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Three Asian Canadian MPs joined CBC's Rosemary Barton Live on Sunday to talk about anti-Asian racism after white gunman killed eight people, including six Asian women, in Atlanta.

After a 90-minute staredown with first responders and a crowd of curious onlookers on a road near the north shore of P.E.I. Sunday, an 800-pound hooded seal finally turned around and began to "hump, hump, hump" the half-kilometre or so back to sea.

Ahead of Michael Kovrig's trial which is expected to begin in a Beijing courtroom in the next 24 hours, the detained Canadian's wife is calling on Canada, the U.S. and China to reach a diplomatic solution that will free Kovrig and a second jailed Canadian, Michael Spavor.

Ahead of Michael Kovrig's trial which is expected to begin in a Beijing courtroom in the next 24 hours, the detained Canadian's wife is calling on Canada, the U.S. and China to reach a diplomatic solution that will free Kovrig and a second jailed Canadian, Michael Spavor.

The NBA has fined Toronto coach Nick Nurse $50,000 US for throwing his facemask behind the scorer's table and toward the stands, plus for directing profanity toward game officials before leaving the floor at the end of a game Friday night.

The NBA has fined Toronto coach Nick Nurse $50,000 US for throwing his facemask behind the scorer's table and toward the stands, plus for directing profanity toward game officials before leaving the floor at the end of a game Friday night.

The New Brunswick government has denied a Quebec man's request to visit his father in New Brunswick while his father can still recognize him. Under rules put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, if his father's death was imminent, he would be allowed to visit.

More than a year after Nova Scotia barred police from performing street checks — a practice Black people are six times more likely to be subjected to than their white counterparts — advocates say a loophole has allowed discriminatory policing to continue, and they want it closed.

Mi'kmaw Elder Gilbert Sewell, known for his dedication to language instruction and Mi'kmaw culture, has died. He was 81. 

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd on Sunday said it has agreed to buy Kansas City Southern for $25 billion US in a cash-and-shares deal to create the first rail network connecting the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

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

While eye-catching scenes of people jumping over fires during Navroz — the Persian New Year that marks the arrival spring — may be recognizable images in Metro Vancouver, the ancient festival is celebrated in different ways by people from around the world. 

The Ontario Provincial Police asked people to lock their cars and houses and to shelter in place in the Foxboro area, near Belleville, Ont., after an OPP officer was stabbed this morning.

The southern Alberta pilot project allows victimized families to remain in their homes, while removing the perpetrators — putting the onus on abusers to disrupt behaviour patterns and receive treatment.

Watch videos featuring nine Inuk artists and their contemporary works that will be part of INUA, the inaugural exhibit at Qaumajuq, the Winnipeg Art Gallery's Inuit Art Centre, which opens to the public on March 27.

A purse-sized pooch near Halifax, N.S., is teaching kids in Okotoks, Alta., how to read, write and have fun across the miles during the pandemic.

Thousands of people marched together Sunday in Montreal to denounce systemic racism and hate crimes against Asian people after eight people — including six Asian women — were killed in a series of shootings in Atlanta earlier this week. 

In time, Erin O'Toole may present an election platform that differs markedly from the policies of the Harper years. So far, however, the Conservative leader appears to be more interested in talking about change than actually pursuing it.

In a recently announced agreement, the International Olympic Committee entered into a partnership with the Chinese Olympic committee to buy and provide vaccines for people participating in the Tokyo Games and next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa could take delivery of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine doses from the United States as early as this week.

As Canadian immigration officials decide the fate of an interpreter who worked for the Nazis, the Jewish community of a Russian city, decimated by the unit he worked for, is watching.

Hundreds of people marched together Sunday in Montreal to denounce systemic racism and hate crimes against Asian people after eight people — including six Asian women — were killed in a series shootings in Atlanta earlier this week. 

Across the country, bicycle shops are slammed, hit by a pandemic-triggered surge that started in March 2020 and has not let up — and a backlog that some experts say won't be cleared up for months or even years.

News of a proposed $26 billion Rogers-Shaw merger this week, a move that would combine two telecom giants has Canadians casting a critical eye on the prices they pay for TV, cell and internet services — and nowhere is that felt more acutely than in Northern Canada.

The RCMP says it hopes to have a decision later this year on whether it will continue to teach Mounties to use a controversial neck hold to subdue suspects. In the meantime, new figures obtained by CBC News show the carotid restraint, while rare, is still in use.

Marketplace finds out why outbreaks of E. coli keep happening with romaine lettuce — and meets a B.C. family whose young son was sickened, and will never be the same.

Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa could take delivery of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine doses from the United States as early as this week.

Canadian teenager Leylah Annie Fernandez has advanced to the Monterrey Open final after defeating Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-5, 7-5 in the semifinals.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday in support of the Asian American community after a shooting at three local day spas this week left eight people dead, six of them Asian women.

The Calgary-based WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it has ratified its first collective agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents more than 3,100 cabin crew.

LeBron James left in the second quarter with a high right ankle sprain that the Lakers said will sideline him indefinitely, as Los Angeles lost 99-94 to the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.