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There's more than meets the eye to the dress new Gov. Gen. Mary Simon wore on her installation day. For one, it was made especially for her with the help of Inuit designers.

There's more than meets the eye to the dress new Gov. Gen. Mary Simon wore on her installation day. For one, it was made especially for her with the help of Inuit designers.

The Green Party is poised to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal battles with leader Annamie Paul, worsening an already rough financial situation as a federal election nears.

CBC Nova Scotia News at 6 hosts Tom Murphy and Amy Smith are moderating the 90-minute debate live from Halifax.

CBC Nova Scotia News at 6 hosts Tom Murphy and Amy Smith moderated the 90-minute debate Wednesday evening.

CBC Nova Scotia News at 6 hosts Tom Murphy and Amy Smith are moderating the 90-minute debate live from Halifax.

Durham police on Wednesday charged an Oshawa man with two counts of unlawful confinement. In February 2021, media reports alleged that door handles at White Cliffe Terrace Retirement Residence in Courtice, Ont., were removed from the suites of residents who had tested positive for COVID-19.

Afghan interpreters and others who assisted the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan are being given only three days to apply for a new government program to resettle in Canada.

Afghan interpreters and others who assisted the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan have been told they have only three days to apply for a new government program to resettle in Canada.

You'll soon be able to listen to Vladimir Guererro Jr. hit home runs on the radio again, after Rogers Communications confirmed Wednesday that dedicated radio broadcasts would begin again this week.

The Toronto Blue Jays announced Wednesday that dedicated radio broadcasts would begin again this week.

After a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the Central Okanagan, B.C. is declaring a regional outbreak there and is reimposing a local mask mandate as well as other public health measures.

After a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in the Central Okanagan, British Columbia is declaring an outbreak in the region and reimposing a local mask mandate, as well as other public health measures.

An animal law non-profit group is calling on the Ontario government to investigate Marineland's treatment of Kiska the orca.

The Alberta government is bringing COVID-19 quarantine, isolation and “other measures in line with those for influenza and other viruses,” as it prepares the health-care response for seasonal illnesses in the fall.

Arthur, the beloved children's animated series about an eight-year-old aardvark that tackled important social issues and contributed heavily to the internet's meme culture, will end in 2022 after 25 years in production.

Montreal Canadiens owner, president and CEO Geoff Molson has apologized to fans who were upset by the team's choice to overlook Logan Mailloux's transgression.

Families who claim disgraced Ottawa fertility doctor Norman Barwin used the wrong sperm — or even his own sperm — in the conception of at least 100 children could soon see a payout from the settlement of a class-action lawsuit launched in 2016.

Fossils that formed 890 million years ago in what is now the Northwest Territories may be by far the oldest evidence of animal life ever found, a controversial new Canadian study suggests.

Fossils that formed 890 million years ago in what is now the Northwest Territories may be by far the oldest evidence of animal life ever found, a controversial new Canadian study suggests.

CBC Nova Scotia News hosts Tom Murphy and Amy Smith are moderating the 90-minute debate live from Halifax.

CBC Nova Scotia News hosts Tom Murphy and Amy Smith will moderate the 90-minute debate, live from Halifax.

If you want to make a Canadian Olympic athlete cry in Tokyo, just ask about the family they've had to leave behind due to COVID-19 rules. The biggest moments in their athletic careers are happening without those who've supported them along the way, making these Olympics bittersweet.

If you want to make a Canadian Olympic athlete cry in Tokyo, just ask about the family they've had to leave behind due to COVID-19 rules. The biggest moments in their athletic careers are happening without those who've supported them along the way, making these Olympics bittersweet.

A 56-year-old man has been arrested and charged in U.S. federal court with sending emails that threatened to harm and kill top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins, and their families, federal prosecutors in Maryland announced Tuesday.

Jane Weyallon Armstrong is the first woman to ever hold the Monfwi riding and her victory marks another historical change: the N.W.T. Legislative Assembly now has a majority of MLAs who are women.

Jane Weyallon Armstrong is the first woman to ever hold the Monfwi riding and her victory marks another historical change: the N.W.T. Legislative Assembly now has a majority of MLAs who are women.

Record-setting temperatures in B.C. this summer have had consequences other than wildfires, smoke and drought. Swarms of grasshoppers have descended on portions of the province's Interior, and they are making life difficult for ranchers. 

A Yukon woman who spent weeks fighting for her life against COVID-19 is urging others to do what she did not: get vaccinated.

Arlene McLean disappeared from her home in Eastern Passage, N.S., almost 22 years ago. What are believed to be her remains were found earlier this month, police said Wednesday.

Canada's inflation rate came in at 3.1 per cent in June as prices for shelter and transportation rose quickly, while increases in things like food, clothing and recreation slowed down from May.

Canada's inflation rate came in at 3.1 per cent in June as prices for shelter and transportation rose quickly, while increases for things like food, clothing and recreation slowed down from May.

Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk said he had a "small heart attack" when he collapsed on the show's New Mexico set, and he is going to be OK, he said in a statement released on Twitter late Friday afternoon.

Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk had a "heart related incident" when he collapsed on the show's New Mexico set, and his condition is stable as he recovers at a hospital, his representatives said Wednesday.

Bob Odenkirk, a veteran comedic actor who starred as Saul Goodman on AMC's Breaking Bad before landing spinoff Better Call Saul, collapsed on the show's set Tuesday.

In the past three weeks, the number of daily COVID-19 cases in British Columbia have tripled, while the delta variant has grown to become the most dominant strain in the province. 

Some B.C. municipalities are changing their heat-wave management plans, including potentially keeping cooling centres open overnight, as unseasonably high temperatures hit Metro Vancouver once again this week.

Some B.C. municipalities are changing their heat-wave management plans, including potentially keeping cooling centres open overnight, as unseasonably high temperatures hit Metro Vancouver once again this week.

Swimmer Penny Oleksiak became the most decorated Canadian summer Olympian, and American Simone Biles and Canadian Ellie Black withdrew from the women's individual all-around gymnastics final. Here's what you missed on Day 5 of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

A legal battle is brewing between the City of Toronto and the owner of a 250-year-old heritage tree who is refusing to sell the property where it stands — the latest snag in a years-long community push to protect the famous red oak. 

All women, and people for that matter, deserve to feel comfortable and beautiful in the clothes they wear. This means offering the same clothes to women of all sizes and shaming no one for the number on their clothing tag.

Seventy per cent of the cemetery site being searched for residential school graves in La Ronge, Sask., still needs to be combed, the First Nation says.

Health and infectious disease experts say the rate at which COVID-19 cases are growing in Alberta is alarming, as it spreads faster than it during the height of the pandemic's third wave. 

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Wednesday urged younger people to co-operate with measures to bring down the high number of coronavirus infections and get vaccinated, saying their activities are key to slowing the surge during the Olympics.

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Wednesday urged younger people to co-operate with measures to bring down the high number of coronavirus infections and get vaccinated, saying their activities are key to slowing the surge during the Olympics.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday urged younger people to cooperate with measures to bring down the high number of infections and get vaccinated, saying their activities are key to slowing the surge during the Olympics.

Loretta John didn't know she had been photographed at a residential school memorial at the Vancouver Art Gallery until she saw the image for sale online.

The armed insurrection in Washington, after Donald Trump lost the presidential election, shook many. This week, U.S. lawmakers heard from the police officers who tried to hold it at bay — as a committee pieces together what happened.

Since April 1, 2021, the B.C. Wildfire Service has responded 1,231 wildfires, which have burned 4,250 square kilometers. 

The Canadian government has spent irresponsibly in its attempt to fend off the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to former prime minister Stephen Harper.