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CBC Sports' daily newsletter gets you caught up on a flood of World Cup news, including the health status of Canada's Alphonso Davies and Atiba Hutchinson and rising tensions over Qatar's human-rights record.

A discovery on a beach on Newfoundland's south coast presents a mystery regarding European contact with North America.

Quebec Premier François Legault is providing Quebecers with sums to deal with inflation as he and the other leaders of Canada's provinces and territories are asking Ottawa to increase federal health-care transfers to 35 per cent from 22 per cent, an increase that would give Quebec an additional $6 billion a year.

A high school student from a First Nation in northern Saskatchewan is representing Indigenous communities on the world stage.

The question of whether Quebec's secularism law should be applied in English-language school boards was debated Wednesday as hearings on the law continued before the Quebec Court of Appeal.

Proceedings were paused at the public inquiry looking into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act on Thursday afternoon after a medical incident.

Reacting to claims that China interfered in the 2019 federal election, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has failed to protect Canada’s democracy and Conservative MPs are pushing for a parliamentary committee investigation.

Ontario doctors are advising the public to wear masks indoors and keep up with vaccinations amid a worsening respiratory illness season that's hitting children particularly hard.

Wild animals such as toucans, monkeys, bears and jaguars are openly and increasingly sold on social media platforms, including Facebook and TikTok, as illegal wildlife trafficking in Mexico threatens species in the biodiverse country, a U.S. environmental group said Wednesday.

Dr. Matthew Strauss — an acting medical officer of health in southern Ontario — is suing Queen's University and the head of its medicine department for over $600,000.

The concept of rich countries paying a form of pain and suffering compensation to poorer nations damaged by climate change is gaining some traction at COP27 in Egypt. While a few European countries have already announced contributions, developing nations have much higher expectations.

CBC News will be marking Remembrance Day on Friday with special coverage from Ottawa.

CBC News will be marking Remembrance Day on Friday with special coverage from Ottawa.

Russia's military said Wednesday it will withdraw from the only Ukrainian regional capital it captured, but Kyiv was skeptical and an analyst warned this could be a ruse to lure the country's forces into a deadly trap. A forced pullout from Kherson would mark one of Russia's worst setbacks in the eight month war.

Russia's military announced on Wednesday that it's withdrawing from Ukraine's southern city of Kherson and nearby areas, in what would be another humiliating setback for Moscow's forces in the eight-month-old war.

A small island in Cascumpec Bay off P.E.I.’s North Shore will soon be protected land, and in five years, the Island’s Mi’kmaq will become its permanent stewards.

A woman says her brother was sitting by his TV in his basement suite last February when he was killed by a stray police bullet, calling it the result of "gross negligence" from officers responding to a robbery.

Safety concerns at the upcoming World Cup are shared by many LGBTQ soccer fans and their allies worldwide. Some have been mulling whether to attend the tournament, or even watch it on television.

A Florida-bound storm strengthened into Hurricane Nicole on Wednesday after pounding the Bahamas, and state officials ordered evacuations that included former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.

Tropical storm Nicole forced people from their homes in the Bahamas and threatened to grow into a rare November hurricane in Florida on Wednesday — shutting down theme parks and airports while prompting evacuation orders that included former U.S. president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.

A protester was arrested Wednesday after hurling eggs and vitriol at King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, as they walked in the northern England city of York.

A protester was arrested Wednesday after hurling eggs at King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, as they walked in the northern England city of York.

A protester was arrested Wednesday after hurling eggs at King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, as they walked in the northern England city of York.

Despite a crippling days-long outage to its network that had many Canadians swearing they'd never trust the company again, Rogers managed to actually add 221,000 new customers over the three-month period that included the incident.

Despite a crippling days-long outage to its network that had many Canadians swearing they'd never trust the company again, Rogers managed to actually add 221,000 new customers over the three-month period that included the incident.

A tiny rufous hummingbird apparently didn't get the memo summer was over, prompting a pair of birders to set a trap worthy of a Loony Tunes cartoon to get it to go south.

American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected an appeal of her nine-year sentence last month.

American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected an appeal of her nine-year sentence last month.

Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13 per cent of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees on Wednesday.

When Krista and Kerry O'Brien began renovations on their home in Kitchener, Ont., they never expected to find war memorabilia tucked in the basement's walls. The discovery earlier this fall led to their journey to locate surviving family of the medals' owner: a soldier born Nov. 11, 1912, in Bury, Que.

Norvin Richards vividly remembers the first time he heard Wolastoqey, Roger Paul the first time he heard English. Now friends, these language educators feel more hopeful than ever that this threatened Indigenous language will survive.

The Canadian Press interviewed eight former LGBTQ students from across Canada who attended the college over the last two decades. They said they experienced homophobia, abuse and discrimination that left them fearful and vulnerable.

Norvin Richards vividly remembers the first time he heard Wolastoqey, Roger Paul the first time he heard English. Now friends, these language educators feel more hopeful than ever that this threatened Indigenous language will survive.

The family of Joan Robertson, a Second World War veteran, is questioning why it was so difficult to secure a spot at Camp Hill, a Halifax hospital designed to care for veterans as they age.

The family of Joan Robertson, a Second World War veteran, is questioning why it was so difficult to secure a spot at Camp Hill, a Halifax hospital designed to care for veterans as they age.

Jennyfer Hatch chose medical assistance in dying and Simons captured her perspective on life and death in a new video titled All is Beauty. The retailer says the goal was to get behind a project that was less about commerce and more about values.

Quebec's youth protection agency no longer asks parents who want to adopt a child which race they prefer. The change comes after a Montreal lawyer pointed out that the practice is 'unconstitutional.'

A Mississauga father says his 19-year-old son, Abdullah, who has autism and is non-verbal, has been left traumatized after getting Tasered and handcuffed by Peel police. Majd Darwich is speaking out about how police should respond to people with disabilities.

Our health-care system has been strained for some time now by the ongoing pandemic. This is neither news nor surprising. The fix is more complicated than hiring lost health-care workers or adding more beds.

The events in Ontario over the last week offer only limited solace to those who worry that politicians are increasingly unafraid to use the notwithstanding clause to override judicial rulings on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But in a way, the system worked.

A Mississauga father says his 19-year-old son, Abdullah, who has autism and is non-verbal, has been left traumatized after getting Tasered and handcuffed by Peel police. Majd Darwich is speaking out about how police should respond to people with disabilities.

The mayor of a southern Alberta village where a protest against COVID-19 restrictions closed lanes to the U.S. last winter believed then-premier Jason Kenney was ignoring the severity of the situation, according to texts obtained by the Emergencies Act inquiry.

The mayor of a southern Alberta village where a protest against COVID-19 restrictions closed lanes to the U.S. last winter believed then-premier Jason Kenney was ignoring the severity of the situation, according to texts obtained by the Emergencies Act inquiry.

The rumours are true, Ryan Reynolds wants to buy the Ottawa Senators.

Construction on the largest hydrogen plant in the world will proceed in northeast Edmonton after the provincial and federal governments agreed to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars.

The shock of an unexpected attack may have confused Doug McCallum about some of the detailsa, but a lawyer for the former Surrey mayor says McCallum was correct in the essence of his accusations against the political opponent he accused of running over his foot.

The shock of an unexpected attack may have confused Doug McCallum about some of the detailsa, but a lawyer for the former Surrey mayor says McCallum was correct in the essence of his accusations against the political opponent he accused of running over his foot.

After centuries of inactivity, a volcano in the Alaskan panhandle has awakened from dormancy. Scientists have traced a swarm of minor earthquakes to magma activity below Mount Edgecumbe, around 450 kilometres northwest of Prince Rupert, B.C., but say an eruption is unlikely.

Discussions about special travel exemptions to allow Iranian soccer players and officials to enter Canada continued behind the scenes last spring, even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was publicly denouncing a planned exhibition match with Iran's team, new documents show.