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Quebec Major Junior Hockey League commissioner Gilles Courteau has announced his resignation after 37 years at the helm of the junior hockey league.

A Canadian man is being held in connection with the death of Kiara Agnew, 23, at a resort south of Cancun.

Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75.

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have received an invitation to his father King Charles's coronation but will not yet confirm publicly whether they will attend, a spokesperson for Harry said on Sunday.

Former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff says that despite Western support for Ukraine, the two sides still have different "ultimate objectives" when it comes to ending the war.

Third-grader Jimmy Dong, who lives in South Surrey, B.C., was recently recognized by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth for being among the top scorers in the non-profit's School and College Ability Test.

A report from Canada's spy agency CSIS says climate change is increasingly driving new threats to national security and prosperity.

The B.C. government has missed the deadline for its review into the possibility of providing air conditioners during heat waves as recommended by a coroners' death review panel last year.

Clashes erupted briefly between police and a group of demonstrators in central Athens on Sunday on the fringes of a protest by thousands of students and railway workers over Greece's deadliest train crash in living memory.

The family of one of the 14-year-old girls found dead outside on a northern Manitoba First Nation says she was struggling to cope with the loss of her mother, Ashlee Shingoose, who disappeared in Winnipeg nearly a year ago.

A man is sounding the alarm after a toxic and invasive plant left him with temporarily vision loss and covered in massive burn blisters after a cycling trip.

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Karen Anderson Ferron and her family bought a farm in Carleton County in 2021 and she has suggestions on how New Brunswick could better welcome new people into the agricultural industry.

Karen Anderson Ferron and her family bought a farm in Carleton County in 2021 and she has suggestions on how New Brunswick could better welcome new people into the agricultural industry.

For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas — nearly half the planet's surface — concluding two weeks of talks in New York.

CBC video journalist Emily Fitzpatrick explores why the resilient roach has been posing a problem for pest control exterminators in the past decade.

A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful standup special, streamed live on Netflix, in which the comedian bragged that he "took that hit like [boxer Manny] Pacquiao."

Walk the halls of an elementary or high school these days, and you'll see anxious kids, many unable to regulate their emotions, fearful from the lasting effects of the pandemic and unable to cope. 

Police were called in to deal with angry parents after they disrupted a York Catholic District School Board meeting earlier this week over the issue of safe spaces for LGBTQ students.

Police were called in to deal with angry parents after they disrupted a York Catholic District School Board meeting earlier this week over the issue of safe spaces for LGBTQ students.

In 2022, Nova Scotia sold exploration licences that include 27,000 mineral claims — at least half of which were purchased by companies looking for lithium, a critical mineral used in the manufacture of carbon-neutral technology.

Byron Miller was recently vacationing in the Bahamas when he found a message in a bottle on a Manjack Cay beach. He tracked down the Nova Scotian fishermen who placed the bottle in the water in 2016.

One of Guatemala’s foremost experts in forensic anthropology is offering his support for Indigenous communities investigating unmarked burials linked to residential schools in Canada.

Outdoor ice rinks are being replaced by roller rinks as many European cities struggle with their costs and environmental impacts in a warming world. But will Canadian cities face similar decisions? And what can be done to keep outdoor skating alive here?

The use of sensitivity readers has sparked a debate over whether they are censors or provide an important service in promoting inclusivity and combating offensive tropes and racial or sexual stereotypes.

Once a year, artists from all over the world hide free paintings in their cities to celebrate International Art and Found day.

La Sacca di Goro is situated on the northeastern coast of Italy, where the Po River drains into the Adriatic Sea. The lagoon is a place where local people have managed to strike a delicate balance between making a living and respecting nature through shellfish harvesting.

The national organization representing Inuit says it's ready to start working with the RCMP to protect Inuit from human trafficking networks — especially in southern communities where they are more vulnerable.

Two Mi'kmaw teachers from Listuguj, Que. are on the front lines of language revitalization with their Forest Kindergarten class. They have incorporated everyday words into the classic school curriculum through outdoor learning, including some ice fishing on Chaleur Bay, in the Gaspé region.

Russia watchers say Moscow's war narrative faces a central tension — its message that everything is going according to plan being challenged by contradictory events that demand explanation.

Outdoor ice rinks are being replaced by roller rinks as many European cities struggle with their costs and environmental impacts in a warming world. But will Canadian cities face similar decisions? And what can be done to keep outdoor skating alive here?

Recent reports have warned that local candidate nomination meetings could be vulnerable to foreign interference. But experts say there might not be an easy way to tighten the rules that govern those races.

For the migrants lined up at the U.S.-Mexico border, their immediate goal is to find a way into the United States. But a longer term target looms for many: Canada.

Canada's Cam Levins refined his running style after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and had the race of his life on Sunday to meet the Paris 2024 Olympic standard time.

Carol Whiteley of Ontario blew a long, loud blast with her shell to best other competitors.

Officials say they have found the wreck of a Cessna 208 aircraft that was reported missing, ending a five-day aerial search over a remote region of northwestern Ontario. Both occupants in the plane died before search-and-rescue technicians arrived on the scene.