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Period equity activists are waiting for more details after Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu tweeted on Friday that menstrual products would be freely available in all on-reserve schools.

A British Columbia court has ruled that Edward Rogers is the legitimate chair of Rogers Communications Inc., a major legal victory in his battle to take control of the company that bears his family name.

A British Columbia court has ruled that Edward Rogers is the rightful and legitimate chair of Rogers Communications Inc., a major legal victory in his battle to take control of the company that bears his family name.

Vaccination is still the best defence against COVID-19, infectious disease specialists say, but clinical trials of two antiviral drugs look very promising when it comes to saving lives and reducing hospitalization for those who become infected.

Canada will take delivery of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses in the coming weeks, with the goal of boosting the vaccination rate among holdouts.

The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service is consulting with civilian prosecutors in Ontario to determine if criminal charges should be laid against Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson over a rape allegation that he denies, according to the complainant’s lawyer.

German media reported that a 35-year-old man had apparently fallen from an upper floor of the embassy building in central Berlin and said police found his body but were unable to revive him.

Thousands of people marched through the heart of Glasgow Friday, demanding world leaders take more decisive action to tackle climate change as the COP26 UN climate summit continues in Scotland.

Thousands of people marched through the heart of Glasgow Friday, demanding world leaders take more decisive action to tackle climate change as the COP26 UN climate summit continues in Scotland.

Carey Price is preparing to return to the Montreal Canadiens, with head coach Dominique Ducharme confirming that the goalie will rejoin the team on Monday.

The Vancouver Canucks will wear a special edition Diwali jersey designed by local artist Jag Nagra during their warmup at Friday night's game.

The federal government will raise Canadian flags on government buildings next week so that they can be lowered again to honour veterans.

The federal government will keep Canadian flags at full mast on government buildings after commemorating Remembrance Day next week, says a government source.

The federal government will keep Canadian flags at full mast on government buildings after commemorating Remembrance Day next week.

The Assembly of First Nations has put forward what it calls a “solution” that would allow Ottawa to raise Canadian flags at federal government buildings to honour veterans on Remembrance Day while “continuing to grieve the genocide of Indigenous children.”

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen is resigning from cabinet to focus on addressing problems related to alcohol, CBC News has learned.

Premier Andrew Furey speaks to media as the province's health-care system continues to contend with a cyberattack that has damaged communications and information databases across Newfoundland and Labrador.

Police in the southwestern Ontario city say the arson unit is investigating after an explosion at the Stellantis Windsor Assembly plant on Thursday afternoon.

A petition to build an elder care home in each of Nunavut's 25 communities has attracted 19,000 signatures. 'There are elders here who don't want to be sent out,' says Aani Uqaitu. 'They're afraid they won't come back.'

The provincial government's 30-day deadline for First Nations to decide whether logging operations on old-growth forests should be deferred is "absolutely ludicrous" and leaves no time for meaningful dialogue, the president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says.

A man who removed his mask and deliberately coughed on a server at a Calgary bar last year has been convicted of assault.

White men in pickup trucks chased Ahmaud Arbery for five minutes, and one threatened to shoot him, as they cut off his escape from a Georgia subdivision and ultimately killed the 25-year-old Black man with a shotgun, a prosecutor told a trial jury Friday.

A trial began Friday in Georgia for three men accused in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man whose killing was largely ignored until a leaked cellphone video stirred outrage that deepened a national reckoning over racial injustice.

Canada's economy added 31,000 jobs last month, well down from September's level and below what economists were expecting but enough to push the jobless rate down by two ticks to 6.7 per cent.

The Higgs government is using the province's COVID-19 state of emergency to force striking health-care workers back to work at midnight Friday.

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs crashed a news conference by the Canadian Union of Public Employees on Friday morning as efforts to end a week-old strike by public-sector workers appeared to go off the rails.

The Higgs government is using New Brunswick's COVID-19 state of emergency to force striking health-care workers back to work at midnight Friday.

The Higgs government is using New Brunswick's COVID-19 state of emergency to force striking health-care workers back to work at midnight Friday.

Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90 per cent in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joins the race to bring the first easy-to-use medication against the coronavirus to the U.S. market.

Etienne Gaudet has spent the last year driving on back roads, knocking on doors and at times searching through the dense woods of New Brunswick to find gravestones of soldiers.

The former leader of the Wildrose Party has a chip on his shoulder the size of a Rocky Mountain Douglas fir.

For decades, it's been one of Hollywood's darkest rumours: A teenage Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted by a top movie star more than twice her age when she met with him at a hotel in Los Angeles. In a memoir coming out next week, Wood's younger sister identifies the long-suspected assailant: Kirk Douglas.

Diwali is the renowned festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists in Canada and around the world. The festival is observed by gathering with family and friends to socialize, visit temples and decorate houses with small clay oil lamps. The festivity is also marked by fireworks displays, often throughout the night.

More provinces and territories on Friday moved ahead with COVID-19 booster shots, with Nova Scotia expanding eligibility to select groups of people by the end of the month and Nunavut now offering them to everyone 12 and older.

Romania has the second-lowest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the 27-nation European Union and one of the world's highest mortality rates from the illness, with doctors warning that the pandemic is ravaging a generation of grandparents.

German state leaders said on Friday that hospitals could soon become swamped by COVID-19 patients and a new lockdown might be needed unless urgent action is taken to reverse a surge in cases.

Everyone probably has that place they used to rent in their early 20s that stands out in their memory. You know the one. It’s where 90 per cent of your best stories happened.

The price of milk and dairy products are expected to increase sharply after the federal Canadian Dairy Commission recommended a record-setting 8.4 per cent increase in wholesale milk prices.

After the pandemic dimmed last year's Diwali celebrations, Winnipeggers like Manju Lodha and her husband, Ganpat Lodha, are happy to at least have people over and feel that Diwali is once again a bright spot. 

A Saskatoon bishop wrote an open letter this week on what he calls the severity of vaccine mandates. He copied both the premier and the mayor of Saskatoon in the letter.

Roland Bigras of Sturgeon Falls in northeastern Ontario has a pastime some people might find a little strange — he likes to fish for metallic objects with a magnet. On a recent excursion in Lake Nipissing’s Cache Bay, he discovered a heavy item he could not lift on his own.

As a First Nation that is directly affected by the rapidly changing Arctic environment, Chief Burke says Fort Severn is doing its part to address climate change by installing a major solar power project.

Investigators have made an arrest in the unusual case of a fake psychologist who was working with the Ottawa police. But in a twist, investigators say the culprit isn't an imposter — but the actual therapist. 

A B.C. Supreme Court judge is today expected to decide how much control Ted Rogers left his son, Edward, as chair of the family trust. The drama has drawn attention to the company's ownership structure — and some critics are calling for change.

The potential $50 million to $100 million cost of a Canadian papal visit isn't far off the amount the Catholic Church still owes residential school survivors, say advocates.

Last week, three young children left a daycare to wander near a busy boulevard. Two were found stuck in a nearby bog. Now parents are saying they have had concerns about the place but have felt unable to speak up.

CBC's Eli Glasner and Jackson Weaver dive into the cosmic world of the Eternals and why the latest Marvel movie struggles despite an Oscar-winning director and A-list talent.

The promises have been made, the debates hashed out and the campaign is nearly over. The distinctions between Denis Coderre and Valérie Plante have finally become more clear.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge is today expected to decide how much control Ted Rogers left his son, Edward, as chair of the family trust. The drama has drawn attention to the company's ownership structure — and some critics are calling for change.

A couple in Deux-Montagnes, Que., hired a contractor to repair their home after a flood, but the repairs were never done. Now, the province is asking the couple to reimburse $90,000.