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Western nations, including Canada, announced sweeping new sanctions against Moscow on Saturday, including kicking some Russian banks off the main global payments system

The family of Raif Badawi is counting down the days until his possible release, 10 years after he was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for promoting liberal views of Islam.

Canadians continue to show support for Ukraine and its fierce and urgent battle against a Russian invasion that has tossed life there into sudden chaos.

Canadians continue to show support for Ukraine and its fierce and urgent battle against a Russian invasion that has tossed life there into sudden chaos.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich handed over the "stewardship and care" of the Premier League club to its charitable foundation trustees on Saturday in an apparent move to fend off calls for him to completely give up control following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Most remaining public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Tuesday as the province proceeds with the second phase of moving to an endemic approach to COVID-19.

On Tuesday the province announced $22 million in new funding to be distributed to up to 50 sexual assault response programs across the province over the next three years.

Russia on Saturday warned it could react to new sanctions imposed by the West by opting out of its last remaining nuclear arms pact and cutting diplomatic ties.

Russia on Saturday warned it could react to new sanctions imposed by the West by opting out of its last remaining nuclear arms pact and cutting diplomatic ties.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is the latest target of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, with the United States, Canada and European allies announcing they are adding direct measures against him and his foreign minister.

Demontrators are taking to the streets in cities around the world to denounce Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demand peace.

Environment Minister Benoit Charette says his government will forge ahead with a plan to relax regulations on nickel emissions in line with European standards, despite pushback from a wide array of groups.

An international student in Brampton has won more than $16,000 in unpaid wages after going public with her labour battle with the operators of a local restaurant.

The rapid turnaround in Alberta’s fiscal fortunes — easily the largest in the province's history — obviously matters for Albertans, but Canadians everywhere should also care, writes economist Trevor Tombe.

The U.S. Department of the Interior is moving to replace the use of an Indigenous slur in more than 660 place names, but the word remains in use for 20 locations in Canada.

Russia's military is generally considered to be the second-most powerful in the world, behind the United States. Ukraine ranks 22nd. That power imbalance that is on stark display as Vladimir Putin's forces speed towards Kyiv.

Countries around the world have placed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, and some are also calling for Moscow to be banned from the international banking system SWIFT. Here's the impact an expulsion from the Belgian-based financial transfer platform could have on Russia and other countries.

Keithy Antoine was driving her two children to daycare and thinking about her future, when an empty storefront caught her eye. That was six years ago. She's been building spaces in Montreal for Black businesses and artists ever since.

Scarborough, the coming-of-age film adapted from the Catherine Hernandez novel, is a beautiful — if slightly meandering — tale of community support.

A hidden-camera investigation into the business of life coaching by CBC’s Marketplace found that some coaches are doing more than just helping people meet goals — they're offering advice about mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression, even though they are not qualified to do so.

Astronomers around the world are concerned about a handful of commercial companies proposing to flood low-Earth orbit with tens of thousands of satellites. So they've joined forces to try to protect an oft-forgotten natural environment: our night sky.

Countries around the world have placed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, and some are also calling for Moscow to be banned from the international banking system SWIFT. Here's the impact an expulsion from the Belgian-based financial transfer platform could have on Russia and other countries.

Countries around the world have placed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, and some are also calling for Moscow to be banned from the international banking system SWIFT. Here's the impact an expulsion from the Belgian-based financial transfer platform could have on Russia and other countries.

Canada's ability to track new and existing variants is in jeopardy with testing access still heavily restricted — leaving us vulnerable to pandemic whiplash from new and existing variants.

Canada's ability to track new and existing variants is in jeopardy with testing access still heavily restricted — leaving us vulnerable to pandemic whiplash from new and existing variants.

Canada's ability to track new and existing variants is in jeopardy with testing access still heavily restricted — leaving us vulnerable to pandemic whiplash from new and existing variants.

Google says its latest phone, the Pixel 6, uses artificial intelligence to take better exposure and more realistic skin colour for people with darker complexions. Beyond the marketing, experts say this is important given historical bias in photography, dating back to film designed to capture light skin.

A hidden-camera investigation into the business of life coaching by CBC’s Marketplace found that some coaches are doing more than just helping people meet goals — they're offering advice about mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression, even though they are not qualified to do so.

Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday demanding that Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops, a defeat the United States and its supporters knew was inevitable but said would highlight Russia's global isolation.

North American oil prices fell on Friday after U.S. President Joe Biden’s government signalled it won’t sanction Russian crude oil because of the impact it could have on pump prices.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has shuffled his cabinet, moving Kaycee Madu to the labour and immigration portfolio. Tyler Shandro takes over from Madu as minister of justice and solicitor general.

Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday.