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During the winter months, Maritimers have been hitting the snow and spending hours creating intricate, otherworldly patterns that are sometimes gone in a blink of an eye.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is cancelling part of her trip to Europe amid ongoing tensions in Ukraine.

The village of Priceville in southwestern Ontario was home to a vibrant Black community in the 1850s, but it had all but disappeared by the 1880s. Historians and descendants are trying to revive that history, starting with restoring the Black cemetery that was plowed over close to a century ago.

MPs continue to debate the government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act, ahead of a vote on whether to ratify the action scheduled for Monday night.

MPs continue to debate the government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act, ahead of a vote on whether to ratify the action scheduled for Monday night.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating two cases where police tried to clear protesters from Ottawa streets on Friday and Saturday.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating two cases where police tried to clear protesters from Ottawa streets on Friday and Saturday.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating two cases where police tried to clear protesters from Ottawa streets on Friday and Saturday.

People with COVID-19 won't be legally required to self-isolate in England starting in the coming week, the British government has announced, as part of a plan for 'living with COVID' that is also likely to see testing for the coronavirus scaled back.

'Not Wordle - Gitksan' is modelled after the popular online game — but features words in Gitxsanimx, the language of the Gitxsan Nation in northwestern B.C.

'Not Wordle - Gitksan' is modelled after the popular online game — but features words in Gitxsanimx, the language of the Gitxsan Nation in northwestern B.C.

Behind a police fence and concrete barricades, Ottawa's snowy downtown woke to the first quiet morning since a convoy of protesters rolled into the city more than three weeks ago.

The snowy streets of downtown Ottawa near Parliament Hill will likely remain off-limits to vehicles for the near future as Ottawa police say they're working to ensure no further protesters return.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Queen Elizabeth, 95, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms but expects to continue light duties this week, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday.

For the seven Indian migrants who survived walking over the border from southern Manitoba into the United States last month, there could still be a difficult journey ahead, advocates say.

A woman and three children died as the result of a house fire Saturday on Nova Scotia's South Shore.

Russia extended military drills near Ukraine's northern borders on Sunday amid increased fears that two days of sustained shelling along the contact line between soldiers and Russia-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion. Ukraine's president appealed for a ceasefire.

Russia extended military drills near Ukraine's northern borders on Sunday amid increased fears that two days of sustained shelling along the contact line between soldiers and Russia-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion. Ukraine's president appealed for a ceasefire.

Russia extended military drills near Ukraine's northern borders on Sunday amid increased fears that two days of sustained shelling along the contact line between soldiers and Russia-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion. Ukraine's president appealed for a ceasefire.

The Belarusian minister said the decision had been taken "in connection with the increase in military activity near the external borders" of Russia and Belarus and because of rising tension in the Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed in a call on Sunday on the need to find a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis, Macron's office said on Sunday.

U.S. President Joe Biden has agreed "in principle" to a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as long as that country holds off on what U.S. officials believe is an imminent assault on Ukraine.

With the settlement in the sex abuse lawsuit launched by lawyers for Virginia Giuffre against Prince Andrew, a public airing of the allegations at the heart of the legal action won't happen.

Mayor Jim Watson says any vehicles seized during the police crackdown on the three-week occupation of the downtown should be sold to cover costs incurred by the city.

The Porter, a new CBC and BET series, looks at Black railway porters of the 1920s. It's a rare on screen adaptation of Black Canadian history, which industry insiders believe could help showcase the importance and validity of that history.

The Porter, a new CBC and BET miniseries, looks at Black railway porters of the 1920s. It's a rare on screen adaptation of Black Canadian history, which industry insiders believe could help showcase the importance and validity of that history.

Black students and faculty have long seen fewer Black youth pursue and continue in STEM than other groups. Only in recent years has there been more support for a concerted, national effort to figuring out why.

A subdivision in Mississauga was built on the site of a 700-year-old Indigenous village. Now the city wants to work with area First Nations to find a way to commemorate it.

CBC News photojournalist Evan Mitsui captured the scenes in downtown Ottawa as police confronted protesters around Parliament Hill. Scroll through his images of the day in the nation’s capital.

Officers on horseback rode down Rideau Street in Ottawa late Friday afternoon, leading to two people being knocked over — and a persistent yet false social media rumour that one woman had been trampled.

Officers on horseback rode down Rideau Street in Ottawa late Friday afternoon, leading to two people being knocked over — and a persistent yet false social media rumour that one woman had been trampled.

Eight months after she and three members of her family died in what police say was a hate-motivated attack in London, Ont., the legacy of 15-year-old Yumnah Afzaal continues to inspire change and healing.

Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta will launch a court challenge against the federal government's invoking of the Emergencies Act.

Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta will launch a court challenge against the federal government's invoking of the Emergencies Act.