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Re-ticketing in New York City is not shocking or surprising, advocates in Montreal say. But getting a job is often not as easy as the migrants think and overburdened community services are struggling to handle everyone crossing into Canada.

The Dances With Wolves actor facing sexual assault charges in B.C. and Nevada is now accused of offences in Alberta.

Steve Sotherden says he's been crying on and off since December, when police called with an unexpected update to his brother’s missing persons case.

A funeral was held Tuesday morning at Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Cathedral in Moncton for Acadian senator, actor and cultural icon Viola Léger.

Two teen girls who are charged with second-degree murder in connection with what police have called a "swarming" attack on Toronto man Ken Lee in December have been denied bail.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday imposed a temporary security zone in waters off South Carolina during the military's search for debris from a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday the government is prepared to increase health-care spending by an eye-popping $196.1 billion over the next decade — a cash injection the government is pitching as a generational fix for an ailing system.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday the government is prepared to increase health-care spending by an eye-popping $196.1 billion over the next decade — a cash injection the government is pitching as a generational fix for an ailing system.

The man who made dozens of hoax calls to staff at the care home that would later record Canada's first death from COVID-19 has been sentenced for his "elaborate, dangerous and damaging deception," though he won't serve any more time beyond bars for the crime.

First Nations leaders are denouncing the prime minister's pledge to advocate for Indigenous people during health-care talks with premiers this week — offered in lieu of an actual seat at the table — as an insult.

New numbers released by the Canadian Red Cross show the organization provided assistance to nearly 100,000 households, more than any other natural disaster in Canada.

A bargaining update sent to some union workers Tuesday around 11 a.m., which CBC has obtained a copy of, states that the city has informed the union it is unable to budge on wages, "amongst other things."

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says that although a slowing economy may not seem like a good thing, it is when the economy is overheated.

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is set to become a statutory holiday in B.C., the government announced Tuesday.

The former chief medical officer of health for British Columbia's Interior region has been found guilty of repeated sexual offences against a young Alberta boy.

When Reina Lafantaisie thinks back on her experience at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, she still has trouble believing it really happened.

Toronto native Samantha Bee is returning home to host the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards. The pre-recorded broadcast will cap off Canadian Screen Week, during which there will be numerous in-person events for the first time in four years.

An acting sergeant with the Hamilton Police Service pleaded guilty Monday after being charged with assaulting an Indigenous man during an arrest in May 2022. Despite the plea, the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre has concerns about what played out in court on Monday.

Trudeau will meet with Canada's premiers in Ottawa today to begin negotiations on just how big a cheque the provinces will actually get to help them prop up a faltering system.

A former Liberal MP is seeking the dismissal of two criminal charges connected to his time in office. Raj Grewal's lawyer argues that prosecutors have not presented enough evidence to find him guilty of the two breach of trust charges, and the Crown has failed to establish essential elements required for such a finding.

The head of the RCMP says she's working to convince the federal government to allow her officers to keep a controversial neck restraint.

Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 48, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years for raping and sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 17-year period.

A year after protests erupted at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., halting cross-border trade, the blockade is being remembered for its impact on those who live nearby and the industries that rely on the bridge.

Opposition parties say the public deserves answers about a Chinese balloon's incursion over Canadian territory as the Trudeau government remains largely mum about its time in Canada.

Canadian Google employees affected by recently announced job cuts were being told Monday whether they have been laid off. Google Canada spokesperson wouldn't say how many Canadians are due to be laid off and in what departments or cities they work.

A 21-year-old Calgary woman is suing the provincial government after it changed the rules around who can prescribe high-potency, short-acting opioids.

Saskatchewan realtors say the province's housing market has very low supply levels, especially in lower-priced homes.

Electric vehicles (EVs) can lose up to 30 per cent of their range in freezing temperatures, according to a U.S. firm that tested range loss in 7,000 cars. A Sudbury, Ont., Tesla owner shares how he improves the vehicle's winter range.

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear appeals on Tuesday, centred on a Yukon First Nation's requirement that elected officials live on settlement land, and whether that requirement infringes the Charter rights of citizens living elsewhere.

A new limited series on the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster divides residents of small town where 47 people were killed on July 6, 2013.

Multiple private long-term care homes on P.E.I. have been failing to meet the required inspection standards. But the Community Care Facility and Nursing Home Board says closing a home is a last resort, given current waitlists and the already-strained system.

Multiple private long-term care homes on P.E.I. have been failing to meet the required inspection standards. But the Community Care Facility and Nursing Home Board says closing a home is a last resort, given current waitlists and the already-strained system.

Residents of three Moncton apartment buildings have been told they're not allowed to help the growing number of homeless people in the city because, their landlord claims, those people are choosing to stay on the streets.

Julia Dima says that her grandfather's vascular dementia — while often painful and frustrating for her family — also brought moments of great joy and happiness.

A CBC News review of Facebook user data suggests a variety of well-known retailers, including Hudson's Bay, Lululemon and Best Buy, have been sharing customer details with the platform's parent company. A watchdog recently said Home Depot breached privacy law by not properly getting customers' consent.

There's no data on how the 20 most common cancers in the country affect Black people, according to a new study from the University of Ottawa.

Converting NATO's so-called "tripwire" forces in the three Baltic countries to fully topped-up fighting brigades — the kind that could withstand a Russian invasion — is proving to be a challenge for the lead nations involved: Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany.

There's no data on how the 20 most prevalent cancers in the country affect Black communities, according to a new study from the University of Ottawa.

A CBC News review of Facebook user data suggests a variety of well-known retailers, including Hudson's Bay, Lululemon and Best Buy, have been sharing customer details with the platform's parent company. A watchdog recently said Home Depot breached privacy law by not properly getting customers' consent.

Ten days after retired Canadian military nursing officer Lisa Compton told CBC News about her struggles to bring an Afghan military interpreter and his family to Canada, the federal immigration department has stopped providing her with updates on his case.

Two major earthquakes, followed by aftershocks, have devastated parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria and killed thousands of people. But the destruction in Syria has made a desperate situation even worse for millions of people who have survived the country’s ongoing civil war. 

Converting NATO's so-called "tripwire" forces in the three Baltic countries to fully topped-up fighting brigades — the kind that could withstand a Russian invasion — is proving to be a challenge for the lead nations involved: Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany.

A CBC News analysis of provincial and territorial programs shows there is inconsistency in whether those accused or convicted of domestic violence are tracked.

Search teams and international aid poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures and sometimes using their bare hands dug through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake. The death toll soared above 6,200 and was still expected to rise.

Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck southeastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to more than 5,000.

Two pilots have walked away unscathed after a Boeing 737 air tanker owned by a B.C. company crashed in Western Australia while on deployment to a fire. 

Two pilots have walked away unscathed after a Boeing 737 air tanker owned by a B.C. company crashed in Western Australia while on deployment to a fire. 

Two pilots have walked away unscathed after a Boeing 737 air tanker owned by a B.C. company crashed in Western Australia while on deployment to a fire. 

A grandmother from Sudbury, Ont., who just happens to be a mega Harry Styles fan got the chance of a lifetime when she presented the superstar with his Grammy for album of the year.

A former Dances With Wolves actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and women for two decades in multiple states has been charged in Nevada for crimes that prosecutors said occurred in the Las Vegas-area starting in 2012.