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Tourists who came to Montreal hoping to try the city's best restaurant would have been disappointed when they tried to find Le Nouveau Duluth. Despite its 85 five-star reviews on Tripadvisor, it didn't exist.

The Ontario government says the cost of "colonization" infrastructure built to take natural resources from upper Great Lakes Anishinaabe territory is relevant when determining those resources' modern-day value to the Crown.

Turning the Westin’s Calgary Airport Hotel into a COVID quarantine facility for travellers cost the federal government $26.8 million from 2020 to 2022, according to documents. 

Members of Parliament have unanimously called on Ottawa to start a refugee program to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs fleeing persecution in China.

Taboos around menopause, periods and conditions like endometriosis can limit access to knowledge and care, says a report by the Alberta Women's Health Foundation.

The Louis Bull Tribe at Maskwacis, Alta., about 100 kilometres south of Edmonton, is the first in the province to sign a two-year agreement with Ottawa giving it the autonomy to administer its child welfare.

Beyoncé is taking her Renaissance global. The superstar will start a world tour in Sweden this May with stops throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. Two nights in Toronto this July will kick off the North American leg of the tour.

Health officials in B.C. are set to provide an update on the new payment model for family physicians in the province.

B.C.'s new payment model for family physicians came into effect on Wednesday, giving doctors the option to do away with the old fee system reported to have driven new recruits and veterans alike away from the job.

Dominic Barton, McKinsey & Company's former global managing director, told a House of Commons committee Wednesday he has played no role in the federal government's decisions to grant contracts to the consulting firm.

The U.S. central bank raised its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, and promised "ongoing increases" in borrowing costs as part of its ongoing battle against inflation.

The federal government's new anti-Islamophobia representative Amira Elghawaby apologized Wednesday for her past remarks about the prevalence of anti-Islam sentiment in Quebec.

The controversial project's price now projected at $14.5 billion, up from $11.2 billion as construction is delayed.

Olympic snowboarder Liam Gill says hearing that he helped inspire a 12-year-old snowboarder from Fort Smith, N.W.T., brightened his day. Storm Cabell-White has picked up two gold ulus at the Arctic Winter Games so far.

Member of Parliament and former interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen will resign her seat in the House of Commons later this week, a source tells CBC News.

Member of Parliament and former interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen has resigned her seat in the House of Commons.

A low-fare airline is expanding its flights to and from Winnipeg this summer, including three new routes that will take off from the Prairie city starting in June.

Former Canadian defender Carmelina Moscato made history in Mexico after her career took a sudden turn. She led Tigres to the Apertura league title last November, becoming the first foreign-born coach to win the Mexican league, and the first female head coach at Tigres to win a championship.

In an unusual break-in, suspects drove a car through the doors of Vaughan Mills mall in the early hours of Feb. 1, before smashing through another set of doors on the way out, according to police.

News that the United States could soon send rockets nearly doubling the firing range of Ukrainian forces gave Kyiv a big lift on Wednesday, even as its troops were being pushed back by a relentless Russian winter offensive in the east.

The former chief medical officer removed from her post in Alberta has taken a new job with B.C.'s public health leadership team, the coastal province announced Wednesday.

The U.S. Justice Department did not find documents with classified markings during a three-and-a-half hour search of President Joe Biden's beach house in Rehoboth, Dela., on Wednesday.

The FBI is conducting a planned search of President Joe Biden's second Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents, the president's personal lawyer says.

The National Capital Commission says it's unlikely the renowned Ottawa tourist attraction will be able to open for the first of three Winterlude weekends.

Nathan Chasing Horse, an actor who appeared in the Oscar-winning film Dances With Wolves who is accused of leading a cult, could be facing multiple felonies and life in prison after police said he sexually assaulted young Indigenous girls and took multiple wives during a period spanning two decades, court records obtained by The Associated Press show.

Forecasters say bands of sleet already blamed for six deaths are causing dangerous conditions for a third day in several southern U.S. states.

Longtime CBC radio producer Michael Finlay died Tuesday from medical complications following a random assault in Toronto's east end, his family has confirmed.

NFL quarterback Tom Brady announced his retirement in message posted on social media on Wednesday.

The province has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of certain illicit drugs for adults. Researchers like Lindsey Richardson are eager to uncover just how it might influence the well-being of users.

Vice-President Kamala Harris will attend the Wednesday funeral of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who died three days after Memphis police officers savagely beat him following a traffic stop earlier this month.

Four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were transferred to the United States for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti amid death threats that have rattled local judges, U.S. officials announced Tuesday.

Experts say different venue sizes with different production costs could be contributing to the price discrepancy. But some of it also comes down to Ticketmaster’s dominance of the industry and its “dynamic pricing” policy, which automatically raises some ticket prices when demand is high.

Authorities in Western Australia on Wednesday recovered a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off a truck while being transported along a 1,400-kilometre highway last month in what an official said was like finding a needle in a haystack.

When Allison Zietsma of London, Ont., learned she was pregnant with her son Sawyer just a few months after her daughter was born, the 41-year-old was anxious because of how difficult her experience was the first time around. A new London Health Sciences Centre program, however, has helped ease her fears.

Celebrity obituaries are never short on effusive praise or glorification, but when a star has a legacy that includes allegations of domestic violence and racism, as is the case with Canadian hockey legend Bobby Hull, the fawning tributes may be hard to stomach for some. 

Vehicle thefts spiked in 2022, and police say many of them are being shipped abroad. Experts say those thefts are being used to finance further criminal activity, from arms dealing to human smuggling.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the federal government needs to utilize the Canada Health Act, which he said has significant powers to challenge for-profit privatized care. But does it really?

Vehicle thefts spiked in 2022, and police say many of them are being shipped abroad. Experts say those thefts are being used to finance further criminal activity, from arms dealing to human smuggling.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the federal government needs to utilize the Canada Health Act, which he said has significant powers to challenge for-profit privatized care. But does it really?

Set Shuter was 26 and living the childfree-by-choice life of her dreams as a filmmaker in Toronto. That changed when an unexpected pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage.

A confident mindset has vaulted Calgarian Alex Loutitt, 19, into Canadian ski jumping lore around the time she might be picking a university major. Loutitt was part of the team that won Canada's first-ever Olympic medal in the sport before becoming the first Canadian woman to win a World Cup event.

Canadian scientists are applauding efforts by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to put tighter regulations on cannabidiol, saying more research is needed into the long-term effects of the cannabis product, given its popularity as a supposed cure for a variety of maladies. 

Celebrity obituaries are never short on effusive praise or glorification, but when a star has a legacy that includes allegations of domestic violence and racism, as is the case with Canadian hockey legend Bobby Hull, the fawning tributes may be hard to stomach for some. 

Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald claims the workplace misconduct investigation probing her treatment of staff is following a "colonial path" because its non-Indigenous investigators could "demonize" Indigenous cultural practices.

Wally Schumann lost his 27-year-old son CJ to fentanyl a little over a year ago. Now a drug poisoning crisis is overwhelming his small community in the N.W.T., and he wants to talk about it.

For the first time since a wildfire destroyed the village of Lytton, B.C., in the summer of 2021, people living in the area have a nearby place to get groceries.

After Bradley Bartlett’s hockey equipment didn’t make it on his flight to Fort McMurray for the Arctic Winter Games, community members jumped into action to get him on the ice.

To celebrate the tail end of Chinese New Year, a local chef shared a piece of her heritage by taking the humble dish to the next level. Hundreds of hungry diners pulled up a chair in Chinatown for Chef Deseree Lo's one-day pop-up.

A misheard phrase led to a comical video and an even more comical purple elephant made out of snow in northeastern New Brunswick community.

The Vancouver Police Department's director of labour and employee relations testified Tuesday, the seventh and final day of the B.C. Coroner's Inquest into the death of Const. Nicole Chan about VPD policy on personal relationships in the workplace.