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Workers helping people navigate the claim process are worried some people entitled to compensation may fall through the cracks by missing the deadline.

The government will review $66 million worth of contracts it awarded to management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.

Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player's guitar player, has died. He was 78.

Emails obtained by The Canadian Press under freedom of information laws give some insight into how Regina police responded following the stabbings on Sept. 4, which left 11 dead and 18 injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon, Sask.

You don’t have to be a genius to be good memory sports, say two Canadians competing on the world stage. In fact, you don’t even have to have a particularly good memory.

Hassan Al Kontar made headlines around the world in 2018 when he was stranded in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport, then jailed in that country before a sponsor from Whistler, B.C., helped him find asylum in Canada.

The RCMP denies it conspired with a natural gas pipeline builder and a private security firm in a campaign designed to harass Wet'suwet'en people off their unceded territory in northern British Columbia, court filings say.

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and other provinces will have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to empty storerooms full of hand sanitizer sent by the federal government in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Winter months usually bring round dances and kahomni dances to Indigenous communities, but COVID-19 put them on hold.

In arguably the biggest test of the new NAFTA, Canada and Mexico have defeated the U.S. in a major dispute involving automobiles and calculating the origin of parts. It's seen as an early litmus test of the new trade pact.

Toronto police investigators are asking for the public’s help in tracking down anyone who was assaulted by a group of teenage girls on Line 1 of the TTC back in December.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference after meeting with his American and Mexican counterparts in Mexico City.

Canadian Jeopardy! champion Mattea Roach will face off against other elite players in a new spinoff picked up by ABC.

Iran has sentenced a former deputy defence minister who holds dual Iranian-British citizenship to death on charges of spying for Britain, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.

Tatjana Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and '90s and appeared in George Michael's Freedom! '90 music video, has died at age 56.

Storm-ravaged California scrambled to clean up and repair widespread damage on Wednesday as the lashing rain eased in many areas, although thunderstorms led a new atmospheric river into the northern half of the state.

In nominations to its 29th annual awards, the Screen Actors Guild heaped honours on the casts of the anarchic indie hit Everything Everywhere All at Once and the Irish tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherin, while throwing some curve balls into the Oscar race.

Naomi Osaka is pregnant and plans to return to competition in 2024, the tennis star announced Wednesday.

Beijing has now ended mandatory quarantine in hotels for arrivals from abroad, including returning tourists. While some in B.C. are optimistic for a consequent boost to tourism, others expect it could take months before numbers get back to pre-pandemic levels.

Gwen Stefani raised eyebrows this week and drew fierce backlash for claiming during a magazine interview that she is Japanese.

The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine hung in the balance Wednesday as Ukraine said its forces were holding out against a furious Russian onslaught in what has become one of the fiercest and most costly battles in the almost 11-month war.

Bills safety Damar Hamlin was released from a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday, more than a week after he went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated during a game at Cincinnati, after his doctors said they completed a series of tests.

A Cape Breton fisherman has been fined $6,200 and ordered off the water for six months for cutting lobster traps fished by the Membertou band and obstructing fishery officers.

Girl Guides of Canada announced Wednesday the organization is changing the name of its Brownies branch to Embers in an effort to be more inclusive.

The revelation that lawyers for President Joe Biden have located classified documents in a locked closet is an unexpected wrinkle for a Justice Department already investigating Donald Trump over his retention of top secret documents. But there are significant differences between the cases at this point.

The revelation that lawyers for President Joe Biden have located classified documents in a locked closet is an unexpected wrinkle for a Justice Department already investigating Donald Trump over his retention of top secret documents. But there are significant differences between the cases at this point.

The United States Embassy in Ottawa says it has concerns that the federal Liberals' controversial online streaming act could discriminate against American companies.

Staff at Goldman Sachs are bracing for news on whether they will keep their jobs on Wednesday, as the U.S. investment bank begins a sweeping cost-cutting drive that could see its 49,000-strong global workforce shrink by thousands.

Two unique little pet goats and their owner have been turning heads in B.C.'s Okanagan over the last few months.

Two unique little pet goats and their owner have been turning heads in B.C.'s Okanagan over the last few months.

Haldimand-Norfolk county medical officer Matt Strauss, has resigned effective April 1, closing out a controversial 18-month run. During his time as medical officer, Strauss has made comments questioning masking and vaccine mandates.

A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the U.S. on Wednesday, with hundreds of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.

A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the U.S. on Wednesday, with hundreds of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.

Flights are being delayed at multiple locations across the United States after a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration.

The discovery includes soup spoons, teaspoons, pickle forks, regular forks, knives and ladles, all with the Hotel Vancouver insignia from 1939 stamped in the silver plating.

Wolves have roamed into the remote Attawapiskat First Nation, along northern Ontario’s James Bay coast, and attacked local dogs.

The 1,000 hours outside movement is a challenge that motivates people to start prioritizing spending time outside. Some families in Saskatchewan are giving it a try in 2023.

Dreams came true in a Saskatoon hockey rink Tuesday afternoon as blind and partially blind kids hit the ice alongside the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's hockey team.

Dreams came true in a Saskatoon hockey rink Tuesday afternoon as visually impaired kids hit the ice alongside the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men's hockey team.

When it comes to tackling congestion, Town of Banff officials are an eager partner waiting for Parks Canada and act on recommendations released last month by a panel of experts. 

Some members of the P.E.I. fishing community are welcoming the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' decision to extend the deadline for break-free fishing gear until 2024.

Some members of the P.E.I. fishing community are welcoming the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' decision to extend the deadline for break-free fishing gear until 2024.

Alleged victims of Lowell Oakes and Dawson Funeral Home says they deserve compensation from the province to replace their lost funds, since legislation they expected to protect them dates back to the 1980s.

The Fully Alive textbook series has been used by Catholic school boards across the province for years. Now, Pearson Canada says it has stopped printing physical copies of the book and will stop supporting digital versions by March.

Mittens, bedsheets, chest waders. Those are just some of the items that the RCMP say hold potential evidentiary value in the case of Jennifer Hillier-Penney, CBC News has learned. 

From language apps to Order of Canada appointments, language revitalization success stories from northern Ontario are being recognized and celebrated.

When the light bulbs on Marina Commanda Westbrook’s pre-lit tree failed, she was determined to toss it out in January. But she found some valuable lessons in her Anishinaabe heritage that made her think otherwise.

The RCMP and its watchdog body are at odds over whether a Mountie was justified in Tasering a veteran with a medical implant — a conflict critics say points to flaws in the process meant to keep Mounties accountable.

Premier Doug Ford’s government expects to bring in more than $2 billion through a carbon tax on industrial emitters over the next eight years, CBC News has learned.

Culture watchers Rachel Syme, Elamin Abdelmahmoud and Scaachi Koul share their In and Out lists for 2023, and talk about why these lists have taken hold.