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A Canadian politician could end up being physically attacked or killed if nothing more is done to deal with the rise in hateful comments online, NDP MP Charlie Angus warned today.

Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79.

Loujain Alhathloul, 31, spent just over a thousand days in detention in Saudi Arabia, including stints in solitary confinement. She also says she was tortured. Following her release on Wednesday, her sisters vowed to fight for justice.

Two men are dead and a third has been rescued after a tugboat went missing off the North Coast of British Columbia Wednesday night. 

Two people are dead and a third has been rescued after a tugboat went missing off the north coast of British Columbia Wednesday night. 

CBC has obtained an open letter written by a group of Mary River mine employees. About 700 staff have been stranded at the Nunavut mine site since a group of protesters staged a blockade last week. "We recognize the Inuit as the rightful custodians of this land," the letter says.

Complaints of workplace harassment and violence have risen sharply at several federal departments and agencies in recent years, according to internal data.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's critical comments about Donald Trump following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were raised at the former U.S. president's impeachment trial as D Democrats argued Thursday that the Capitol attack damaged the reputation of American democracy around the world.

The Alberta government plans to create the largest contiguous protected boreal forest area in the world by expanding the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland in the northeast part of the province.

Roche's arthritis drug tocilizumab cuts the risk of death among patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19, also shortening the time to recovery and reducing the need for mechanical ventilation, a large clinical trial suggests.

A child who was killed during a standoff between police and a man in Kawartha Lakes last November was shot by police, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit confirmed Thursday.

A one-year-old boy who was killed during a standoff between police and a man in Kawartha Lakes last November was shot by police, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit confirmed Thursday.

A child who was killed during a standoff between police and a man in Kawartha Lakes last November was shot by police, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit confirmed Thursday.

A child who was killed during a standoff between police and a man in Kawartha Lakes last November was shot by police, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit confirmed Thursday.

The Liberal government is expected to table a bill in the coming days that will set up a program to buy back assault-style weapons that were blacklisted last spring, Radio-Canada has learned.

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander leading Canada's vaccine logistics, said today that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will significantly ramp up its deliveries of doses next month.

British Columbia had a grim record-breaking year in 2020 in its ongoing opioid crisis, with more than 1,700 people dying of drug overdoses, according to new data released Thursday. While urban centres such as Vancouver and Victoria saw the highest number of deaths, rural and remote areas also saw a spike in overdose calls to 911.

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander leading the country's COVID-19 vaccine logistics, discusses the vaccination campaign.

Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump's impeachment trial sought Thursday to directly link his words to the rioters' actions.

Democrats used their second day opening arguments in Donald Trump's impeachment trial to directly link his words to the rioters' actions.

Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump's impeachment trial sought Thursday to directly link his words to the rioters' actions.

Democrats used their second day opening arguments in Donald Trump's impeachment trial to directly link his words to the rioters' actions.

Democrats making the case that Donald Trump should be convicted of inciting the siege at the U.S. Capitol will focus on Thursday on the damage wrought by the riot and the former president's role in inflaming the rampage.

Manitoba has bought two million doses of a Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine on the condition it gets approved for use in Canada and is delivered by the end of the year.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed Mike Duffy's appeal of a lower court decision that held the P.E.I. senator couldn't sue the Senate for damages related to the 2013-15 expenses scandal.

The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with Irene Deschenes, the London, Ont., woman who is trying to open her civil suit against the Diocese of London, which she says knew about claims against a local priest who sexually abused her far earlier than officials claimed.

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says March Break is being postponed this year in an effort to keep students safe.

Lucasfilm says Gina Carano is no longer a part of The Mandalorian cast after many people online called for her firing over a social media post that likened the experience of Jews during the Holocaust to the U.S. political climate.

Bombardier Inc. says it will lay off 1,600 people and stop making Learjets in a bid to improve profitability.

Bombardier Inc. says it will lay off 1,600 people and stop making Learjets in a bid to improve profitability.

Bombardier Inc. says it will lay off 1,600 people and stop making Learjets in a bid to improve profitability.

The chief electoral officer of Newfoundland and Labrador has postponed voting on Saturday for 18 districts in the province beacuse COVID-19 cases have caused "considerable operational impacts."

The man in charge of running Newfoundland and Labrador's election is asking for it to be delayed as the spike in COVID-19 cases has caused election staff shortages and created "a serious occupational health and safety issue" just two days before voting day.

The man in charge of running Newfoundland and Labrador's election is asking for it to be delayed as the spike in COVID-19 cases has caused election staff shortages and created "a serious occupational health and safety issue" just two days before voting day.

The man in charge of running Newfoundland and Labrador's election is asking for it to be delayed as the spike in COVID-19 cases has caused election staff shortages and created "a serious occupational health and safety issue" just two days before voting day.

A documentary revisiting the career of 1990s pop superstar Britney Spears is sparking fresh discourse about the making — and breaking — of a celebrity.

A documentary revisiting the career of 1990s pop superstar Britney Spears is sparking fresh discourse about the making — and breaking — of a celebrity.

CBC readers want to know about the coronavirus variants causing concern around the globe. Here's what the experts have to say.

The region's top public health officials, as well as a public health nurse and communications official joined together – virtually – to sing words of COVID-related inspiration.

Russia has scored a political and medical victory last week with the scientific community’s validation of its Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus. Still, some still view it as another tool in Vladimir Putin's PR campaign and vow they'll have nothing to do with it no matter how well it works.

As vaccines roll out, advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities worry they're falling through the cracks for access — even though they can be higher risk for disease, due to necessary interactions with support workers and other vulnerabilities.

A Barrie, Ont. mother whose son died from consuming tainted drugs says she was disgusted to discover the city's business leaders are spending $28,000 on a lobbying firm to have a proposed supervised consumption site moved away from the downtown area.

Pandemic mask-wearing is 'like the biggest experiment in face perception that was ever done,' according to a York University neuroscientist.

Russia has scored a political and medical victory last week with the scientific community’s validation of its Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus. Still, some still view it as another tool in Vladimir Putin's PR campaign and vow they'll have nothing to do with it no matter how well it works.

Dozens of elderly patients died of COVID-19 at CHSLD Herron in Dorval last spring, many of them alone and in horrific conditions. Surviving family members hope the inquiry will shed more light, but some are skeptical.

A class-action lawsuit against TD Bank alleges employees were pressured to drive up profits by selling customers services and products that were unsuitable or unnecessary. That alleged culture, first reported by Go Public, caused TD stock to plunge and now shareholders want compensation.

Fans are flocking back to see Come From Away in Melbourne, Australia, where the Canadian musical is one of the first theatre productions to reopen its doors following months of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

Preparing for what promises to be an extraordinarily busy tax season, the federal government is taking the unusual step of hiring a private company to answer some Canadians' questions about pandemic benefits — a move that has one union warning about privacy concerns.

Some health workers in Montreal say they believe there's a network of immigration fraud encouraging people from India to pay large sums for documents that will get them to Canada, then thousands more in fees once they arrive.

Riley McCann was relieved when got the call saying his cat had been found more than three weeks after going missing in Toronto's Pearson International Airport.