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Divers and law enforcement in the southern U.S. are wondering how a car with New Brunswick plates ended up more than 2,300 kilometres away in an Alabama creek.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers remarks and takes questions alongside senior cabinet ministers.

"This will be our last baby," says Shene Catholique-Valpy, a mother of four living in Yellowknife and one of 75 N.W.T. mothers sent to Alberta to give birth. "It was a traumatic experience, and I can't imagine having to do it again." 

The potential for a war in eastern Europe has made energy prices volatile over investor fears that conflict between Russia and Ukraine could disrupt supplies.

The federal government announced up to $80 million in funding to break down housing supply chain issues in northern and remote communities.

In the works since 2012, the Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik Hybrid Power Plant is in the last phase of its environmental review.

Amalgamated Transit Union Canada is calling on federal, provincial and municipal governments to help create a national framework to tackle the issue of assaults on transit systems.

Amalgamated Transit Union Canada is calling on federal, provincial and municipal governments to help create a national framework to tackle the issue of assaults on transit systems.

A B.C. doctor who's been touring the province and giving public speeches that include false claims about the COVID-19 vaccine is facing a hearing over allegations of professional misconduct.

Ontario long-term care homes, where the majority of residents have three or four COVID-19 vaccine doses, have been spared mass deaths during the Omicron wave despite infection levels similar to those seen in early 2020, according to new figures from the province.

West Lincoln councillors have voted against asking the Ontario township's integrity commissioner to investigate whether Coun. Harold Jonker violated its code of conduct by taking part in the anti-mandate protests around Parliament Hill.

The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., as it prepares for convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week.

A handful of protesters and a couple of vehicles were all that remained Wednesday evening of a protest that blocked part of Memorial Boulevard for nearly three weeks, after Winnipeg police issued a deadline for them to clear out or face consequences.

From June 3 to Sept. 30, travellers will be able to fly directly from Iqaluit to Toronto, and vice-versa, via Canadian North. The CEO of Travel Nunavut calls the news "huge."

To combat slumping ratings, the Oscars are undergoing a radical slimming down, with eight awards to be presented off-air during next month's telecast of the 94th Academy Awards.

As inflation increases many Canadians’ expenses, retail and food industry experts say they expect more shoppers to flock to stores like Dollarama and Dollar Tree, the country’s two biggest dollar store chains.

Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman who sang one of the most enduring hits of the 1960s, A Whiter Shade of Pale, has died. He was 76.

The Ontario Provincial Police said it has launched an internal investigation after members of its police force appeared to have donated to the so called Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

The number of extreme wildfires is expected to increase 30 per cent within the next 28 years. And they are now scorching environments that were not prone to burning in the past, such as the Arctic's tundra and the Amazon rainforest, a new UN report finds.

The likelihood of catastrophic wildfires globally could increase more than 50 per cent by the turn of the century, according to the report from the UN Environment Program, and governments are ill prepared to confront the impacts.

A 10-bed care home just down the street — that's what families with Dementia Network Calgary say they want for their loved ones. They'll be watching Thursday's budget for signs of hope.

Garrick Schmidt offers land-based education through dogsledding in southern Saskatchewan.

Garrick Schmidt offers land-based education through dog sledding in southern Saskatchewan.

Garrick Schmidt's passion to share traditional knowledge is behind the effort.

Saskatchewan Government Insurance’s new option to leave the "sex" field blank on driver's licences and photo identification cards has some members of the province’s gender diverse community weighing the pros and cons.

Volunteer firefighters Greg Muise and Darrell Currie have spent decades rushing into burning homes and never expected their most frightening experience would happen within the walls of their own fire hall at the hands of the RCMP.

Some downtown Ottawa businesses say an end to the weeks-long demonstrations has not meant a return to normal, but instead a continuation of harassment and security concerns, including one restaurant facing backlash over a recent social media post praising people who defied protesters.

Farmers and weather specialists express cautious optimism that this winter's snowfall will ease drought conditions in some parts of Canada's Prairies.

Protesters may no longer be set up in downtown Ottawa but some have relocated elsewhere in the region, with private property owners offering up sites for people to regroup.

After having most of their high school education disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's graduating students faces new challenges inside and outside of the classroom as they prepare to enter post-secondary life.

The convoy has moved on. The challenge of extreme populism remains.

Don Cavers survived for nearly six days in a life-raft on the open water of the Caribbean Sea. The B.C senior was rescued by a passing merchant ship after his sailboat sank.

I love my adult children and elderly mom; I love caring for them, writes Jennifer Oujla. But it’s a job made infinitely more difficult when dismissed by the health-care team.

Each winter, tractor-trailers make their way into remote, fly-in First Nations via crossings over frozen lakes and streams, delivering fuel, building supplies and other large loads that are hard and costly to transport by air. Warm weather in recent years has led to shorter seasons and slushy conditions, but nature has provided a reprieve this year, according to officials. 

When Elysia Bryan-Baynes retired from her job as a Global News anchor two years ago, she expected to spend her time travelling and catching up with loved ones. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the police murder of George Floyd. Bryan-Baynes decided she couldn't sit on the sidelines.

Rapidly rising food prices are putting a strain on household budgets, forcing more people to turn to their communities for their next meal, and grassroots groups are stepping up in new ways to help. 

Feb. 22, 2022 | Russia and Ukraine stare down a dangerous conflict as world leaders clamp down on Russia’s finances.

The office of Governor General Mary Simon is telling Canadians that they can't dissolve the federal government simply by contacting her office.

Horns honked, people cheered — "you could feel the happiness," said CBC Nunavut's Pauline Pemik, as Nunavut elder Raymond Ningeocheak returned home after a year of medical care in Ottawa.

Horns honked, people cheered — "you could feel the happiness," said CBC Nunavut's Pauline Pemik, as Nunavut elder Raymond Ningeocheak returned home after a year of medical care in Ottawa.

More than 200 bank accounts worth nearly $8 million were frozen when the federal government used emergency powers to end a massive protest occupation of downtown Ottawa.