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The discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous children in Canada have prompted renewed calls for a reckoning over the traumatic legacy of similar schools in the United States.

Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc leaders say Indigenous people across Canada have been inundated with ground penetrating radar specialist requests to survey former residential schools grounds and worry that some may be taken advantage of.

The federal government, provinces and territories have failed to plan emissions cuts sufficient to achieve Canada's net-zero goals, according to a new climate report.

Female security guards at the Royal Canadian Mint operation in Ottawa faced constant sexual harassment and racial taunts while superiors either stood by or joined in, according to several former employees who spoke to CBC News.

Canada's spy agency says state actors may attempt to blackmail voters and pressure politicians in order to influence the outcome of the next election.

Mayors on both sides of the Blue Water Bridge border crossing are expressing frustration that the U.S. government isn't following suit with Canada on loosening border restrictions.

Thousands of websites and digital services around the world were unavailable on Thursday after cloud computing company Akamai said it has been experiencing a "service incident."

Thousands of websites and digital services around the world were unavailable on Thursday after cloud computing company Akamai said it has been experiencing a "service incident."

Thousands of websites and digital services around the world were unavailable on Thursday after cloud computing company Akamai said it has been experiencing a "service incident."

A priest told mourners at a memorial service Thursday for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse that too much blood is being shed in Haiti as authorities warned of more violence ahead of his funeral.

A priest told mourners at a memorial service Thursday for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse that too much blood is being shed in Haiti as authorities warned of more violence ahead of his funeral.

A lawyer for Linda O'Leary argues that evidence showing another vessel's lights were off at the time his client crashed into it is too strong to find her guilty in the fatal boat collision.

Linda O'Leary's lawyer said in the closing arguments of her Ontario provincial court trial that evidence showing another vessel's lights were off at the time his client crashed into it is too strong to find her guilty in the fatal 2019 boat collision, but the Crown argued O'Leary should have been watching for unlit objects on the water.

A lawyer for Linda O'Leary argues that evidence showing another vessel's lights were off at the time his client crashed into it is too strong to find her guilty in the fatal boat collision.

Green Party Leader Annamie Paul says she won't be "distracted" by her ongoing conflict with what she describes as a "small group" of highly placed people within the party.

Tokyo 2020 officially gets underway on Friday with an opening ceremony that will look quite different from past Olympic Games.

A new report details the "fraught" and "violent" history of Wood Buffalo National Park, which includes the removal of hundreds of members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Now, the First Nation is asking for a formal apology and reparations. 

Residents of the storm-ravaged central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Thursday were shovelling mud from their homes and hauling away wrecked cars and piles of destroyed belongings following floods that killed at least 33 people in the city and surrounding areas.

Public inquirer Steve Allan's report into foreign funding allegedly besmirching the reputation of Alberta oil is due on July 30. What did environmental organizations see when he revealed the evidence against them?

A pilot program in the Northwest Territories will eventually see three community safety officers respond to non-criminal safety concerns in the hamlet of Ford Liard, without carrying weapons.

Steve Allan's report into foreign funding allegedly besmirching the reputation of Alberta oil is due on July 30. What did environmental organizations see when he revealed the evidence against them?

The World Health Organization on Thursday urged Indonesia to implement a stricter and wider lockdown to combat surging COVID-19 infections and deaths, just days after the country's president flagged the easing of restrictions.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not revised its masking guidance even as the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps the United States, driving up infections, CDC director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday.

Organizers are hoping a surge of young fans tune in to the coverage of the new Olympic sports.

A former resident of B.C.'s Lower Mainland allegedly fled Canada after posting a $10,000 release bond following his arrest by immigration officials investigating a scam that saw victims send more than $1 million to fraudsters posing as Canada Revenue Agency employees.

During the sleeping hours in Canada, and with one day to go until the opening ceremony, another Tokyo Olympic creator departed in controversy. Here's what you missed on Thursday in Tokyo.

China cannot accept the World Health Organization's plan for the second phase of a study into the origins of COVID-19, a senior Chinese health official said Thursday.

Rising COVID-19 infections, layers of safety protocols, high heat and protests are some of the many challenges of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. So, what’s going on behind the scenes to keep these Games on track? CBC’s Thomas Daigle answers your questions from Tokyo.

Rising COVID-19 infections, layers of safety protocols, high heat and protests are some of the many challenges facing Tokyo 2020. So what’s going on behind the scenes to keep these Games running? We'll answer your questions.

The debate over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health-care workers is growing louder in Canada as more countries move forward with the controversial approach to safeguard health-care settings and fight the spread of more contagious variants.

The federal government is set to host a national summit on Islamophobia today, one day after holding a similar summit on antisemitism.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said government agencies need to do more to help end Islamophobia in Canada, during a national summit on Thursday.

Canadians are still waiting for the United States to reopen its side of the land border. Here are the current rules for crossing into the U.S. and what might soon change.

The investigation into the death of Alloura Wells, a transgender woman found in Toronto's Rosedale Ravine in 2017, was plagued by a "series of mistakes," the city's interim police chief conceded in the face of information dug up by the CBC podcast The Village.

More than 83,000 CRV7 rockets will be disposed of over six years, making the end of a weapon that dates back to the Cold War and was adopted by NATO allies.

Canada, on average, records more tornadoes annually than any other in the world except for the U.S. — about 60 per year. Yet the National Building Code of Canada puts little emphasis on requirements to protect against uplift, the winds created by tornadoes. 

Canada, on average, records more tornadoes annually than any other in the world except for the U.S. — about 60 per year. Yet the National Building Code of Canada puts little emphasis on requirements to protect against uplift, the winds created by tornadoes. 

I've realized that my problem was never with my diagnosis — it was with the impossible-to-achieve norms I had set for myself, trying so hard to be normal in a social setting and just ending up even more lost than I was before.

The debate over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health-care workers is growing louder in Canada as more countries move forward with the controversial approach to safeguard health-care settings and fight the spread of more contagious variants.

An Ontario Ministry of Labour investigation obtained by CBC describes the day Maggie the elephant attacked her handler in the last ride as part of an attraction at African Lion Safari, and raises questions about why they're still allowed by Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums.

Public spectators are banned from all events at Tokyo 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Canadian International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says that shouldn't affect the competitions and ceremonies.

Public spectators are banned from all events at Tokyo 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Canadian International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says that shouldn't affect the competitions and ceremonies.

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.

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The federal government shut down 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries in B.C. and the Yukon in June.

A fourth Canadian victim has been identified nearly four weeks after the June collapse of a 12-storey condo tower in Surfside, Fla., that killed more than 90 people.

The English city of Liverpool was removed from UNESCO's list of world heritage sites on Wednesday because new buildings undermined the attractiveness of its Victorian docks, making it only the third site to be removed from the prestigious list.