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Bruce MacDonald, the colour commentator for a Port Alberni radio station's broadcast of the match between the Alberni Valley Bulldogs and the Langley Rivermen, has been fired after making a disparaging comment against Rivermen forward Owen Kim during the game.

Mohamedou Ould Slahi is suing the federal government for its alleged role in his 14-year detention in Guantanamo Bay.

Thousands jammed into Rio de Janeiro's iconic Sambadrome on Saturday for Carnival celebrations. Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools began strutting their stuff late Friday, which was the first evening of the two-night spectacle.

Some advocates are concerned that an upcoming review of federal spending could have an impact on social spending that helps women and marginalized people.

The 23-year-old Torontonian — or is that Haligonian? — tutor earned the eighth-longest streak in the TV game show's regular-season history Friday with 14 consecutive wins, and her fellow Canadians are taking note.

As a new wave of newcomers arrives from the Ukraine, educators and settlement workers are highlighting what's needed to support young students to continue their studies successfully in Canada.

A tour boat with 26 people aboard was missing in rough and cold waters off northern Japan on Saturday after issuing a distress call and reporting to be sinking, the coast guard said.

Patients and physicians in Greater Victoria say the fee-for-service system is discouraging physicians from practising family medicine and making it difficult for residents in the region to find a family doctor.

The truck convoy protest that gummed up Ottawa's streets and sorely tested residents' patience for weeks led to an unprecedented spike in complaints against Ottawa police officers during the first three months of 2022.

The European Union reached a landmark deal early Saturday to take aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content.

Skookum Jim, also known as Jim Mason, discovered gold in the Bonanza Creek in 1897, leading to the Klondike gold rush. He's now the namesake of a main-belt asteroid that orbits with other asteroids in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. 

The Hudson's Bay Co.'s transfer of its downtown Winnipeg building to the Southern Chiefs' Organization signals a change in the degree to which leaders will tolerate the continuing decay of the inner city.

Recordings made decades ago by the CBC Northern Service provided an important boost to the music scene in the North, and remain an important archive.

The Nunavut Quest is an annual springtime event in the Baffin region but it was cancelled the last two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a little girl, Jennifer Fotheringham was shushed for asking about cancer. As a grown woman, she was dismissed for asking about a mammogram. Now as a cancer survivor, she knows not to be silenced.

Two opposition MLAs have called on the Speaker of the House to rule on the conduct of Premier Tim Houston and one of his cabinet ministers, and whether their actions amount to intimidation and a breach of the rules.

America's top diplomat in Ottawa says he’s been assured Canada will follow through this year on crucial investments to modernize its Arctic defence, even though this month’s budget didn’t include money for that work.

An online vigil will be held Saturday to commemorate the victims of the 2018 Yonge Street van attack. A survivor who spoke to CBC Metro Morning hopes those who were injured and the families of the dead can finally move past the tragic event.

Vancouver artist Stan Douglas has a two-part show at this year's version of the esteemed Venice Biennale: the photographic series 2011 ≠ 1848 and the video installation ISDN.

Some groups supporting people with schizophrenia are erasing the name of the illness from their organization’s name. It's a controversial decision that they say is being done to combat stigma — but others suggest it only reinforces it.

Seventy-seven people died in police pursuits over a 10-year period in Canada, according to a study by an independent public watchdog.

People with disabilities have a higher poverty rate and a lower rate of employment than the overall population. Advocates say it is a longstanding, systemic problem and inflation makes it worse.

While industry and transportation have long been labelled as major carbon culprits, some environmental advocates are trying to raise awareness about another troubling source, especially in dense, urban areas — buildings.

Vancouver artist Stan Douglas has a two-part show at this year's version of the esteemed Venice Biennale: the photographic series 2011 ≠ 1848 and the video installation ISDN.

Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest says his focus in the race is on signing up new party members and putting forth policy proposals — not drawing big crowds to rallies.

Shaquille Murray-Lawrence says his dream to compete for Canada at this year's Beijing Olympics was thwarted by systemic discrimination within Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and that he lost his position on team someone he out-performed.

Sigon Nottaway, 10, wants to be an actress, and is using bush skills demonstrations to practise her performing chops.

It took the Russian military over a week to acknowledge that one serviceman died and two dozen others were missing after one of its flagship cruisers sank in the Black Sea, reportedly the result of a Ukrainian missiles strike.

Three groups are vying to buy the British soccer club Chelsea — one of them involves Canadian sports tycoon Larry Tanenbaum, who already owns the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors. The soccer club was put up for sale after the British government sanctioned its former owner, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.

Plastic bags will no longer be available at Walmart stores across Canada, a move some experts say is to get ahead of Ottawa’s proposed ban on disposable plastics slated to take effect later this year.

The Viking Octantis was greeted with excitement by locals and businesses in Charlottetown on Friday, marking the first cruise ship to visit a port in Atlantic Canada since fall 2019.

Ahead of France’s presidential election on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron positioned himself as the only candidate to stop the far right, while Marine Le Pen pledged to preserve national sovereignty.

April 22, 2022 | Remembering Canadian hockey legend Guy Lafleur and the legacy he leaves behind. Plus, Walmart phases out plastic bags in Canada.

Canada launched the UN's Decade of Indigenous Languages in Ottawa on Friday with an event hosted by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon.

Canada's top athletes are willing to repair breaches in trust with those who manage them, say their leaders, but the question is how.

Cochrane RCMP were called Friday to the scene of a fatal plane crash at Springbank Airport near Highway 1, west of Calgary in Rocky View County.

A tiny B.C. First Nation waging an epic court battle over Aboriginal land title says the province is ignoring its own newly minted directives on how to handle lawsuits involving Indigenous peoples.

Members of the Muslim community are condeming Edmonton police for revealing the locations of two mosques where packages of suspicious white powder were delivered. 

Vancouver Fire and Rescue Service said crews have been proceeding carefully because fire damage rendered the structure unsafe for a full-scale search.

Representatives of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, along with provincial government officials, were in Kitigan Zibi Friday to meet with the family of Gladys Tolley and apologize.