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Dozens of dead crows were spotted in Burnaby, B.C., Monday, and locals who reported them to authorities say crows still alive in the area were also acting strange.

The Trudeau government has shown strong backing for Peru's newly-inaugurated president, Dina Boluarte, who was sworn in after elected president Pedro Castillo attempted to suspend the constitution and rule without Congress. Instead he found himself deposed by Congress and jailed on charges of rebellion.

The Canada Border Service Agency says a seizure of almost 2,500 kilograms of opium at the Port of Vancouver is the largest in the agency's history. The RCMP puts the estimated street value of the drug at more than $50 million.

Canadians who don't file their income tax returns are sometimes shocked to find out how much money they're owed by the government for years of missed benefits, says the head of a non-profit organization working to build financial literacy among low-income people.

Nova Scotia Public Health is declaring an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Shirreff Hall, a residence at Dalhousie University, after two cases were detected including a student who died suddenly.

In a season of political cynicism, Colette Martin witnessed what felt to her like a legislative miracle on Friday morning. Martin watched as Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy gave royal assent to a bill that might have spared her years of pain and trauma, had it been on the books in 1997.

The brother of two women killed more than a decade apart — Sommer Boudreau, 39, and Ashley Boudreau, 24 — hopes that by sharing his family's nightmare, other families might be spared it.

Dozens of residents took part in a march on Friday morning in honour of a seven-year-old girl who was killed earlier this week in a hit-and-run.

Shopify has cancelled plans to move some of its staff into a quarter of a million square feet of office space in a high profile development in downtown Toronto.

Eighty-six more New Brunswickers have died from COVID-19 than previously reported, the Department of Health announced Friday.

A Toronto man has been charged after an FBI investigation uncovered an alleged scheme to use online campaigns disguised as humanitarian efforts to raise money for ISIS.

A veterinary shortage across Canada has left the Great Slave Animal Hospital in Yellowknife unable to offer emergency services, which were originally paused last February.

Brittney Griner said she's "grateful" to be back in the United States and plans on playing basketball again next season for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. Her comments came a week after she was released from a Russian prison, freed in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange.

The global stockpile of cholera vaccines the World Health Organization helps manage is "currently empty or extremely low," a WHO official says.

The province’s commissioner of systemic racism is calling for "a task force focused on dismantling systemic racism in New Brunswick policing," but stops short of recommending a public inquiry into systemic racism against Indigenous peoples.

Retail organizations, merchants and tobacco industry officials estimate between 30 and 50 per cent of tobacco sales in B.C. are contraband products, and they are calling on governments and police to crack down on the organized crime groups that sell them.

A St. Catharines, Ont., family thought their dreams of buying a home and moving to Newfoundland were crushed after UPS lost their $14,000 bank draft.

CBC Hamilton can revel some of what jurors didn't hear since they're sequestered while they reach a verdict.

U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports that autonomous robotaxis run by General Motors' Cruise LLC can stop too quickly or unexpectedly stop moving, potentially stranding passengers.

Angel Freedman is founder and president of Fill a Purse For a Sister, a campaign to donate bags of toiletries and other personal necessities to victims of domestic violence.

"The world is running out of water," Makasa Looking Horse says, and if we don't take action soon, it will be too late.

A huge aquarium in Berlin burst on Friday, causing glass, water and hundreds of tropical fish to spill out of the Sea Life tourist attraction in the heart of the German capital.

The movie Avatar broke box-office records in 2009 … but did it have a lasting impact? As the sequel debuts, we’re diving into James Cameron’s magnum opus.

Canada's Maggie Mac Neil set a new world record on her way to her second gold medal at the world short course championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday.

Canada's Maggie Mac Neil set a new world record on her way to her second gold medal at the world short course championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday.

An acupuncturist on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast has been found guilty of misconduct for performing blood-letting on her patients, even though she has been banned from doing the procedure for the last decade because of issues with hygiene.

Abacus Data survey completed this month found that 38 per cent of Alberta respondents would cast their ballot for the provincial NDP, while 32 per cent would vote for the UCP.

An acupuncturist on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast has been found guilty of misconduct for performing blood-letting on her patients, even though she has been banned from doing the procedure for the last decade because of issues with hygiene.

Gunfire from air defence systems and thudding explosions combined with the wail of air-raid sirens as the barrage targeted critical infrastructure in cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporhizhzhia.

Russia fired dozens of missiles at infrastructure in Ukraine on Friday, forcing emergency power shutdowns across the country amid freezing temperatures and killing and wounding people in their homes in the south, Ukrainian officials said.

Russia fired dozens of missiles at infrastructure in Ukraine on Friday, forcing emergency power shutdowns across the country amid freezing temperatures and killing and wounding people in their homes in the south, Ukrainian officials said.

It's no secret that grocery prices in Canadian northern communities like Fond Du Lac are high due to the cost of transportation. But inflation has driven those prices into unmanageable territory, according to residents.

It's no secret that grocery prices in Canadian northern communities like Fond Du Lac are high due to the cost of transportation. But inflation has driven those prices into unmanageable territory, according to residents.

Alleged serial killer Jeremy Skibicki frequented soup kitchens and homeless shelters in Winnipeg's inner city, meeting women whom he would take home to his apartment, according to numerous sources.

People in Nova Scotia are hosting sober parties while more people become interested in the idea of sobriety.

Families making plans to gather for the holidays should consider getting vaccinated against influenza now, health experts say, as well stay up to date on other immunizations as part of their preparations.

Ottawa police say criminal groups behind vehicle thefts won't stop until cars are made harder to steal, and right now they have a very difficult time recovering vehicles that are stolen.

For more than a year, a Mexican family of three risked being arrested and deported each time it stepped outside a church in Sherbrooke, Que. That family has received some good news in time for the holidays.

The holidays are a busy time for travel, maybe more so this year with almost no restrictions and many people flying for the first time since the pandemic started. Travel numbers aren’t quite back to pre-pandemic levels, but they’re getting pretty close. Here are some tips to make it less stressful.

Rocky the dog, a 170-pound American Alsatian who attacked a St. Catharines city councillor and had thousands of supporters, will be returned to his owners with a promise he will wear a muzzle and remain on leash when off property.

Avatar is the most successful film of all time. So how does James Cameron's much-antipated sequel compare? It's Avatar, but amplified, says Eli Glasner.

Canada's abundant supply of Paxlovid, the potentially life-saving COVID-19 treatment, has largely gone unused — an oversight that experts say has likely caused a number of unnecessary deaths.

How's this for a lopsided record in targeting forced labour: 2,398 for the U.S., 1 for Canada. Both countries promised in the new NAFTA to stop illicit goods, but only one has acted. U.S. efforts are only ramping up, while Canada risks trade penalties if it doesn't catch up, a Liberal MP warns.

Stacey Roy of Kelowna, B.C., and Nick Della Mora of Toronto, Ont., were crowned the winners of Fox TV's Lego Masters Season 3 in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new owner Elon Musk, including reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other publications.

Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new owner Elon Musk, including reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other publications.

Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new owner Elon Musk, including reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other publications.

Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new owner Elon Musk, including reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other publications.

Five Louisiana police officers now face charges including negligent homicide in the death of Ronald Greene. They are the first charges to emerge from a death authorities initially blamed on a car crash before body-camera video showed officers beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist.

Five Louisiana police officers now face charges including negligent homicide in the death of Ronald Greene. They are the first charges to emerge from a death authorities initially blamed on a car crash before body-camera video showed officers beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist.