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U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated David Cohen, a tech executive who once served as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia, to be his ambassador to Canada.

The Green Party and its associated fund are taking their battle with party leader Annamie Paul to court — ending a tentative truce between Paul and party executives just as a federal election call is expected within weeks.

Dating shows like Sexy Beasts and Love is Blind challenge contestants to fall in love without seeing each others faces. CBC News spoke with three experts who weighed in on whether televised love is really blind or if it remains skin deep.

The Seattle Kraken have picked Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano in Wednesday's expansion draft. The 37-year-old defenceman has played his entire 15-season NHL career in Calgary and won the Norris Trophy as the league's top blueliner in 2019.

The first roster for the Seattle Kraken won't include Carey Price. The Montreal Canadiens goaltender was not selected by the Kraken in the NHL expansion draft, according to a person with direct knowledge of the decision.

Canada's demand for COVID-19 vaccines is slowly dropping, experts say, and they warn those waiting to see whether cases spike before getting their jabs are wasting time the body needs to build sufficient immunity.

Survivor Kaleb Dahlgren's description of the photo on social media was short but resonant: #Bel13ve 💚💛

The Quebec government has refused to approve construction of a natural gas facility in the Saguenay, north of Quebec City, following years of opposition from citizens, Indigenous communities and environmental experts.

Kevin O'Leary has told an Ontario court that he does not recall if his wife, Linda, consumed alcohol in the hours before a boat crash that killed two people and injured several others.

The federal government is earmarking funds for projects that aim to build on Ottawa's commitment to help revitalize Indigenous legal traditions.

By law, anyone with a guide dog must be allowed in any place anyone else would be allowed into, but some businesses and individuals seem unaware of that.

U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since the Second World War, public health officials said Wednesday. The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse.

More than 50 people are dead in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou following torrential rains in Henan province, local media reported. Severe flooding in the provincial capital trapped people in subways and schools, washed away vehicles and stranded people in workplaces overnight.

China has unveiled a maglev train capable of a top speed of 600 kilometres per hour, state media said.

China has unveiled a maglev train capable of a top speed of 600 kilometres per hour, state media said.

Drummer Jerry Granelli, a giant of jazz and a gifted music teacher, died in Halifax Tuesday morning at the age of 80.

A group of retirement home residents are showing off their moves in a Footloose-style music video to convince the Newfoundland and Labrador government to let them dance together again.

China's military has blasted a dam to release floodwaters threatening one of its most heavily populated provinces, as the death toll in widespread flooding rose to at least 25.

After more than a year of pandemic delays, Canada’s women’s soccer team kicked off its Olympic tournament with a 1-1 draw against host Japan.

After more than a year of pandemic delays, Canada’s women’s soccer team kicked off its Olympic tournament with a 1-1 draw against host Japan.

It's not every legal claim that tickles the funny bone. But a Vancouver judge saw parallels between one woman's proposed class-action lawsuit and a legendary comedy sketch in which an irate customer claims to have been sold a dead parrot.

The World Health Organization says there were more than 3.4 million new global cases of the coronavirus last week, a 12 per cent increase from the previous week.

The World Health Organization says there were more than 3.4 million new global cases of the coronavirus last week, a 12 per cent increase from the previous week.

Catch women's soccer action from the Sapporo Dome.

Customers of a specialty autobody and mechanic shop north of Halifax say their classic vehicles have been held at the garage for years, despite their attempts to have them returned, or have been handed back in pieces.

I don’t look like other teenagers because I have Treacher Collins Syndrome (TCS), explains Zack Hodge Takacs, 16, who communicates through his computer. He writes about what it's like to look and talk differently, especially during the pandemic.

The investment product warning label "past performance is no guarantee of future results" can apply to entire markets — and that may be a salutary reminder for pandemic-era investors.

For three years running, Ontario has not enforced its rules requiring tradespeople such as electricians, auto mechanics and plumbers to be certified, CBC News has learned. 

The federal government is set to hold a national summit on antisemitism today — but political tensions swirled on the eve of the event as opposition leaders said they weren't initially invited.

Indigenous employees were regularly sidelined by a "toxic" working environment in the office of Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett but their complaints fell on deaf ears, several former staffers have told CBC News.

Extreme climate changes, both wet and dry, corresponded with the population decline of a Maya settlement in central America according to new research out of McGill University that looked at indicators left behind by ancient human waste.  

The original Treaty 11 document will be on display at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife in September and October. It's the first time in 100 years that the document will make its way back North.

Hong Kong police arrested the former executive editor-in-chief of the now-closed pro-democracy Apple Daily tabloid on Wednesday, local media reported, the latest arrest in a national security investigation of media tycoon Jimmy Lai's newspaper.

Former Syrian refugee Hassan Al Kontar was well known for being stuck at the Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia for seven months before being sponsored to come to Canada.

July 20, 2021 | Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada, putting thousands of people at risk, and it’s getting harder to fight them. Athletes may be excited about the opening of the Olympics, but residents are more worried the event will become a superspreader event. Plus, billionaire Jeff Bezos took a short space flight, but what does it mean for the general public?

Hordes of grasshoppers are taking over a Lethbridge neighbourhood to the point that homeowners can barely go outside.

Belgium's king and queen visited the flood-stricken town of Verviers to lead the nation in a minute of silence Tuesday to remember those who died. German Chancellor Angela Merkel meanwhile made a second tour of the disaster zone in her country.