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Former governor general Adrienne Clarkson has formally returned her Russian Order of Friendship to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The lawyer for the RCMP official accused of preparing to leak sensitive information is seeking to have at least part of the case against him stayed.

A six-person jury has ruled the death of Jeremy Nuvviaq a homicide. Nuvviaq was just 39 when he was shot and killed by police in Sanirajak, Nunavut, in May of 2017.

A search for potential unmarked burials and graves at a former residential school site in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., will begin March 31, Indigenous leaders say.

A Kentucky jury on Thursday cleared former police officer Brett Hankison of charges that he endangered neighbours by firing shots into an apartment during the 2020 drug raid that left Breonna Taylor dead.

A former Kentucky police officer was found not guilty Thursday on charges he endangered neighbours the night he fired into Breonna Taylor's apartment during a botched drug raid that resulted in Taylor's death.

The Yukon government says a steadily growing economy will keep the territory in the black this year, despite the ongoing costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

American crowdfunding site GiveSendGo is defending its decision to host a fundraiser for the Ottawa convoy protest, telling a parliamentary committee Thursday that the Canadian government never asked it to stop.

Pamela Anderson announces in an Instagram post that she’s telling “the real story” in a new documentary with Netflix.

Ontario’s police watchdog said Thursday its investigation found "no reasonable grounds to believe" the officer who shot Rodger Kotanko in Simcoe, Ont. on Nov. 3 committed a crime.

The police chief in Prince Albert, Sask. says he's listening to the pleas of family members and First Nations leaders demanding answers about the death of a 13-month-old boy.

The Toronto International Film Festival won't be rolling out the red carpet to organizations, official delegations and media outlets supported by the Russian state, as organizers say they intend to "suspend participation" by government-backed groups and cultural ambassadors in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

As Russian troops slowly advanced on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Thursday, some people back in Moscow were attempting to flee to destinations abroad that have not banned flights from Russia, stomaching soaring prices in the rush to escape.

As Russian troops slowly advanced on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Thursday, some people back in Moscow were attempting to flee to destinations abroad that have not banned flights from Russia, stomaching soaring prices in the rush to escape.

As Russian troops slowly advanced on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Thursday, some people back in Moscow were attempting to flee to destinations abroad that have not banned flights from Russia, stomaching soaring prices in the rush to escape.

Federal fisheries officials have launched a large-scale project to track lobster movements along the province's Atlantic coast. It's tagged about 3,000 lobsters from the northern tip of Cape Breton to an area around Halifax.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, the new IPCC report highlights the mental health dimension of climate change, and we look at the movement to protect the night sky.

Canada's top central banker says raising the Bank of Canada's benchmark interest rate may be costly for households, but waiting longer to act would be more costly for the country.

The Ontario Liberal Party  has announced an election promise aimed at capitalizing on the Doug Ford government's failure to reach a deal with the federal government on $10 per day child care.   

An Edmonton man and woman are facing human trafficking charges after a 16-year-old girl told her school counsellor she had been recruited and forced to work in the sex industry.

When he became a mascot to fulfill his father's dream, Richard Raycraft learned more about himself than about his dad.

A new collaboration between media organizations CBC and APTN aims to create more Indigenous content that reaches more Canadians and to improve the hiring and retention of Indigenous creators, the broadcasters announced Thursday. 

Canadian snack company Neal Brothers says orders have gone through the roof as a result of a fight over potato chip prices between Loblaws and Frito-Lay.

With funding from the provincial and federal governments, a Toronto health-care facility is set to build and run a rehabilitation centre dedicated to treating first responders and medical personnel for post-traumatic stress injuries.

It's time for America to stop letting the coronavirus "dictate how we live," President Joe Biden's White House declared Wednesday, outlining a strategy to allow people to return to many normal activities safely after two years of pandemic disruptions.

A group of parents and caregivers of African, Caribbean and Black identifying students in Waterloo region has launched a new council aimed at addressing systemic racism in local schools.

A lawyer for the National Police Federation says RCMP officers who responded to Portapique, N.S., in April 2020 should not be called on to testify at the public inquiry.

It’s been a week since Russia began its broad-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces continue to press their attack on towns and cities across the country, including its capital, Kyiv. Here are some answers to questions CBC has received about the Ukraine crisis.

When she became a teacher, Stephanie Bass writes she knew she would have to defend the value of her history and culture in the classroom.

Economists have attributed inflation to a variety of factors, including supply chain disruptions and labour shortages, but there is a growing sense, particularly in the U.S., that some companies are taking advantage of inflation anxiety to raise prices.

Some Canadians tuning in to hear Joe Biden's state of the union address Tuesday night may have been surprised, and possibly a little disconcerted, about how much prominence the president gave to his Buy American initiatives.

Truck drivers penalized with provincial infractions for their involvement in the weeks-long occupation in downtown Ottawa saw those penalties expire after a week, something critics say is not harsh enough.

Truck drivers penalized with provincial infractions for their involvement in the weeks-long occupation in downtown Ottawa saw those penalties expire after a week, something critics say is not harsh enough.

Out of 200 of the top American donors to the convoy protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa and blocked parts of the Canada-U.S. border, half have names matching those of donors to Republican candidates, the Republican Party or former U.S. President Donald Trump, according to analysis by CBC News.

Conversion therapy may now be illegal in Canada, but a CBC Marketplace hidden-camera investigation is raising questions about just how effective that ban will be in the age of virtual therapy.

The Liberal government’s recent activation of 3,400 soldiers, sailors and aircrew for duty with the NATO Response Force (NRF) has exposed some of the major shortfalls facing the Canadian military in both personnel and equipment.

Preliminary data from Ontario's chief coroner shows there has been a record number of drug-related overdose deaths in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit's catchment area in 2021.

Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from the Winter Paralympic Games for their countries' roles in the war in Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee said Thursday in Beijing.

A man who identifies as Muslim and Indigenous has filed a human rights complaint against a TD Bank in Surrey, B.C., after they refused to accept his government-issued Indian status card and ultimately refused to open a bank account for him last May.

The Conservative Party of Canada will announce its new leader on Sept. 10, a move that opens up the race to candidates other than the presumed front-runner and only declared contender so far, Pierre Poilievre. 

Joshua A. James, an Alabama man affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group pleaded guilty Wednesday to seditious conspiracy for his actions leading up to and through the Jan. 6 riot, making him the first person involved in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol to be convicted of the rarely used charge.

March 2, 2022 | The efforts to help people fleeing war and Ukraine’s homemade defences against Russia. Plus, why Putin drove Russia into war and won't back down.

The three provincially appointed members of the Ottawa Police Services Board have all resigned, meaning the board no longer has any members who were in place prior to the weeks-long protest that took over the city's downtown.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced more Russian sanctions today and met with some of the Ukrainians fleeing Vladmir Putin's bombs on a visit to a Polish-border aid operation. Those arriving are traumatized, and hoping their displacement is temporary.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced more Russian sanctions today and met with some of the Ukrainians fleeing Vladmir Putin's bombs on a visit to a Polish-border aid operation. Those arriving are traumatized, and hoping their displacement is temporary.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced more Russian sanctions today and met with some of the Ukrainians fleeing Vladmir Putin's bombs on a visit to a Polish-border aid operation. Those arriving are traumatized, and hoping their displacement is temporary.

Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko is pleading with Canada and its NATO allies to enforce a no-fly zone above his country as the Russian military intensifies its aerial bombardment.

As Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, allied defence intelligence agencies feared that China would use the conflict in Eastern Europe as a screen to take action against Taiwan, says the head of Canada’s military intelligence branch.

The N.W.T.’s minister of infrastructure confirmed in the Legislative Assembly Wednesday that a plane carrying Russian civilians en route to the High Arctic was grounded in Yellowknife on Tuesday. 

The N.W.T.’s minister of infrastructure confirmed in the Legislative Assembly Wednesday that a plane carrying Russian civilians en route to the High Arctic was grounded in Yellowknife on Tuesday.