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Starting April 1, B.C. will become the first jurisdiction in Canada to make prescription contraception free to all residents, according to the provincial budget unveiled Tuesday.

The retrospective will include instruments, memorabilia, concert footage, behind-the-scenes photos and stories from more than 20 years of rock 'n' roll.

Top civil servants found that attempts to interfere with the 2021 election did not affect the results, according to a report released Tuesday.

Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, the health minister said, with some politicians suggesting they could have been targeted by religious groups opposed to girls' education.

Canada Soccer has been asked to deliver a copy of its controversial agreement with Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage by Friday.

A new Angus Reid poll shows 39 per cent of respondents still staunchly oppose paying for medical care while the rest either support privatization or are cautious but curious about the idea.

A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. health regulator on Tuesday recommended Pfizer's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, bringing it closer to becoming one of the first approved RSV shots for older adults in the United States.

The frontrunners in a crowded race to develop the first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and GSK — will face scrutiny from a panel of U.S. experts this week.

Police are continuing to analyze an explosive device found near a fast food restaurant in Kelowna, B.C., on Monday to figure out its contents and intended purpose, according to RCMP.

In this video, explorer and filmmaker Felipe Gomez heads to northern Saskatchewan and follows along as Trevor Kequahtooway takes part in his first race at Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation with the help of elder Kevin Lewis.

An old carnival tradition in the Greek town of Galaxidi has hundreds of participants hurling fistfuls of flour at each other to celebrate the end of their carnival season and the start of the Greek Orthodox Lent fast.

A Toronto man has been charged with manslaughter in the alleged random assault of longtime CBC News producer Michael Finlay.

A parliamentary committee is summoning four of Google’s top executives to appear before it after the company began testing ways it could block news content from searches if Parliament passes the Online News Act.

Nissan is recalling more than 809,000 small SUVs, including more than 96,000 in Canada, because a key problem can cause the ignition to shut off while they're being driven.

More than a week after Tom Sizemore suffered a brain aneurysm, a representative says the actor's family is "now deciding end-of-life matters."

The patients' eyes were painfully inflamed. They could sense light but could see almost nothing else. A doctor called one case the worst eye infection he'd ever seen. Here's how U.S. officials cracked the case of eyedrops infecting dozens of Americans with drug-resistant bacteria.

For the seventh time since 2008, the community of Clearbrook in Abbotsford, B.C., has been awarded an international gold medal for the quality of its tap water.

Toronto's Pearson Airport will be placing a "hard limit" on the number of flights arriving or departing during peak times ahead of March Break and the upcoming summer travel season.

Toronto's Pearson Airport will be placing a "hard limit" on the number of flights arriving or departing during peak times ahead of March Break and the upcoming summer travel season.

Twenty-two Indigenous people experiencing homelessness in downtown Montreal will have access to subsidized permanent housing at the Maison Akhwà:tsire.

Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed the false allegations by former president Donald Trump and his allies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that he didn't step in to stop them from promoting the claims, according to excerpts of a deposition unsealed Monday.

Another round of snow is causing power outages, airport delays and traffic slowdowns in parts of B.C.'s South Coast on Tuesday, prompting warnings for some travellers to stay home if they don't need to be on the roads.

An unexpectedly heavy snowfall early Tuesday caused power outages, airport delays and traffic slowdowns in parts of B.C.'s South Coast, and Environment Canada says more snowfall could hit the region starting Wednesday night. 

An unexpectedly heavy snowfall early Tuesday caused power outages, airport delays and traffic slowdowns in parts of B.C.'s South Coast, and Environment Canada says more snowfall could hit the region starting Wednesday night. 

Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that Canada's economy didn't grow at all in the last quarter of 2022, and actually shrank in December.

B.C. will deliver its fiscal budget for 2023/2024 today, the first one overseen by Premier David Eby.

A host of new spending measures and tax credits to renters, families, and everyone in between was announced by the B.C. government in Tuesday’s budget — while also forecasting a $4.2 billion deficit in the coming year.

The famous magician was hung suspended in a straitjacket outside the Vancouver Sun in 1923, attracting a crowd of up to 10,000 people.

After a man from Halbrite, Sask,, had a stroke while vacationing in Arizona, his family learned they were on the hook for a $56,000 flight home — and other medicals bills yet to come in — as their health insurance was cancelled.

The Alberta government is set to unveil its first budget under Premier Danielle Smith on Tuesday with a provincial election looming three months ahead.

The Alberta government is set to unveil its first budget under Premier Danielle Smith on Tuesday with a provincial election looming three months ahead.

The Alberta government is boosting funding for health, K-12 education, public safety and paying down debt as it wraps up the current fiscal year with an anticipated $10-billion surplus.

Hydro power in Alberta once made up around half the province's installed capacity, but today it provides three to five per cent of our electricity generation. Despite potential for more, hydro is almost missing from future projections with renewables.

Ernest McPherson, a homeless man in Meadow Lake, Sask., has been recognized with a Queen's Platinum Jubilee medal for his efforts to patrol the streets at night in search of other homeless people who may be freezing to death.

Canada’s health minister says he is still concerned about a lack of equitable access to abortion services throughout New Brunswick, noting it's the only province refusing to fund abortions outside hospitals.

Workers on the front lines of the opioid crisis in Thunder Bay, Ont., are responding to more overdoses than ever before, linked to increasingly toxic and unpredictable street drugs. Here's what health-care workers at the only safe consumption site in northwestern Ontario want people to know.

In 1984, a group of female protesters took the government to task for a nuclear war survival plan that only seemed to protect politicians, military leaders, and members of the media — nearly all of whom were men.

Local purveyors of non-alcoholic beverages are seeing a growing interest in their products, and some say that new guidance on the health-risks associated with booze consumption will only add to the trend.

Ontario courts have ordered fraudsters to pay nearly half a billion dollars in restitution to victims since 2010. In the investigative series, The Cost of Fraud, CBC Toronto breaks down how even the few fraud victims whose cases lead to a conviction face an uphill battle recovering money they've lost.

High-ranking UN official Gilles Michaud wants to convince UN donor countries — Canada included — to boost the amount of money they spend to protect UN humanitarian assistance programs.

A controversial package of reforms to Finland's law governing rights for the Indigenous Sámi people has failed, shattering the hopes of Sámi activists who had seen the bill as a major step toward self-determination.

Eight years ago, a Calgary couple had a vision to create a new multi-generational co-housing community where they could age in place. But four years after buying land in Bowness, Mosaic Village Cohousing is no longer moving forward.

Eight years ago, a Calgary couple had a vision to create a new multi-generational co-housing community where they could age in place. But four years after buying land in Bowness, Mosaic Village Cohousing is no longer moving forward.

Eight years ago, a Calgary couple had a vision to create a new multi-generational co-housing community where they could age in place. But four years after buying land in Bowness, Mosaic Village Cohousing is no longer moving forward.

Feb. 27, 2023 | Calls mount to investigate possible Chinese interference in Canada’s elections. Plus, answering common private health care questions.

A Toronto man says he was left in excruciating pain after Vancouver police shot him twice with less-lethal rounds in a case of mistaken identity.

A Toronto man says he was left in excruciating pain after Vancouver police mistook him for a wanted man and shot him twice with what they say were rubber bullets.

A Toronto man says he was left in excruciating pain after Vancouver police mistook him for a wanted man and shot him twice with what they say were rubber bullets.

If you're rooting for anyone and everyone Canadian, there are plenty of directors, actors, makeup artists, writers, animators and producers to look out for at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12.

After a hearing earlier this month, P.E.I.'s Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission has ruled in favour of tenants fighting eviction notices issued by Tim Hortons franchisee D.P. Murphy Inc.