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The St. John's International Airport Authority has reached a deal with its firefighting staff to keep the airport operating normally — a move that comes after days of uncertainty for some travellers.

Members of Ottawa’s towing community gathered Thursday to remember Phillip Smith, a tow truck operator who was struck and killed while helping a driver during Monday's storm.

The doctor who was accused of breaking New Brunswick's COVID-19 rules by failing to isolate, and of being the source of a deadly outbreak, in 2020 is suing the province, the RCMP and Facebook's parent company.

The federal government has struck a deal with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation that will see it hand over thousands of residential school records, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller said today.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at a geothermal heating project that emerged in a Montreal laneway and what might be in store for Canada's nuclear waste.

"What is Prince Edward Island?" Apparently, the brainiac competitors on Wednesday's airing of Jeopardy! and its all-time winningest champion host have no idea.

"What is Prince Edward Island?" Apparently, the brainiac competitors on Wednesday's airing of Jeopardy! and its all-time winningest champion host have no idea.

The sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is set to begin in May after it was postponed multiple times due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Curling Canada says the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., will operate under Ontario's current public health measures and an approved framework from the office of the chief medical officer.

The Tampa Bay Rays' proposed plan to split the season between Florida and Montreal has been rejected by Major League Baseball.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists revealed their annual Doomsday Clock announcement, leaving the hands of the metaphorical clock the closest to midnight in its 75-year history.

The Georgia prosecutor investigating possible attempts to interfere in the 2020 U.S. general election by former U.S. president Donald Trump and others has asked for a special grand jury to aid the investigation.

The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is asking Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former president Donald Trump, to voluntarily co-operate with its probe.

The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is asking Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former president Donald Trump, to voluntarily co-operate with its probe.

The Georgia prosecutor investigating possible attempts to interfere in the 2020 U.S. general election by former president Donald Trump and others has asked for a special grand jury to aid the investigation.

A temporary foreign worker who recently arrived in Ontario from Jamaica has died while in isolation for COVID-19, CBC News has learned.

The CIA believes it is unlikely that Russia or another foreign adversary is using microwaves or other forms of directed energy to attack hundreds of American officials who attribute symptoms associated with brain injuries to what's come to be known as Havana syndrome

Four people, one an infant, were found dead in a Manitoba field on Wednesday near the Canada-U.S. border, and a Florida man has been charged with human smuggling.

Four people, one an infant, were found dead in a Manitoba field on Wednesday near the Canada-U.S. border, and a Florida man has been charged with human smuggling.

Manitoba RCMP say four people, one an infant, were found dead Wednesday at the Canada-U.S. border.

Manitoba RCMP say four people, one an infant, were found dead Wednesday at the Canada-U.S. border.

Three children are dead after a fire engulfed a townhouse in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, officials say.

Three children are dead after a fire engulfed a townhouse in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, officials say.

Yukon Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee declared a substance-use emergency Thursday morning in the wake of multiple drug-related deaths. "There are no right words for news like this," she said. "It is truly heartbreaking."

More than 400 Canadian climate scientists and other academics are pleading with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to scrap her plan to create a tax credit for companies that build carbon capture and storage facilities.

Industrial development is helping coyotes move into wolverine country and edge out the rare carnivore despite its fierce reputation, newly published research suggests.

Almost two years after a tight lockdown, Spain is preparing to adopt a different COVID-19 playbook. With one of Europe's highest vaccination rates and one of its most pandemic-battered economies, the government is laying the groundwork to treat the next infection surge not as an emergency but an illness that is here to stay.

Almost two years after a tight lockdown, Spain is preparing to adopt a different COVID-19 playbook. With one of Europe's highest vaccination rates and one of its most pandemic-battered economies, the government is laying the groundwork to treat the next infection surge not as an emergency but an illness that is here to stay.

The Saskatchewan government is calling on Alberta to commit to building its portion of an all-weather road connecting Fort McMurray to La Loche.

A British-Belgian teenager became the youngest woman to fly solo around the globe on Thursday and the first person to do it in a microlight plane after a five-month, five-continent odyssey in her Shark ultralight.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada will join allies in imposing severe sanctions on Russian officials if the country takes further military action to compromise Ukrainian sovereignty.

The Canadian Red Cross is winding down its swimming program by December to direct more attention to humanitarian demands such as disaster and pandemic response, opioid harm reduction and care giving for seniors.

Scientists have discovered a pristine, three-kilometre-long reef of giant rose-shaped corals off the coast of Tahiti, in waters thought to be deep enough to protect it from the bleaching effects of the warming ocean.

Scientists have discovered a pristine, three-kilometre-long reef of giant rose-shaped corals off the coast of Tahiti, in waters thought to be deep enough to protect it from the bleaching effects of the warming ocean.

Scientists have discovered a pristine, three-kilometre-long reef of giant rose-shaped corals off the coast of Tahiti, in waters thought to be deep enough to protect it from the bleaching effects of the warming ocean.

Quebec seems to have reached a peak in COVID-19 hospitalizations, but the province "cannot afford to lift measures" aimed at slowing the spread of infections, Premier François Legault said Thursday.

Some doctors and advocates for people with disabilities are repeating calls for a provincial triage protocol to guide decisions over who should get life-saving care in the event of hospital staff or equipment shortages.

With rental costs on P.E.I. rising rapidly, people on fixed incomes — including seniors — are feeling the impact of the housing crunch more than most. Here's the story of one Charlottetown woman.

The COVID-19 suspension of the university hockey season in Atlantic Canada is pushing some players to go pro and that's leaving holes in Nova Scotia teams' rosters. 

The sign indicating the end of Highway 138 on Quebec's Lower North Shore is a tourist attraction on its own: every year, it gets covered in stickers and has to be replaced.

Internal documents obtained by CBC News show how long 911 wait times are more than one-offs in Canada's largest city. Reports, emails, and snapshots of Toronto's 911 call queue paint a picture of an emergency service struggling to retain staff amid burnout-fuelled shortages.

A substantial hours reduction would benefit not just workers themselves but their families, who would then have more time with their parents or spouses.

As the Russian military continues to squeeze Ukraine from three directions, Canada and its NATO allies are trying to de-escalate an increasingly volatile situation.

Spending plans are up this year in the oilpatch — but they won't rise near the levels seen earlier in the last decade.

A newly surfaced video of the Wheatley, Ont., explosion shows the incredible force of the blast that hit the small town's core last summer. 

More former students of a now-shuttered Christian boarding school in eastern Ontario are coming forward with allegations of sexual abuse against a son of the former headmaster, fearing he continues to be a danger to children.

A Saint John family that has lived in the same apartment since 2014 is moving out at the end of January after their new landlord handed them a monthly rent increase of $375. They join a growing list of New Brunswick tenants forced to move in recent months following building sales and subsequent rent hikes.

A class-action lawsuit launched on behalf of Canadians who underwent open heart surgery between January 2010 and July 2018 alleges the manufacturer of contaminated medical devices used during the surgeries failed to adequately warn hospitals of the risk.

Former employees of Eastway Tank Pump & Meter Ltd. have come forward to allege a history of safety lapses at the Ottawa company prior to last Thursday's explosion that killed six workers and left a seventh critically injured.

The sign indicating the end of Highway 138 on Quebec's Lower North Shore is a tourist attraction on its own: every year, it gets covered in stickers and has to be replaced.