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More than 60,000 people who work behind the scenes in U.S. film and television began casting ballots on Friday on whether to give their union a strike mandate. Though Canadian union members aren't affected, some ripples may be felt north of the border.

A residential school survivor says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to travel for a family vacation to Tofino, B.C. on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation shows “his words don’t match his actions.”

A Court of Queen's Bench justice in Saskatoon has ruled against a group arguing that the province's vaccine policies are a violation of charter rights.

In his first public statement since returning to Canada, Michael Spavor says he is "overjoyed" to be reunited with his family.

Newly-released documents show the Canadian military was concerned enough about the initial spread of COVID 19 to begin monitoring and planning for a response in late January 2020. However, experts say it later dropped the ball in terms of forecasting the trajectory and the impact of the virus.

The union representing flight attendants at Canada's major airlines says reducing on-board food and drink service might help combat a rise in unruly passenger behaviour.

Britain's pig farmers on Friday warned of a crisis unless the government took urgent steps to ease an acute shortage of abattoir workers and butchers that has left up to 150,000 pigs backed up on farms and facing a costly cull.

British Columbia is subsidizing oil and gas well drilling on the same land it has promised to protect for caribou, new research has found.

Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has reinstated his decision to subject a thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta to a federal review.

FIFA's judicial bodies on Friday opened an investigation into the sexual harassment scandal involving a coach in the National Women's Soccer League as this weekend's games were called off.

National Women's Soccer League commissioner Lisa Baird resigned after some 19 months on the job amid allegations that a former coach engaged in sexual harassment and misconduct.

Some provinces in Western Canada are looking for doses of Johnson & Johnson's single dose Janssen vaccine in an effort to boost vaccine uptake, but the federal health minister told a news conference today that the federal government does not have any usable doses.

Some provinces in Western Canada are looking for doses of Johnson & Johnson's single dose Janssen vaccine in an effort to boost vaccine uptake, but the federal health minister told a news conference today that the federal government does not have any usable doses.

The mask mandate for schools in B.C. is being expanded to include staff and students in kindergarten to Grade 3 as of Monday, provincial officials announced Friday after three school districts made their own decisions to tighten the rules.

A group of more than 20 current and former employees are accusing Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket ship company of having a toxic work environment and not adhering to proper safety protocols.

Jack Anawak, a residential school survivor and Nunavut politician, led a procession of about 1,000 people in Iqaluit Thursday, carrying an orange and white flag with an "all children matter" banner, in memory of any children who died at residential schools. 

Lava flowed from a newly opened crack in the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma island on Friday, carving a different path from previous flows and raising fears of more destruction while fine ash forced islanders to don masks and goggles.

An erupting volcano on a Spanish island off northwest Africa blew open two more fissures on its cone Friday that belched forth lava, with authorities reporting "intense" activity in the area.

The total value of all the goods and services Canada produced shrank for the third time in four months in July, a sign that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the country's economy.

Toronto police have charged former fashion mogul Peter Nygard with multiple counts of sexual assault, The Fifth Estate has learned.

A coroner's report following a three-week inquiry into the death of Joyce Echaquan calls on the Quebec government to recognize the existence of systemic racism and concludes that the racism and prejudice the Atikamekw woman faced in hospital contributed to her death.

A coroner's report following a three-week inquiry into the death of Joyce Echaquan calls on the Quebec government to recognize the existence of systemic racism and concludes that the racism and prejudice the Atikamekw woman faced in hospital contributed to her death.

A coroner's report following a three-week inquiry into the death of Joyce Echaquan calls on the Quebec government to recognize the existence of systemic racism.

The U.S. has now surpassed 700,000 coronavirus-related deaths, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. It has also recorded more than 43 million cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.

Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize use of the drug, called molnupiravir.

A Regina mother grappling with regret over not getting vaccinated sooner says she hopes her five-year-old son's bout with COVID-19 will cause others to take the disease seriously.

In the last week, Joe Gee has cared for several of his unvaccinated family members after they fell sick with COVID-19. He's now sending a message to the church he believes bears some responsibility for his family, and others in the western New Brunswick community, becoming ill.

Netflix has recently announced that South Korean dystopian horror series Squid Game -— famed for its brutal violence — could be its biggest release ever. CBC News spoke with two culture experts to understand its themes and origins.

The Supreme Court of Canada will rule today whether Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government was operating within its legal powers when it cut the number of wards in Toronto in the middle of the 2018 municipal election.

A Marketplace investigation found that out of 38 samples of children’s, adult’s and maternity clothes and accessories, almost one in five items had elevated levels of chemicals — including lead, PFAS and phthalates — that experts found concerning. 

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard's extradition hearing will be broadcast live Friday morning on media websites, including CBC.ca/news. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. CT and is set for one hour. There is a 10-minute delay on the broadcast.

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard's extradition hearing will be broadcast live Friday morning on media websites, including CBC.ca. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. CT and is set for one hour.

Peter Nygard has signed a consent form agreeing to begin the process of being extradited to the United States to face charges there, Manitoba's Court of Queen's Bench heard Friday morning.

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has signed a consent form agreeing to be extradited to the United States to face charges there, court heard Friday morning.

While India provides public health care, the system is chronically underfunded — and there's a growing dependence on private hospitals, with a large proportion of Indians forced to pay bills out of pocket. At the same time, those left widowed or orphaned by the pandemic are struggling to access government assistance.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government was operating within its legal powers when it cut the number of wards in Toronto in the middle of the 2018 municipal election, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. 

While India provides public health care, the system is chronically underfunded — and there's a growing dependence on private hospitals, with a large proportion of Indians forced to pay bills out of pocket. At the same time, those left widowed or orphaned by the pandemic are struggling to access government assistance.

A Marketplace investigation found that out of 38 samples of children’s, adult’s and maternity clothes and accessories, almost one in five items had elevated levels of chemicals — including lead, PFAS and phthalates — that experts found concerning. 

As provinces and employers across Canada increase restrictions on the unvaccinated or introduce so-called vaccine passports, cybercriminals are attempting to cash in by offering fake vaccination certificates for sale online, CBC News has learned.

The stakes are high as plays and musicals return to the Broadway stage after the pandemic shutdown, but already there have been setbacks.

Carol Lavallee spent Thursday afternoon at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan listening to members of Cowessess First Nation sing, dance and pray.

The views from two Canadian cities where the opioid crisis is driving a new movement for decriminalization, with the Ontario Harm Reduction Network’s Nick Boyce and Chief Const. Mike Serr of the police force in Abbotsford, B.C.

Drug manufacturer Apotex is recalling one lot of its Mirvala 28 birth control pills because the blister pack may contain a green placebo pill in place of an active white pill.

The largest city in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates kicked off its world's fair on Thursday night. The event, which was delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but retained its original name, runs until March 31, 2022.

The largest city in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates kicked off its world's fair on Thursday night. The event, which was delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but retained its original name, begins on Friday and runs until March 31, 2022.

RCMP say they are negotiating with demonstrators who have taken control of a Coastal GasLink construction site in northern B.C. as tensions surrounding the natural gas project rise again.

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One of the most active volcanos on Earth is erupting again, for the first time since May 2021. Experts say the eruption is expected to stay within the crater, and there are no indications of lava moving toward homes.

Senators fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over the company's handling of internal research — leaked by a whistleblower and reported by The Wall Street Journal — suggesting its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens.