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Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become the nation's first Black woman governor.

The virus that causes COVID-19 has for the first time been found in wildlife in Canada.

The virus that causes COVID-19 has for the first time been found in wildlife in Canada.

Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport's collective bargaining agreement expired Wednesday night and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day.

Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport's collective bargaining agreement expired Wednesday night and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day.

A 15-year-old boy was charged Wednesday with murder, terrorism and other counts for a shooting that killed four fellow students and injured others at Michigan's Oxford High School.

A sperm whale with the same rare colouring as the fictional Moby Dick has been spotted off the coast of Jamaica.

The Women's Tennis Association says it is suspending tournaments in China because of concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, the Grand Slam doubles champion who dropped out of public view last month after accusing a former high-ranking Chinese government official of sexual assault.

Talks are underway between the government and opposition parties to expedite a review of proposed legislation to extend financial support for workers and businesses still struggling with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rassi Nashalik, host of CBC show Igalaaq, will be inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame on Wednesday. In an interview with CBC News, she looks back on her groundbreaking role.

A World War II bomb exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich on Wednesday, injuring four people, one of them seriously, German authorities said.

Mark Connors, a Black 16-year-old goaltender with the Halifax Hawks U18 AA team who was called the N-word on the ice three years ago, says he has again been subjected to racial slurs, this time during a recent tournament in Charlottetown.

The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would need to increase planned spending to provide clean drinking water in First Nations.

The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government needs to increase planned spending if it wants to provide clean drinking water in First Nations.

The provincial utilities commission alleges ATCO Electric deliberately overpaid a British Columbia First Nation by millions for work on a new transmission line in order to secure lucrative contracts providing construction camps for the Trans Mountain Expansion oil pipeline project.

The Gucci family is not pleased with the depiction of their relatives in the new film House of Gucci. In a statement issued this week, they said the narrative is "anything but accurate" and that the filmmakers did not consult them at all.

A trio of federal funding agencies have suspended payments supporting a high-profile McMaster University professor through the prestigious Canada 150 Research Chairs program after he was put on leave following an investigation.

Several families of the 10 people who died from injuries in a massive crowd surge of fans at the Astroworld Festival have turned down an offer by headliner Travis Scott to pay for their loved ones' funeral costs.

Abortion rights are on the line at the Supreme Court in historic arguments over the landmark ruling nearly 50 years ago that declared a nationwide right to end a pregnancy, as the justices weigh whether to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.

Members of the Girl Guides of Canada were among those injured when a car slammed into pedestrians in London, Ont., on Tuesday night.

An eight-year-old girl is dead and members of a Girl Guide troop are among those injured after a car slammed into a group of pedestrians in London, Ont., on Tuesday night.

Police in London, Ont., plan to provide new information Wednesday morning about a crash Tuesday evening at a major intersection in the city that left eight pedestrians seriously injured.

An annual list highlighting how many women have died at the hands of men in Ontario, shows a grim reality of increasing violence amid the pandemic.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will once again allow his caucus to have a free vote on a government bill seeking to ban conversion therapy.

The federal government's updated bill to ban the practice of conversion therapy has been adopted unanimously by the House of Commons.

The federal government's updated bill to ban the practice of conversion therapy has been adopted unanimously by the House of Commons.

The federal government's updated bill to ban the practice of conversion therapy has been adopted unanimously by the House of Commons.

A person in California became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron coronavirus variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new variant.

A person in California became the first identified U.S. case of the omicron coronavirus variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new variant.

The federal government continues to work to resolve a crisis that has closed the U.S. border to fresh P.E.I. potatoes, but Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she can’t guarantee a resolution by Christmas.

After a young family was killed in a drunk driving crash, a victim's brother found himself consumed by grief and anger. He finally decided that forgiving the drunk driver was the only way to find relief. That forgiveness forged a bond between him and the driver's son.

Some Nova Scotians in northern Cape Breton have been able to get around storm-damaged roads by boat, but in another part of Victoria County, others are still cut off and waiting for relief, after heavy rains and high winds battered the region last week.

Starting in 2023, all seafood entering the U.S. that hasn't been granted an exemption will have to demonstrate it is harvested with protections equivalent to those used in American fisheries — a so-called comparability finding now required under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Thirteen young people from across the country, ranging in age from 12 to 18, are going to court to argue that the section of the Canada Elections Act which bars Canadians under 18 from voting in federal elections is unconstitutional.

Canada's maple syrup industry has become an international focus with headlines shouting that the country has been forced to tap into its strategic reserve to make up for shortages. CBC Explains the purpose of these reserve and why they had to be tapped into, and whether there was really a shortage of maple syrup.

The pandemic meant quite a few changes for Ryden's Border Store, a popular shop and parcel delivery warehouse located in northern Minnesota — just across the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Pigeon River.

The omicron variant, now reported in multiple Canadian provinces and a growing number of countries worldwide, could threaten hard-won immunity to the virus behind COVID-19. But there's hope the highly mutated variant won't bring the world back to "square one" in this pandemic.

A vehicle struck multiple pedestrians in a crash at a major intersection in London, Ont., on Tuesday night, authorities said, leaving some with life-threatening injuries. 

A vehicle struck multiple pedestrians in a crash at a major intersection in London, Ont., on Tuesday night, authorities said, leaving some with life-threatening injuries. 

NORAD commander Gen. Glen VanHerck warned top Canadian government and military leaders Tuesday about the threat hypersonic missile technology poses to North American security, saying it's making it "very challenging" for him to carry out his mission.

An alliance between fitness giants has dissolved into a nasty court battle as Lululemon and Peloton traded lawsuits this week in a fight over alleged patent infringement.

CNN on Tuesday suspended news anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely over his role in defending his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding sexual harassment allegations.

With the newly re-elected Liberal government more than a month into its third term and Parliament still not up and functioning as normal, the Opposition Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of dragging his heels.