Canada news

Inuit Canadians will have 24/7 access to Inuktitut-language television programming starting first thing on Monday, at 12:01 a.m. 

Britain's Prince Harry is heartbroken over his split with the Royal Family, but he and his wife, Meghan, are happy with their new lives in the United States, broadcaster and confidant to the couple Tom Bradby said in an interview to be aired on Saturday.

While some patients are waiting months for non-urgent surgeries and medical procedures, others have still been using private clinics for facelifts and breast implants.

The Quebec College of Physicians is calling for all cosmetic surgery clinics to close for the time being, saying that procedures such as facelifts and breast implants shouldn't be performed while the province's public health system faces a staffing crisis.

Peter Berman has resigned as director of the University of British Columbia's School of Population and Public Health just over a week after admitting to holiday travel during the school's winter break.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today accused Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet of pandering to the worst elements in Canadian society by using "coded" language to make intolerant statements about newly appointed Transport Minister Omar Alghabra.

Newfoundland and Labrador will go to the polls on a Saturday for the fist time in its history.

Liberal Leader Andrew Furey has been spotted visiting Government House — the residence of Newfoundland and Labrador's lieutenant-governor — stoking expectations that a general election call is imminent.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the federal government is open to strengthening pandemic restrictions on international travel as concerns mount about Canadians travelling abroad — but suggested the government's pre-existing measures are still effective.

France on Thursday took a tough line against any takeover of retailer Carrefour by a foreign company, dealing a major blow to a near $20 billion bid approach by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard.

Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard has dropped its 16.2 billion euro ($24.9 billion Cdn) bid to acquire European retailer Carrefour SA after the takeover plan ran into stiff opposition from the French government, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

France on Thursday took a tough line against any takeover of retailer Carrefour by a foreign company, dealing a major blow to a nearly $25-billion Cdn bid approach by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard.

While there's been more clarity about what the fields for both the Scotties and Brier will look like with just over a month from the beginning of the curling frenzy, set to take place in the Calgary curling bubble, there are still a lot of unknowns. 

Quebec's attorney general and the Crown prosecutor's office will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to weigh in on the sentencing of the man who killed six people and injured several others during the 2017 shooting at a Quebec City Mosque.

After months of requesting to meet with Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, the Yellowknives Dene First Nation chiefs will be sitting down with her at the end of the month to discuss issues surrounding Giant Mine.

A 21-year-old woman who went missing Thursday after she went snowshoeing on a popular trail north of Vancouver has been found dead. Rescue crews found the woman in a steep drainage area on Howe Sound Crest Trail, near Lions Head, B.C.

A 21-year-old woman who went missing Thursday while snowshoeing on a popular trail north of Vancouver has been found dead. CBC has identified her as Nikki Donnelly of Ontario based on information provided by rescue officials and social media accounts.

A 21-year-old woman who went missing Thursday while snowshoeing on a popular trail north of Vancouver has been found dead. CBC has identified her as Nikki Donnelly of Ontario based on information provided by rescue officials and social media accounts.

National home sales set an all-time record in December, the Canadian Real Estate Association says.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked a former Food and Drug commissioner to lead vaccine science in his drive to put 100 million shots into the arms of Americans in his administration's first 100 days to stem the COVID-19 pandemic.

Premier Doug Ford has kicked York Centre MPP Roman Baber out of the Progressive Conservative caucus for sending an open letter, asking for the province's lockdown and COVID-19 restrictions to end.

Public health officials are providing new modelling on COVID-19 cases in Canada. The news conference starts at 9:30 a.m. ET and CBCNews.ca is carrying it live.

New modelling released by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests the number of daily COVID-19 cases could more than triple to 30,000 if people increase their contacts at a time when there's widespread community transmission.

New modelling released by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests the number of daily COVID-19 cases could more than triple to 30,000 if people increase their contacts at a time when there's widespread community transmission.

A carbon monoxide leak at a Saskatoon apartment building Thursday night sent 29 people to hospital.

A carbon monoxide leak at a Saskatoon apartment building Thursday night sent 29 people to hospital.

A Brazilian variant of the coronavirus is significant enough to justify stopping flights from South America as a precaution, British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Friday, as a leading scientist said it had been detected in Britain.

According to the 2016 Census, about 20 per cent of physicians in Canada are immigrants. That means about 28,000 people here are immigrant physicians.

A video of Mike Bitternose dancing at a COVID-19 checkstop at Kahkewistahaw First Nation in Saskatchewan as part of the #RezSecurityChallenge has been shared more than 5,000 times on social media. The challenge aims to share positivity among those working First Nation check stops during the pandemic.

A video of Mike Bitternose dancing at a COVID-19 check stop at Kahkewistahaw First Nation in Saskatchewan as part of the #RezSecurityChallenge has been shared more than 5,000 times on social media. The challenge aims to share positivity among those working First Nation check stops during the pandemic.

Cockroaches can be seen scurrying up a cupboard, inside a sink and across a desk in video obtained by CBC News showing an ongoing infestation at Parkview Place Long Term Care Home, despite a December deadline to fix the problem.

A Moscow kebab shop owner faces a backlash after he opened a take-out food shop bearing the name of Joseph Stalin, as Russians remain deeply conflicted over the totalitarian wartime leader's legacy and how they should see him today.

Getting vaccinated to protect yourself from the virus behind COVID-19 isn't a one-and-done process in Canada right now. Both approved options requie a two-dose regimen at a specific time interval — but provinces vary on how they're doling out doses.

A Moscow kebab shop owner faces a backlash after he opened a take-out food shop bearing the name of Joseph Stalin, as Russians remain deeply conflicted over the totalitarian wartime leader's legacy and how they should see him today.

Small modular reactors are the nuclear power industry's hope for overcoming problems such as high costs and radioactive waste, but the technology won't necessarily solve those issues, writes Eva Schacherl.

While in-person schools in southern Ontario COVID-19 hot spots will remain closed until at least Feb. 10, face-to-face learning has resumed for students in some special education classes. But is it safe for these students and their teachers to be in classrooms right now? 

The public health authority in York Region, north of Toronto, is reporting three cases of a new and highly contagious coronavirus strain that have no link to international travel, sparking concern that community spread has begun.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we drill deeper on carbon capture and look at the ramifications of buying and selling water futures.

As global demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) surges during the pandemic, so has the human cost for those making it overseas, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found.

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, doctors in Quebec and Ontario are conducting what one physician called "dry runs" and using triage guidelines to prepare for the possibility that they may have to decide who gets access to life-saving treatment when the demand exceeds capacity.

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, doctors in Quebec and Ontario are conducting what one physician called "dry runs" and using triage guidelines to prepare for the possibility that they may have to decide who gets access to life-saving treatment when the demand exceeds capacity.

West Vancouver billionaire Frank Giustra has been given the go-ahead to sue Twitter in a B.C. courtroom over the social media giant’s publication of a series of tweets tying him to baseless conspiracy theories involving pedophile rings and Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The violent attack last week on Capitol Hill in Washington was horrifying, but also clarifying. What the mob made clear is where the forces of lying, division, fear and nihilism can lead.

Thousands of Canadians are thumbing their noses at government advice to stay home and hopping international flights to sunny destinations even as the COVID-19 crisis worsens. Canadian air carriers operated more than 1,500 flights between Canada and 18 popular vacation spots since Oct. 1.

Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week's siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters on Thursday, saying in a court filing that rioters intended "to capture and assassinate elected officials."

Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week's siege of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters on Thursday, saying in a court filing that rioters intended "to capture and assassinate elected officials."

The top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., said on Friday there is no "direct evidence" to suggest that rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol had formed "kill capture teams." Meanwhile, officials say more than 100 people have been taken into custody so far in connection with the Jan. 6 riot.

A CBC News investigation into allegations of forced labour at PPE factories. Provinces prepare doctors to make life or death decisions in crowded ICUs. Plus, At Issue.

The CBC has learned of several B.C. establishments that have denied Indigenous people entry, assuming the would-be customers have COVID-19 or have been exposed to the virus.

The National for January 14: A CBC investigation into allegations of forced labour at PPE factories. Plus, doctors prep for life or death decisions as COVID-19 cases crowd ICUs.