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France and the European Union are investigating why a massive swarm of dead fish was released by a huge trawler in the Atlantic Ocean off France after an environmental group released dramatic video and photos.

A five-year-old boy who was trapped for four days in a deep well in Morocco has died, the royal palace said Saturday.

A five-year-old boy who was trapped for four days in a deep well in Morocco has died, the royal palace said Saturday. The rescue efforts gained global attention after Moroccans took to social media to offer hopes for his survival.

Jurors refused to make parole possible after 51 years in prison for the man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018.

Former MP and OECD secretary-general Donald Johnston has passed away, CBC has learned. He was 85.

Joe Rogan, the popular and controversial U.S. podcaster, issued an apology for the second time in a week, this time for using racial slurs after a montage video surfaced showing him repeatedly saying the N-word.

In 2018, Crystal Maclean's cat Ralph bolted from the Kamloops, B.C., apartment she was sharing with a friend. Recently, her sister-in-law saw a photo on an SPCA Facebook page. Now, Maclean, who lives in New Liskeard, Ont., is purring with delight.

In 2018, Crystal Maclean's cat Ralph bolted from the Kamloops, B.C., apartment she was sharing with a friend. Recently, her sister-in-law saw a photo on an SPCA Facebook page. Now, Maclean, who lives in New Liskeard, Ont., is purring with delight.

More than 53,000 utility customers were still in the dark Saturday morning amid an icy storm that has brought prolonged periods of freezing rain, ice pellets, rain and snowfall to Nova Scotia.

More than 53,000 utility customers were still in the dark Saturday morning amid an icy storm that brought prolonged periods of freezing rain, ice pellets, rain and snowfall to Nova Scotia.

Last week, the song We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Disney’s Encanto surpassed Frozen’s smash hit Let It Go to become the highest-charting Disney single since 1995. But how did family-friendly film accomplish it, and what does it mean for the future of pop music charts?

Friday's figures showed new hiring in the U.S. soared while in Canada job creation fell more than expected, but the reason for the difference may not be what you think. Economists who study our southern neighbours say even without lockdowns, U.S. employment is still playing catchup with Canada.

Whether you call what's happening in downtown Ottawa now a political demonstration or a well-organized siege, it's clear the police were not prepared for it. What happens if it becomes a trend?

Trucks are blocking a major intersection in downtown Toronto as part of a massive demonstration against COVID-19 measures and vaccine mandates that has seen at least one person arrested and charged.

Trucks are blocking a major intersection in downtown Toronto as part of a demonstration against COVID-19 measures and vaccine mandates on Saturday.

Trucks are blocking a major intersection in downtown Toronto as hundreds of people demonstrate on Saturday against COVID-19 measures and vaccine mandates.

There's a behind-the-scenes Olympic competition to develop the best waxes and ski-tuning techniques to give athletes an edge over the competition on the slopes.

The convoy protest has added a new strain on relationships, and has prompted some to sever their friendships with rally supporters. That's because the protest touches on core values for many  — values that you hold that are so important, they can't be compromised, a psychologist says.

Rates for routine vaccinations have declined during the pandemic — both for childhood inoculations and things like flu shots for seniors. But some experts say the pandemic has heightened awareness of the importance of these vaccines.

A major intersection in downtown Toronto was blocked by trucks as part of a demonstration on Saturday against COVID-19 measures and vaccine mandates that also saw at least one person charged. By 8 p.m. E.T., nearly all the trucks had left the area.

Last week, the song We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Disney’s Encanto surpassed Frozen’s smash hit Let It Go to become the highest-charting Disney single since 1995. But how did family-friendly film accomplish it, and what does it mean for the future of pop music charts?

Friday's figures showed new hiring in the U.S. soared while in Canada job creation fell more than expected, but the reason for the difference may not be what you think. Economists who study our southern neighbours say even without lockdowns, U.S. employment is still playing catchup with Canada.

Canada’s pandemic response is rapidly shifting towards “learning to live with the virus” — where COVID-19 is eventually treated like other seasonal illnesses, surveillance is massively scaled back and public health measures are widely lifted.

The Minneapolis mayor imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants Friday, two days after a SWAT team entered an apartment and killed Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who his parents said was "executed" after he was startled from a deep sleep and reached for a legal firearm to protect himself.

About 20 people gathered outside Nunavut's Legislative Assembly Friday morning, facing temperatures below -25 C, to show their silent support for a Coral Harbour, Nunavut, family that's trying to bring their father home from a dementia facility in Ottawa. 

Dutch-owned trawler FV Margiris, the world's second-biggest fishing vessel, shed more than100,000 dead fish into the Atlantic Ocean off France, forming a floating carpet of carcasses that was spotted by environmental campaigners.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling PC brand Lemon & Ginger Sicilian Soda from the marketplace due to the possible presence of "extraneous" glass, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling PC brand Lemon & Ginger Sicilian Soda from the marketplace due to the possible presence of "extraneous" glass, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The crowdfunding platform GoFundMe says it will stop payments to the organizers of Freedom Convoy 2022 because the protest violates its rules on violence and harassment.

After a week that saw the new interim leader of the federal Conservatives and other high-profile Tory MPs throw their support behind the anti-vaccine mandate protest convoy snarling Ottawa's downtown core, one of the party's Quebec MPs is breaking ranks and calling the protest a "siege."