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Fisher-Price says it is recalling a model of its baby soothers after the deaths of four infants who were placed on their backs unrestrained in the devices and later found on their stomachs.

Canada could reach one-third of its greenhouse gas reduction targets by making better use of its vast forests, prairies and wetlands, says a report by more than three dozen scientists.

Facebook said it will suspend former U.S. president Donald Trump's accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.

The chief of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation says its members have met with more than a dozen officials as the community begins a long, painful investigation into what are believed to be the unmarked burial sites of children's remains adjacent to a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Catholics across the country to demand action from the Catholic Church in response to a report that children’s remains may have been discovered near a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.

Effective Tuesday, rotational workers who have received both doses of a vaccine will no longer need to self-isolate upon entering the province, but they will need to continue to be tested.

Canada Energy Regulator said it issued the order to immediately stop all clearing activity "to prevent harm to nesting birds in the pipeline project's right of way and to ensure Trans Mountain is correcting any issues it has in relation to contractor oversight and management."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the government will buy three million more vaccine shots from Pfizer than originally planned — an effort to secure more of the product that has become the backbone of Canada's immunization campaign.

A senior member of the Canadian armed forces was quietly removed from his role in Canada's vaccine rollout last month in response to a complaint that he had used racist language in a workplace setting, CBC News has learned.

The Russian tennis player arrested on suspicion of match-fixing at last year's French Open is under investigation.

A Russian tennis player suspected of match-fixing last year has been arrested during this year's French Open, her lawyer told The Associated Press on Friday.

A judge in Calgary has granted an injunction for Alberta Health Services to block a weekend rodeo that was planned in protest of COVID-19-related public health restrictions, dismissing the organizers' argument that it would be a political rally. 

The defence team for Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola is calling for an “unequivocal apology” from New Brunswick’s premier after the Crown dropped its charge against the family doctor who had been blamed as the source of an COVID-19 outbreak.

The defence team for Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola is calling for an “unequivocal apology” from New Brunswick’s premier after the Crown dropped its charge against the family doctor who had been blamed as the source of an COVID-19 outbreak.

The defence team for Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola is calling for an “unequivocal apology” from New Brunswick’s premier after the Crown dropped its charge against the family doctor who had been blamed as the source of an COVID-19 outbreak.

The 2020-21 Stanley Cup playoffs were shaping up as Mark Scheifele’s time to further establish himself as an elite centreman. But now, he’s on the sidelines after the NHL Department of Player Safety handed down a four-game suspension for charging Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans.

Federal officials were asking themselves how many pipelines does Canada really need in the days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL.

Canada's labour market shed 68,000 jobs last month as tighter public health restrictions continued or were introduced in many regions of the country to slow the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Liberal Party's national campaign co-chairs have declared a "state of electoral urgency," a procedural move that will allow the party to speed up the nomination processes for local candidates ahead of the next federal election.

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett and other cabinet ministers respond to the National Action Plan to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker Jevons Au left his home for Canada last summer in fear of the Hong Kong national security law China imposed on the city in July 2020.

The federal government's promise to search former residential school sites for unmarked graves has Indigenous communities surrounding Chapleau, Ont., hopeful that the haunting questions about children who never made it home will finally be answered.

The federal government's promise to search former residential school sites for unmarked graves has Indigenous communities surrounding Chapleau, Ont., hopeful that the haunting questions about children who never made it home will finally be answered.

The obituary last week may have caught some people's attention: Bob Wilson, 71, and his wife Margi, 73, died last week on the same day at Charlottetown's Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They planned it that way.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 11-month-old girl in Ottawa.

Ottawa police say the child that was the subject of an Amber Alert Friday morning has been found safe. One person is in police custody.

A year after Chantel Moore, an Indigenous woman, was shot and killed by a New Brunswick police officer during a wellness check, her mother says she is still waiting to see accountability and transparency with regards to what happened.

Spurred on by the pain from her own family tragedy, Annie Bernard-Daisley has spent the past few years fighting for justice for her cousin and all Indigenous women and girls.

A year after Chantel Moore, an Indigenous woman, was shot and killed by a New Brunswick police officer during a wellness check, her mother says she is still waiting to see accountability and transparency with regards to what happened.

Newfoundlanders and Labradorians scattered throughout the rest of the country are excited about the prospect of finally coming home.

CBC readers have reached out with questions about Canada’s residential school system and its aftermath following the discovery of what is believed to be the remains of an estimated 215 children at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.

In 2010, Canada Revenue Agency auditors unearthed a scheme they called a “sham” that ultra-rich Canadians were using to dodge taxes. But previously unreported court records obtained by CBC’s The Fifth Estate and Radio-Canada’s Enquête show it didn't stop then. Some taxpayers continued to exploit the tax dodge for several years without officials realizing.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we have a Q&A with an author on the connection between shopping and environmental degradation and why a photo of a cut-down tree on Vancouver Island went viral.

If you decide to get a COVID-19 vaccination, do you get paid time off work? Take a look at the vaccine policies for some of the bigger employers in Ontario, some of which also operate elsewhere.

After a year that revealed the cracks in Ontario's long-term care system and saw the government promise changes, some repeat offenders continue to be cited by provincial inspectors for serious violations of Ontario’s Long-Term Care Act.

Thousands of Canadians are very interested in Ottawa's new Canada Greener Homes Grant program — but many still have unanswered questions about whether, and how, they can get the money.

The last residential school in Canada closed by the 1990s, but the abuse students endured within them has lasting physical and mental effects for generations.

The federal government began accepting applications for its vaccine injury support program this week — but some people diagnosed with rare but serious conditions after vaccinations aren't sure the compensation on offer goes far enough.

A member of the committee that organizes Hong Kong's annual candlelight vigil for the victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown was arrested early Friday on the 32nd anniversary, local media reported.

June 3, 2021 | The federal government promises to address violence against Indigenous women and girls amid growing calls for action towards reconciliation. Ontario faces a new race against the Delta variant and second doses of vaccines. Plus, uproar over airline executives travelling during national lockdowns.

Fraser Jack's living room armchair is now cemented to his floor, along with his vacuum. He's one of several Winnipeg homeowners in Scotia Heights dealing with the aftermath of a sewer backup of wet concrete and looking for answers from the City of Winnipeg.

Fraser Jack's living room armchair is now cemented to his floor, along with his vacuum. He's one of several Winnipeg homeowners in Scotia Heights dealing with the aftermath of a sewer backup of wet concrete and looking for answers from the City of Winnipeg.

Fraser Jack's living room armchair is now cemented to his floor, along with his vacuum. He's one of several Winnipeg homeowners in Scotia Heights dealing with the aftermath of a sewer backup of wet concrete and looking for answers from the City of Winnipeg.