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The United Nations announced Thursday it signed an agreement to purchase a very large vessel that can transfer more than 1 million barrels of crude now stranded in a rusting tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen.

Quebec’s Agriculture Ministry had issued several fines for unsanitary conditions and insufficient food and clean water, documents obtained by Radio-Canada through access to information revealed.

The provincial government has introduced a bill that, if passed, would make it possible for people in B.C. to request a birth certificate without a sex marker.

The provincial government has introduced a bill that, if passed, would make it possible for people in B.C. to request a birth certificate without a gender marker.

Métis composer Justin Delorme says technological advances and more Indigenous-led projects in the film and television industry make a career in music production more accessible. He's part of a growing number of Indigenous composers redefining what it means to elevate Indigenous storytelling through music.

Métis composer Justin Delorme says technological advances and more Indigenous-led projects in the film and television industry make a career in music production more accessible. He's part of a growing number of Indigenous composers redefining what it means to elevate Indigenous storytelling through music.

Less than a decade ago, Alberta relied on coal for the majority of its electricity needs. Today, the province gets more power from wind, solar and hydro.

Twenty workers at a Burlington, Ont., slaughterhouse have been taken to hospital as a precautionary measure after an ammonia leak, the fire chief says.

A joint recall of selected Yeti-brand coolers and gear bags involves products sold in Canada.

As a drag king, Marisa Grant is challenging expectations around masculinity and sharing those lessons with their son.

A flock of grazing sheep is helping archaeologists to preserve the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that was buried under metres of pumice and ash in the calamitous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

An Indigenous lawyer, author and academic is calling for Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador to suspend its president in the wake of a CBC investigation on Vianne Timmons's statements on Indigenous heritage.

Multiple MPs who are members of the Procedure and House Affairs Committee demanded an apology from Alberta Conservative MP Michael Cooper after a comment he made Thursday about Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly's toughness. Liberal MP and committee chair Bardish Chagger said there were a lot of things 'that make me puke in my mouth.'

The Department of National Defence (DND) and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have announced they're launching public consultations on Canada's defence strategy and military as the armed forces grapples with a range of challenges from growing global threats to recruitment woes.

The federal Liberal government tabled a bill Thursday that would tweak Canada's terrorism financing laws to allow foreign aid organizations to provide support in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and other terrorism hotspots.

After three years, the La Niña weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

A New Waterford woman won the $31M lottery jackpot, a record for the Maritimes. Her grandson bought her the ticket as a birthday gift.

A new study based on three B.C. coal mines says the economic benefits from the projects, used to justify their approval during the environmental review process, were "significantly overestimated."

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is investigating two potential covert police stations in Quebec that are working on behalf of the Chinese government. One is located in Montreal and the other is in Brossard, on the city's South Shore.

The RCMP’s federal watchdog agency is opening a probe into the activities and operations of the Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG), a special unit that polices protests against resource extraction in British Columbia.

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Aberta's silence about an oilsands tailing leak is a troubling failure that suggests the province needs more regulatory oversight.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is minimizing the effect of two large releases of oilsands tailings water, two area First Nations leaders said Wednesday.

A Nanaimo woman says it's important to be cautious of who you share your personal information with after she fell victim to a $95,000 fraud she says was committed by someone she trusted and thought she knew.

A Grande Prairie brewery is hopping into the world of artificial intelligence with a beer created by the technology's suggestions. 

Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatregoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in Fiddler on the Roof, has died in Tel Aviv, Israeli leaders said Thursday. He was 87.

Members of the Canadian women's soccer team take their fight for pay equity to Parliament today. Captain Christine Sinclair leads a four-player group scheduled to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage this afternoon.

A B.C. judge has ordered a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of a doctor with a history of domestic violence who fled the country in the face of a growing bill for unpaid spousal and child support.

Dakota Kuntz and his son Trip live in Buffalo Pound, where there is no hockey rink, so they decided to take it upon themselves to build one in their backyard.

Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities and hitting some residential buildings, Ukrainian officials and media said.

A barrage of more than 80 Russian missiles and a smaller number of exploding drones hit residential buildings and critical infrastructure across Ukraine on Thursday, killing six people and leaving hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity.

Yuri Ivanenko, who fled the war in Ukraine with his family last spring to live in the Greater Toronto Area, fears he will need to return to war-torn Ukraine if he does not find a job soon.

Yuri Ivanenko, who fled the war in Ukraine with his family last spring to live in the Greater Toronto Area, fears he will need to return to war-torn Ukraine if he does not find a job soon.

A former offshore oil worker says the provincial Crown Lands division has stymied his plans for a sustainable farm in a rural Newfoundland community.

Paper Excellence bills itself as a proud player rejuvenating a troubled industry in an environmentally responsible way, but leaked emails and insider accounts reveal a company which may not be what it seems. 

When Ron Robert graduated from university last fall, he was already seven years into a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Experts say that education and mental fitness play an important role in the development of dementia.

CBC News has learned exclusive details behind an alleged title fraud in January that led to three arrests. The Scarborough home was actually sold and the funds transferred into the alleged fraudster's account, but a lawyer involved became suspicious and took action.

The energy ministers may have a similar goal in mind, but each has a very different focus on the type of energy they are making the centre of attention during their time at CERAWeek, a global energy conference.

Billionaire Gautam Adani is slated to redevelop Mumbai's Dharavi slum, home to over a million people, but some residents fear redevelopment will bring displacement.

Jean-Roch Boivin died Feb. 19 at the age of 79. He suffered a heart attack just weeks after moving out of his former home in Montreal's storied Square Saint-Louis. He'd finally settled with his building's new owner, following an anguished fight to stay. 

Up to 10 per cent of people born with uteruses have endometriosis, but experts and researchers say it's often dismissed as bad period pain, and can take years to be treated properly.

The comedians worked with Mel Brooks on History of the World, Part II, a sequel to the legendary comedian's 1981 film — and at 96 years old, Brooks still has a whole vault of jokes to share.

Shawarma has long held a special place in the stomachs of Ottawans as a way to fill up quickly with a low-cost, delicious dish. But lately some consumers have noticed a change — meals that once ran in the $10 range have in some cases doubled in price.

Performance artist Lewis Mallard, known for wearing a duck costume since calling Hamilton home in 2019, is preparing to leave his roost and migrate to his original home — Toronto.

New statistics show colorectal cancer is on the rise among younger adults. No one's sure why. But the trend is clear, so the question now is: What should Canada do about it?

Shawarma has long held a special place in the stomachs of Ottawans as a way to fill up quickly with a low-cost, delicious dish. But lately, meals that once ran in the $10 range have in some cases doubled in price.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell tripped and fell Wednesday at a hotel and was hospitalized, a spokesman for the senator said.

The Opposition NDP is wondering when the Saskatchewan government will develop a plan to ensure jobs aren’t being filled by white people claiming Indigenous identity.

Some of Canada's top Olympians are publicly demanding that the Canadian Olympic Committee reverse its position and withdraw its support for Russian and Belarusian athletes participating at the 2024 Olympic Games. 

The Green Party’s new co-leader is apologizing for suggesting that Ukrainian forces could potentially bring the war with Russia beyond Ukraine’s borders.

Nearly two dozen delegates expressed their feelings about transgender access to civic change rooms in a committee meeting Wednesday. The majority were in favour of the current policy, which allows people to choose change rooms based on their gender identity.