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Provincial officials, including Premier John Horgan, are scheduled to speak with media Tuesday afternoon after visiting Lillooet, a community situated between the Lytton Creek and Mckay Creek wildfires in B.C.'s Interior.

The Canadian whose body was found at the site of a collapsed condo building in southern Florida has been identified as a 66-year-old woman who died alongside her husband.

A faulty part suspected as the cause of a deadly helicopter crash west of Edmonton last week has grounded some models of Bell helicopters across North America.

A former public school teacher and baseball coach in Hamilton who formerly worked with the Toronto Blue Jays' youth academy now faces two sexual assault charges, on top of charges announced previously in another case.

First Nations leaders from across the country are meeting virtually this week to elect a new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

As calls to end government subsidies of fossil fuels grow in intensity, a new report finds that taxpayers have allocated billions of dollars to expand and build new pipelines in the past year alone.

The car rental shortage — or "carpocalypse" as it's been dubbed in the U.S. — started when nearly all travel was halted at the outset of COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions. Now that demand is returning, car rental companies can't rebuild their fleets fast enough.

The car rental shortage — or "carpocalypse" as it's been dubbed in the U.S. — started when nearly all travel was halted at the outset of COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions. Now that demand is returning, car rental companies can't rebuild their fleets fast enough.

Mamadou Konaté tended to and cleaned the rooms of COVID-positive patients at three long-term care homes. He caught the disease in late April while doing so.

Situated just off a rural P.E.I. road marked with the Island's iconic red dirt are two replica stone castles that once served as a popular tourist destination.

Former NHL star Theo Fleury has filed a lawsuit against the co-author of his autobiography who is claiming to own half the rights to his life story, stalling the production of a Hollywood movie until the matter is settled in court.

Niagara Region Public Health says six people received an injection of saline instead of the COVID-19 vaccine at its Port Colborne, Ont., clinic. 

Niagara Region Public Health says six people received an injection of saline instead of the COVID-19 vaccine at its Port Colborne, Ont., clinic. 

Niagara Region Public Health says six people received an injection of saline instead of the COVID-19 vaccine at its Port Colborne clinic. 

A five-year-old child is dead after a suspect allegedly set fire to a home in Surrey, B.C., and left the child inside following a stabbing late Monday.

Delivering a valedictory address to your fellow high school graduates can be a nerve-racking experience. Charlottetown Rural High School valedictorian Brandon MacKinnon had to do it 11 times to meet Prince Edward Island public health guidelines for graduation ceremonies.

An Egyptian court on Tuesday lifted a three-month-long judicial seizure of a hulking shipping vessel that had blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year, paving the way for it to leave Egypt.

One passenger was taken to hospital with a possible broken arm Tuesday evening after a wind gust toppled the basket on a hot air balloon that had just landed in west Edmonton.

As the underdog Montreal Canadiens manage to live to fight another day in the Stanley Cup final, we explore one of hockey's favourite conspiracy theories: that the league has it out for Canadian teams.

Air quality alerts remain in place for several areas in B.C.'s southern Interior on Tuesday as more than 200 wildfires continue to burn through hundreds of square kilometres of the province.

Kristy White has filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, alleging a nurse made racist remarks and refused to give her medication that would have induced labour, against the doctor's orders.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce his pick for Canada's next governor general this morning, CBC News has learned.

Inuk leader and former ambassador Mary Simon has been chosen as the next governor general — the first Indigenous person ever to be appointed to the role.

Inuk leader Mary Simon will serve as the Queen's new representative in Canada, marking the first time an Indigenous person has held the role.

Inuit leader Mary Simon will serve as the Queen's new representative in Canada, marking the first time an Indigenous person has held the role.

U.S. President Joe Biden issued a plea to Americans to get vaccinated as a way for the country to continue to reopen after 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic and to protect themselves against the delta variant.

A university laboratory in Thunder Bay, Ont., has successfully extracted DNA samples from the remains of two unidentified boys that were found in Vancouver, part of ongoing efforts to find answers in the nearly seven-decade-old Babes in the Woods case.

A ramped-up rescue effort at the collapsed South Florida condo building faced new threats from the weather as a tropical storm approached the state.

The discovery of four more victims in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium building raised the death toll to 32, a fire official said Tuesday, as a ramped-up search effort faced new threats from severe weather.

Brewing beer both produces and requires CO2. So, a central Alberta brewery is taking what seems like the logical next step by becoming the first in Canada to use carbon capture technology and recycle those emissions.

In 2015, Catholic officials argued in court they could only fundraise a total of $3.9 million for residential school survivors, but efforts for Catholic cathedrals and other buildings across Canada reached nearly $300 million since November 2005, according to data gathered by CBC News.

While people have been able to get some reprieve indoors from record-breaking temperatures, there is no let up for farmers. They say their crops are being ruined and a lack of water for cattle is forcing some to sell their animals.

A Halifax restaurateur who was locked out of his restaurant by his landlord is now back inside. He's not sure what's ahead.

A Halifax restaurateur who was locked out of his restaurant by his landlord is now back inside. He's not sure what's ahead.

When Landyn Toney, 12, laces up his shoes for the last day of his walk, the Mi'kmaw boy will have already covered 180 kilometres — pushing himself through each step with the reminder that his ancestors were forced to walk through their pain. He hopes to raise money and awareness for residential school survivors.

The apparent ease with which a former U.S. diplomat convinced the Syrian Kurds to investigate and release a Canadian woman he helped — with no clear evidence that other detainees were being offered the same — has fuelled concern among those who say Canada is abandoning its obligations under humanitarian law to family members of ISIS militants.

Until she moved out of her parents' home, Neha Chollangi writes, she never understood how much she relied on her family to reinforce her cultural identity.

The 74th edition of the Cannes Festival kicks off on July 6, with a number of Canadian films screening across several programs. CBC News gives a rundown of this year's titles produced and set in Canada.

Montreal hockey fans celebrated Monday with cries and cheers of uninhibited joy after Josh Anderson scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lift the Habs to a 3-2 victory in Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Montreal hockey fans celebrated Monday with cries and cheers of uninhibited joy after Josh Anderson scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lift the Habs to a 3-2 victory in Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Montreal hockey fans celebrated Monday with cries and cheers of uninhibited joy after Josh Anderson scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lift the Habs to a 3-2 victory in Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Josh Anderson scored his second goal of the game at 3:57 of overtime as the Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Monday to stave off elimination and cut their deficit in the NHL's title series to 3-1.

Josh Anderson scored his second goal of the game at 3:57 of overtime as the Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Monday to stave off elimination and cut their deficit in the NHL's title series to 3-1.

July 4, 2021 | The fire that tore through Lytton, B.C. is suspected to be human-caused while firefighters from New Brunswick and Ontario join the effort to contain over 200 wildfires in the province. The Montreal Canadiens fight to stay in the Stanley Cup finals after a game 4 win. Plus, a 12-year-old is walking across Nova Scotia to honour residential school victims.

Filmmaker Richard Donner, who helped create the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978's Superman and mastered the buddy comedy with the Lethal Weapon franchise, has died. He was 91.

The Hudson's Bay Company is apologizing after using a photo of a Black anti-racism advocate as one of the faces of a fundraising campaign for Indigenous, Black and people of colour without asking for her permission or that of the original photographer — also a person of colour.

The Hudson's Bay Company is apologizing after using a photo of a Black anti-racism advocate as one of the faces of a fundraising campaign for Indigenous, Black and people of colour without asking for her permission or that of the original photographer — also a person of colour.

The Hudson's Bay Company is apologizing after using a photo of a Black Toronto lawyer as the face of a fundraising campaign for Indigenous, Black and people of colour without asking for her permission or that of the original photographer — also a person of colour.

A marine biologist at the University of British Columbia estimates that last week's record-breaking heat wave in B.C. may have killed more than one billion intertidal animals living along the Salish Sea coastline.

Jay Mills, his sister Hayley Mills and friend Frank Hinchey were cod fishing Monday between Bell Island and St. Philip's when they were greeted by the show of a lifetime.