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When doctors first started trying to eradicate Guinea worm disease nearly four decades ago, more than 3.5 million people were infected. Last year, that number dropped to 13.

Two emergency rooms in B.C. will be closed overnight for the foreseeable future until the province can recruit enough staff to return to 24-hour operations. 

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he has laid out “very clearly” the reforms he wants to see from RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki — comments that come as the RCMP continues to defend its use of a controversial neck hold.

Footage released publicly Friday shows the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fighting for control of a hammer with his assailant during a brutal attack in the couple's San Francisco home last October.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the boost in police officers on Toronto transit in the wake of recent violence is a "Band Aid solution" and is calling for the city to hire more police officers.

Manitoba Finance Minister Cameron Friesen is stepping down to run for a seat in the House of Commons.

The footage shows the Black officers savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes in an assault that the Nichols family's legal team likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.

The footage shows police officers savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes in an assault that the Nichols family's legal team likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.

The footage shows police officers savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes in an assault that the Nichols family's legal team likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.

The city of Memphis and the nation on Friday awaited the release of a police video depicting five officers viciously beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man whose death prompted murder charges against the officers and outrage at the country's latest instance of police brutality.

The city of Memphis and the nation on Friday awaited the release of a police video depicting five officers viciously beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man whose death prompted murder charges against the officers, who are also Black, and outrage at the country's latest instance of police brutality.

The city of Memphis and the nation on Friday awaited the release of a police video depicting five officers viciously beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man whose death prompted murder charges against the officers, who are also Black, and outrage at the country's latest instance of police brutality.

U.S. prosecutors have charged three members of an eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran's government with conspiring to assassinate a journalist and activist who is an American citizen, Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday.

A Liberal MP and former sport minister is again calling for a public inquiry into abuse in sport — and is accusing her own government of not doing enough to tackle the problem.

India will receive 12 cheetahs from South Africa next month that will join eight others it received from Namibia in September as part of an ambitious plan to reintroduce the cats in the country after 70 years.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused the Liberal government of plunging the country into "chaos" after eight years in office, blasting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a spike in crime, inflation woes and trouble at the country's airports.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused the Liberal government of plunging the country into "chaos" after eight years in office, blasting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a spike in crime, inflation woes and trouble at the country's airports.

Two months after undergoing surgery for serious burns, Jay Leno is now contending with a number of broken bones after being knocked off a motorcycle.

A curling team from Prince George will represent B.C. at the Western Canada Blind Curling Championships to be held in Winnipeg in early March.

Some classrooms are exploring the Holocaust and the need for continued conversations about antisemitism and bigotry to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Both survivors and teachers alike say that ongoing education that centres on survivor stories best capture student attention.

People who want to move beyond recycling and composting and reduce their annual waste to almost zero are ditching their clothes dryer, giving up flying and ready to take the next step in exploring the frontiers of sustainable living.

The global chemical weapons watchdog said Friday that its investigators found "reasonable grounds to believe" Syria's air force dropped two cylinders containing chlorine gas on the city of Douma in April 2018, killing 43 people.

On Wednesday, the office of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a statement demanding an apology and retraction of a story CBC News broke several days earlier.

In a pair of split decisions, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered significant rulings on the use of mandatory minimum sentences in relation to three firearm related crimes Friday.

The Supreme Court of Canada plans to rule on Friday on the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences in cases involving armed robbery and recklessly firing a gun.

A Stockholm, Sask., couple says they will be skeptical about taking their three children to Yorkton Regional Hospital after their experience being turned away shortly before the birth of their now-one-month-old child.

Ruth Zimmer, 96, Anne Novak, 99, Sally Singer, 101, and Sol Fink, 97, are believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor siblings anywhere in the world. The Winnipeggers share an unbreakable bond — and a strong desire to tell their story.

Five people have been killed in avalanches across B.C. in the past month, including experienced skiiers and brothers on a guided heli-skiing trip in B.C.'s Interior. Experts have an explanation for what's making this season so deadly — and they say it started months ago.

The Residential Tenancies Act states if tenants are asked to vacate for renovations, they can choose to move back without a substantial rent increase, as long as they inform their landlord in writing of their intent to return. Tenants at 11 Walmer Rd. are still waiting three years later.

Residents of Fort Erie, Ont., are shaken up after someone made threats to two of the town's elementary schools — prompting police responses at two additional schools as well — in the past three days. 

Brandon Mitchell of Miramichi, N.B., has escaped death more than once trying to help Ukrainians on the front line of the Russian invasion. He talks to CBC News how he's survived and why he's working as a medic in a war he calls his own.

The District Education Authority in Sanirajak, Nunavut, has loosened its cold weather policy so that kids don’t have to miss school when it’s just a bit chilly.

Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool is full of impressive, frightening and often fun performances — and is beautifully shot to boot. But when it comes to the story, it's branded with a uniquely Canadian desperation for implied depth that, at times, can feel more film school than Hollywood.

A lot is known about the horrors experienced by Holocaust survivors. Now their children are sharing how the trauma their parents went through has affected their own lives.

The Green Party posted sensitive and personal information belonging to its members and supporters online, violating the party's own internal rules.

Parents of grade 9 and 10 students in Ottawa's English public school board are critical of a decision that wiped not only January exams for their teens, but also in-class instruction.

Elected officials in Tweed and Hastings County have pleaded with the Ontario government for support cleaning up after July's tornado, but say they haven't received much help.

An Iranian businessman who owns shares and sits on the board of a private Tehran-based company that has been sanctioned by Canada for co-ordinating the transport of weapons to Russia has a registered company in British Columbia, The Fifth Estate has learned.

Elected officials in Tweed and Hastings County have pleaded with the Ontario government for support cleaning up after July's tornado, but say they haven't received much help.

The Vancouver-based clothing chain Aritzia has recently exploded in popularity in the United States, with Bloomberg News recently crowning it the country's "hottest fashion chain." As it expands its footprint in the U.S., can the brand live up to the hype?

A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people and wounding four before police shot him, officials said.

A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an East Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people and wounding four before police shot him, according to Israeli officials.

Israeli forces on Thursday killed nine Palestinians — including at least seven militants and a 61-year-old woman — in the deadliest single incident in the occupied West Bank in two decades, Palestinian officials said. Two rockets were fired from Gaza early Friday and Israel responded with airstrikes on the territory, further escalating tensions.

A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an East Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing six people and wounding four others in one of the deadliest attacks on Israelis in years, medical officials said. The attack was halted when the gunman was shot by police.

A gunman opened fire Friday night near a synagogue in East Jerusalem, killing five people and wounding others before he was shot and killed, Israeli police and medics said.

A gunman opened fire Friday night near a synagogue in East Jerusalem, killing five people and wounding others before he was shot and killed, Israeli police and medics said.

Const. Warren Head said he was surprised by the doctors' decision to release Chan from VGH because it rarely happened with Mental Health Act apprehensions.

Mike Walchuck was out for a late morning walk on Jan. 21 in Black Mountain - sntsk'il'ntən Regional Park when he encountered a pack of wolves.

The U.S. National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice-presidents to recheck their personal records for any classified documents following the news that President Joe Biden and former vice-president Mike Pence had such documents in their possession.