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Ketamine helped one police officer get through a childhood trauma. Some experts say psychedelics could help those with PTSD but much more research is needed.

The federal government is preparing to transform its industrial policy in a bid to shelter Canada’s production of electric-vehicle batteries from the threat of billions in new subsidies that are being offered in the United States, sources said.

A new report says there is no evidence that Thomas Lagarde dit St. Jean, a man born in the early 1800s near Montreal, was in fact Algonquin. This is significant, because more than 1,000 Canadians claim to be Algonquin because Lagarde is one of their ancestors. 

A new report says there is no evidence that Thomas Lagarde dit St. Jean, a man born in the early 1800s near Montreal, was in fact Algonquin. This is significant, because more than 1,000 Canadians claim to be Algonquin because Lagarde is one of their ancestors. 

The twin brother of an Ottawa-born man currently detained in Russia says his family is elated that U.S. basketball Brittney Griner has returned home, but notes "we have to be patient" when it comes to achieving similar result for their loved one.

Canada's premiers are demanding Ottawa shoulder what they argue is the federal government's fair share when it comes to health-care costs across the country.

A Prince Edward Island farm family is suing the federal government over how their income tax records were handled during an investigation into a 2016 fish kill

CBC News spent a day inside an Ontario hospital where the pediatric unit is regularly over-capacity and staff are bracing for at least a 20 per cent increase in adult admissions compared with a typical flu season.

Quebec's legislature has passed a law putting an end to the requirement that members swear an oath to the King.

Rick Snyder, a Republican who left office in 2019, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty. He was the first person in Michigan's history to be charged for alleged crimes related to service as governor.

Hundreds of thousands of Ontarians' information may have been compromised in a data breach of the province's vaccine management system.

J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty in October to a state count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. In exchange, a charge of aiding and abetting murder was dropped.

The Pfizer-BioNTech "bivalent" shot protects against the most prevalent subvariants of Omicron, BA.4 and BA.5, and is the first approved for use in children between the ages of five and 11.

The Pfizer-BioNTech "bivalent" shot protects against the most prevalent subvariants of Omicron, BA.4 and BA.5, and is the first approved for use in children between the ages of five and 11.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says it ordered a shutdown of the Keystone oil pipeline this week, after a leak of 14,000 barrels of crude oil was discovered in northeastern Kansas.

A filmmaker has accused Canadian writer Leah McLaren of sexual assault, saying that Penguin Random House Canada knowingly published a memoir by McLaren that depicts the alleged incident as consensual.

The former CEO of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said he is willing to testify under oath to lawmakers about what happened, but warned that he will be unable to answer all of their questions.

For several weeks after being attacked by a dog while campaigning in this year's municipal election, St. Catharines city councillor Joe Kushner says he felt support from members of the community. Now thousands have signed a petition for the release of 'Rocky.'

Croatia knocked Brazil out of the men's World Cup, beating the five-time champions 4-2 in a penalty shootout on Friday in the quarter-finals in Qatar.

The lawyer appointed to help make the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal more transparent in the way it handles allegations of abuse against clergy says her job is being undermined by those inside the church.

Bailey White shares her experiences bringing her son to the Janeway Children's Heath and Rehabilitation Centre in St. John's as respiratory illness spike.

A girl named Madeline, with a vivid imagination and remarkable awareness of how bureaucracy can dash dreams, got her wish when she asked Los Angeles animal control authorities for a licence to own a unicorn — if she's able to find one.

Toronto police have identified a woman who died after Thursday's double stabbing at High Park subway station. A Toronto man is now facing two charges in connection with the attack, according to police.

Canada will need to speed up regulatory decisions on critical mineral projects if it wants to become a global leader in battery manufacturing, electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels, says a new national strategy being released today.

Russia is banning 200 prominent Canadians from entering the country in a direct response to sanctions announced by Ottawa, the foreign ministry in Moscow said Friday.

Canada on Friday imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, Iran and Myanmar, citing alleged human rights violations by their governments.

Brittney Griner disembarked from a plane in Texas early Friday, nearly 10 months after the basketball star was detained in Russia and became the most high-profile American jailed abroad.

The 115-year-old home was destroyed by fire. It had been abandoned and boarded up for several years, and there was no power going to the house.

River Stone Recovery Centre in downtown Fredericton opened in July 2020 and started their injectable opioid agonist treatment program in October of that year. According to an internal survey, 90 per cent of patients in treatment for more than six months found positive changes in their lives because of the program.

Emancipation, a gritty retelling of a true story of an enslaved man, could be seen as Will Smith's way back into the Oscars. But looking at it in the context of a burgeoning field of slave narratives, Emancipation's lack of nuance feels not only lazy, but exploitative.

A recent report from Ontario's auditor general cited concerns ranging from a failure to track and analyze complaints, to a board of directors almost exclusively made up of industry representatives.

Half-way through the Netflix docuseries focused on Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, there is a sense that this telling of their story is in many ways an effort to continue to shape a well-trodden ground of grievance against the Royal Family and raise repeated concerns about issues such as racism and media intrusion into their lives. What comes next is less clear.

Local ecologists hope the city hosting COP15 this month will lead to the expansion of more green spaces in Montreal, and more citizen involvement in maintaining them. They want officials around the world to understand the importance of supporting wildlife — not just outside of cities, but within them as well. 

Some Jewish community members say the non-Jewish community has been too silent regarding antisemitism. And that tepid response, particularly from progressive groups, some suggest, comes from a misguided view that Jews are part of the white privilege cohort and should not be seen as oppressed.

A coroner’s jury has reached its verdict in the death of 17-year-old Traevon Chalifoux-Desjarlais in a group home in Abbotsford, B.C., recommending more family-based services for children in care and faster action when those children go missing.

B.C.’s provincial health officer is promising weekly updates on the number of children who’ve died after contracting influenza following confirmation that six deaths have already been reported so far this fall.

A man who stabbed his wife to death on a busy Winnipeg street in 1994 has been granted day parole for the first time in five years and will be allowed to visit seven municipalities in B.C.’s Fraser Valley.

It took seven years for Fabian Henry to win an appeal decision awarding him a critical injury benefit specifically for PTSD acquired after a Canadian Forces tour in Afghanistan.

The Assembly of First Nations' annual winter gathering concluded Thursday evening with progress on a few key issues, one emotional show of unity, backlogged resolutions and outstanding questions about the national advocacy organization's internal political and legal struggles.

An unlicensed, Indigenous-owned cannabis retail store has opened its first urban location in London, Ont., potentially setting the stage for a major test of Ontario's cannabis retail laws.

Local ecologists hope the city hosting COP15 this month will lead to the expansion of more green spaces in Montreal, and more citizen involvement in maintaining them. They want officials around the world to understand the importance of supporting wildlife — not just outside of cities, but within them as well. 

Local ecologists hope the city hosting COP15 this month will lead to the expansion of more green spaces in Montreal, and more citizen involvement in maintaining them. They want officials around the world to understand the importance of supporting wildlife — not just outside of cities, but within them as well. 

Lava from the world's largest volcano is no longer an imminent threat to the main highway across the Big Island of Hawaii, scientists said Thursday, a development that was a welcome reprieve for motorists who depend on the road.

Art-generating AIs are trained on datasets of millions of images scraped from the internet, including ones that are copyrighted or watermarked. But the artists who created them never gave their permission — and they don't get a cut of the profit.

Even after filing a police report and spending hours on the phone with Walmart customer service, Hassan Gerami, 77, and Maliheh Banej Shafiei, 72, still owe more than $4,000 on their Walmart Rewards Mastercard.