty Elementary School have been learning the American Sign Language version of O Canada to allow them to sign along during the morning's anthem as they are too close together in the classroom to be allowed to sing.