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Candice Servatius claimed the Alberni School District infringed upon her children’s religious rights with a smudging demonstration and a hoop dance at their school. The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that their rights were not infringed.

A former Olympic athlete with a history of fighting against abuse in sport says she wants an inquiry into amateur sport in Canada to address the systemic sexual, physical and verbal abuse of athletes.

Beth Amiro made a remarkable discovery the other day. She found her grandmother's initials stitched into the lining of a vintage fur coat that was found at a thrift store.

A new study from Dalhousie University shows that family doctors who entered the profession recently are not taking on fewer patients or having less contact with patients than those who started out two decades ago.

Brittney Griner picked up a basketball for the first time in 10 months, following her release from a Russian penal colony during a prisoner swap, but she is yet to decide whether she'll return to the WNBA, her agent says.

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said Monday the risk of not rising rates enough and having inflation run wild is greater than the risk of raising them too much and fueling a recession.

Manitoba MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr has died after a battle with cancer.

Polls have closed in a federal byelection in a coveted Greater Toronto Area riding on Monday.

A federal byelection is taking place today in a coveted Greater Toronto Area riding. The contest in Mississauga-Lakeshore is the first under Pierre Poilievre's Conservative leadership.

The CBC Decision Desk projects that Liberal Candidate Charles Sousa will win the federal byelection in Mississauga Lakeshore on Monday evening.

Hockey Canada has named its slate of nine nominees to serve a one-year term on its board of directors. Hockey Canada members will vote Saturday whether to accept or reject the entire slate of candidates.

The SickKids ICU is at 120 per cent capacity and has been under immense pressure for weeks. Pediatric hospitals across the province are in similar situations as they've seen a huge surge in children with respiratory illnesses.

A hunk of space rock that blazed across the Alberta sky in February 2021 is helping researchers better understand a cluster of icy objects floating along the farthest reaches of the solar system.

Statistics Canada says the amount Canadian households owe relative to their income rose to 183.3 per cent in the third quarter of this year, up from 182.6 per cent in the previous quarter.

After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return by showering nominations on The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

As work continues to try to solve nurse and doctor shortages in the neighbouring Vancouver Island communities of Port Hardy and Port McNeill, an old idea has resurfaced: shut down one ER in the short-term and pool resources to keep the other one open.

Twenty years after officers raided a gay bathhouse, the Calgary Police Service and members of its gender and sexual diversity advisory committee are offering help to expunge the records of several bathhouse patrons in a bid to foster reconciliation.

Nearly 8,000 study permits issued in 2022 as more and more people leave the city amid China’s growing control over the region.

Saskatchewan recorded the Indigenous homicide victims in the country last year, and set a new provincial record, data shows. This is not a new issue, experts told CBC News.

Iran hanged a man in public on Monday who had been convicted of killing two members of security forces, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported, the second execution linked to anti-government protests in less than a week.

Advocates want the provincial government to make its holiday traditions more inclusive — but they say the answer isn’t to do away with Christmas celebrations.

Permafrost thaw will mean an increase in greenhouse gas emissions over the next century, potentially as much as another large industrial nation. We take a look at its impact on emissions, but also its direct effect on the Arctic landscape.

In early 2020, the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone became the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack — one that involved a fake company tricking over a dozen students and new Canadians into acting as intermediaries to bilk the municipality out of more than $450,000.

In early 2020, the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone became the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack — one that involved a fake company tricking over a dozen students and new Canadians into acting as intermediaries to bilk the municipality out of more than $470,000.

A London, Ont., man is frustrated after receiving debt notices from the Canada Revenue Agency, saying he has to pay back $2,000 he received in CERB payments back in 2020.

Canadian Blood Services is urging Black Canadians to help diversify its registry for blood and stem cell donors. But one expert says that call needs to include an acknowledgement of historical harm the organization has done to the Black community.

Sure, donating to food banks around Christmas makes people feel good, but it's a temporary fix. 

Canada's immigration ministry has assigned tens of thousands of applicants to immigration officers or placeholder codes that are inactive and no longer working within their system — some who've last logged in and actively worked on files 16 years ago, CBC News has learned.

Canada's immigration ministry has assigned tens of thousands of applicants to immigration officers or placeholder codes that are inactive and no longer working within their system — some who've last logged in and actively worked on files 16 years ago, CBC News has learned.

The nights are longer as the cold weather settles in, but that’s a good thing if you love to stargaze. And this week is a perfect time to turn your eyes to the skies. On Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, the most active meteor shower of the year peaks.

This week marks five years since Toronto billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman were killed in their home, and their son — Jonathon Sherman — has announced he’s adding $25 million to the reward set up to help solve the case.

A rush to electric cars may put the cart before the horse, say experts. While EVs are the sexy side of energy transition, they come with many costs and problems. As one critic said, "EVs are here to save the car industry, not the planet."

The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms across Canada, with one forestry expert and the head of the Canadian Christmas Tree Association saying the sector that's already undergoing shifts will need to adapt.

Dec. 11, 2022 | A successful splashdown brings NASA one step closer to returning to the moon. Plus, tracking Putin’s shifting Ukraine war propaganda.

The remnants of one of the worst maritime disasters in the Pacific Northwest, including an estimated $10 million worth of gold, could soon be recovered and put in a museum.

The remnants of one of the worst maritime disasters in the Pacific Northwest, including an estimated $10 million worth of gold, could soon be recovered and put in a museum.