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The federal government has approved $1.8 million in new funding aimed at revitalizing Vancouver's historic Chinatown neighbourhood.

The federal government has approved $1.8 million in new funding aimed at revitalizing Vancouver's historic Chinatown neighbourhood.

Two days of confidential talks have yielded “substantial progress” toward revising a proposed $20-billion settlement package for victims of the chronically underfunded First Nations child-welfare system on reserves and in the Yukon.

A Vancouver police officer has been found guilty of assault for Tasering a Black man who was stopped for jaywalking in the city's downtown core nearly five years ago.

Canada's Sport Minister said Monday jurisdictional issues continue to hamper the government's ability to implement a meaningful safe sport system that would properly protect hundreds of thousands of Canadian children.

The office of Canada’s Governor General says it is turning off comments on all of its social media accounts due to an influx of abusive comments and “violent threats.”

Winifred Ohwoka was at her table at the St. John's Farmers' Market when another Black woman walked up and asked to hear her story. Ohwoka didn't realize she was speaking with an author, and that her story of finding a "newfound home" would soon be featured in a collection about Black women across Canada.

The University of Regina says it has revoked the honorary doctor of laws degree it bestowed on Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond in 2003.  

Photojournalist Amber Bracken was on assignment for news outlet The Narwhal when she was arrested in November 2021 during police action against opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline being built west of Prince George, B.C.

John Tory will remain in his role as mayor for Wednesday’s budget meeting, days after announcing he would step down following a relationship with a former staffer, the city's budget chief confirms.

A Manitoba man who spent more than two decades behind bars before being granted parole is getting another chance to overturn his murder convictions.

A Manitoba man who spent more than two decades behind bars is getting a new chance to overturn his murder convictions.

The coming months will feature plenty of women's hockey, culminating with April's world championships in Brampton, Ont. But a glaring gap remains: the sport’s best players reside with the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association, while the logistical structure of a league appears to be in the Premier Hockey Federation.

The coming months will feature plenty of women's hockey, culminating with April's world championships in Brampton, Ont. But a glaring gap remains: the sport’s best players reside with the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association, while the logistical structure of a league appears to be in the Premier Hockey Federation.

Camilla, the wife of King Charles and the Queen Consort, has tested positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.

Twice a week, a group of competitive arm-wrestlers in London, Ont., meet at a farm in the city's rural south end and train under coach George Iszakouits. Crazy George, 73, is a longtime legend in the sport who still competes and wins against men in their 20s.

Canadian Reece Howden sits atop the overall men's ski cross World Cup standings after capturing five straight podium finishes in seven races, winning two gold and three silver medals. Both successes and failures helped him find his way back to the top.

The city of Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine was under heavy Russian artillery fire on Monday as Ukrainian forces there braced for possible ground attacks, Ukrainian military officials said.

An elated rescue team extricated a young girl named Miray from under another flattened building in Adiyaman, Turkey on Monday, one week after a powerful earthquake struck.

Harm reduction advocates are criticizing a recent City of Edmonton decision to no longer allow contract outreach workers to hand out clean needles and pipes in public transit areas and pedways. 

The coroner's inquiry into the deaths of 11-year-old Norah and six-year-old Romy Carpentier, who were abudcted and killed by their father near Quebec City, begins Monday.

The coroner's inquiry into the deaths of 11-year-old Norah and six-year-old Romy Carpentier, who were abudcted and killed by their father near Quebec City, begins Monday.

China has alleged that more than 10 U.S. high-altitude balloons have flown in its airspace during the past year without its permission. American officials have vigorously denied the claim.

The U.S. military said on Monday it had recovered critical electronics from the suspected Chinese spy balloon downed by a U.S. fighter jet off South Carolina's coast on Feb. 4, including key sensors presumably used for intelligence gathering.

The U.S. Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said a recovery effort will be undertaken to gain more information about an octagonal object shot down by a fighter jet over Lake Huron, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put North American security forces on high alert.

Some of the shame around cosmetic procedures may be lifting, thanks to more people accessing them and more willingness to talk openly about them.

Those East Gate buildings aren’t just for car traffic. They’ve served as homes and offices for Parks Canada employees since they were built in the 1930s. Each building has its function and character. 

Several homes were destroyed and two people were pulled alive from the rubble in east Ottawa Monday morning after a gas leak triggered an explosion.

Several homes were destroyed in east Ottawa Monday morning after a gas leak triggered an explosion. It's unclear if anyone was inside at the time.

Several homes were destroyed in east Ottawa Monday morning after a gas leak triggered an explosion. Paramedics say two people are unaccounted for and they're searching the rubble for them.

Several homes were destroyed and two people were pulled alive from the rubble in east Ottawa Monday morning after a gas leak triggered an explosion.

Several homes were destroyed in east Ottawa Monday morning after a gas leak triggered an explosion. Paramedics say one person is unaccounted for and they're searching the rubble for them.

A Manitoba man stuck in immigration limbo for nearly a year became a Canadian citizen last week after deciding to go public with his saga.

Records obtained by CBC News show Newfoundland and Labrador Housing stopped point-in-time shelter counts after the COVID-19 began. By the time they resumed, numbers had more than doubled.

A totem pole belonging to the Nuxalk Nation has sat in the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, B.C., for many years. Now, it's being returned to its rightful owners.

Dozens of Iranians in Canada who are awaiting their spouse's permanent residency share their heartbreaking stories of years-long separation and mounting worries as the Iranian regime cracks down on its own citizens.

Instacart shoppers are again questioning whether they're being paid correctly. The grocery delivery giant says it’s all accurate and according to their contracts, but it also no longer shows shoppers a mileage breakdown of their pay, so they have to take the company’s word for it.

A totem pole belonging to the Nuxalk Nation is going home to the central coast of B.C., more than 100 years after it was taken. It has been on display in the Royal British Columbia Museum, but is being repatriated four years after the nation first asked for it back.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco and Enbridge Gas recently told city council that plans to stop using coal in the steelmaking process will require double the amount of natural gas the facility currently uses. They say a new pipeline is required to make it happen.

A Consumer Reports test of 28 dark chocolate bars found most had high levels of lead, cadmium or sometimes both. But experts say no need to panic.

Tina Li is accusing her former friend of defrauding her out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and she's not alone — court documents show five other suits have been filed against the same mortgage broker. The allegations come amid a rise in mortgage fraud.

The pop star kicked off a highly anticipated performance at the 57th Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday evening, seven years after her last live performance.

A 17-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy were airlifted to Winnipeg after they were injured in an apartment fire on Tataskweyak Cree Nation on Saturday afternoon, which also left 49 people displaced.

A 17-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy were airlifted to Winnipeg after they were injured in an apartment fire on Tataskweyak Cree Nation on Saturday afternoon, which also left 49 people displaced.

David Jude Jolicoeur, known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of the Long Island hip-hop trio De La Soul, has died. He was 54.

The Whistler Alpine Meadows competition, an annual weekend of trail running races put on by Coast Mountain Trail Running have been cancelled, and organizers say they won't be returning.