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The family of a woman who died in a "catastrophic" car crash caused by an erratic motorcyclist on a major roadway in Surrey, B.C., has been awarded nearly $2.5 million in damages.

The RCMP will be getting $49 million over the next three years to ramp up investigations related to the harassment and intimidation of immigrant diaspora communities in Canada.

A man who is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy at a Toronto subway station was on probation when the attack occurred, and has been charged in recent years for a variety of offences, according to court documents obtained by CBC Toronto. 

The federal budget tabled Tuesday includes money to reimburse Ottawa for the costs of the truck convoy protest, and also sees the government spend half a billion dollars a year on staff to process public servants' pay.

The 2023 federal budget is proposing spending to make life more affordable, encourage investments in green energy, provide improved health-care services and roll out the next stage of the federal dental care program. It also offers targeted funding for students, workers, science and defence.

A photographer whose work documents and celebrates the homoerotic is among the winners of this year's Governor General Awards in Visual and Media Arts.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a federal budget Tuesday projecting a deficit about $10 billion higher than initially forecast — an increase driven by a worsening economy and new spending on initiatives like a national dental care program.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a federal budget Tuesday projecting a deficit about $10 billion higher than initially forecast — an increase driven by a worsening economy and new spending on initiatives like a national dental care program.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is calling for about $1.6 billion in federal funding over 15 years to set up a co-ordinated school food program in the North.    

Charlie Lacroix and Walid Belkahla, both 18, perished in the fire.

A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, who was found guilty of the 1999 killing of his former girlfriend in a case that drew attention after the podcast Serial raised doubts about his guilt.

Winnipeg hasn't had a single day with a temperature above the freezing mark this March. No one alive can remember it being this way — the last time it happened was 1899.

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is set to "remount" The X-Files, the creator of the long-running cult TV series says. 

Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu provided an injury update of sorts on Tuesday, saying she's still waiting on official test results after injuring her lower left leg at the Miami Open.

Video released on Tuesday showed Nashville police officers firing multiple bullets into the suspected attacker in Monday's school shooting minutes after storming into the private Christian grade school with rifles and conducting a room-by-room search.

Canada is helping Mexico invade the U.S., a Republican firebrand says. At a U.S. congressional hearing on the border, Marjorie Taylor Greene complained about visa-free Mexican travel to Canada.

The crisis of overdose deaths among Alberta children and youth requires immediate government intervention, Alberta’s child advocate said in a report Tuesday.

The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between six-to-12 months after their last vaccine.

A group of high school students teamed up to create Windsor, Ont.-scented perfumes, part of a University of Windsor project to teach financial literacy.

The ousted ruling party of Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was among 40 political parties the military-appointed election commission dissolved on Tuesday, after they failed to meet a registration deadline for an election set to perpetuate the military's political dominance.

The government is walking back some restrictions on foreigners purchasing residential property just months after the new rules came into force.

Calgary fire officials suspect the explosion that leveled a house in the city’s northeast on Monday, damaging several nearby homes and sending 10 people to the hospital, was caused by natural gas.

The streets of Israel have boiled with anger and frustration for three months. And they continue to seethe even after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused — just a little — in his quest to rein in the country’s judges.

The streets of Israel have boiled with anger and frustration for three months. And they continue to seethe even after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayu paused — just a little — in his quest to rein in the country’s judges.

The province of British Columbia says it's planning to restrict how much Ozempic can be sold to non-Canadian citizens as American demand for the diabetes drug surges, driven by celebrities and online influencers claiming it can help with weight loss.

B.C.'s health minister plans to announce how the government will ensure patients in the province will have secure access to the diabetes drug Ozempic.

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX of conspiring to bribe Chinese government officials with $40 million US worth of payments.

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has lent his famous voice to Air Alert — a downloadable app linked to Ukraine's air defence system that warns Ukrainians that Russian strikes may be imminent.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov gave Britain the thumbs up as he took a ride in what he said was the first British Challenger 2 main battle tank to arrive in Ukraine.

Across downtown Vancouver, there are more than 160 single-room occupancy [SRO] buildings that contain small single rooms, usually with a shared kitchen and bathroom facilities.

The number of medical residencies in Alberta that go unfilled has grown during the last decade, especially in family medicine, data from the Canadian Resident Matching Service shows.

At least 39 migrants have died in a fire at an immigration detention centre in northern Mexico near the U.S. border, federal officials said.

The Archdiocese of Vancouver and one of two local high schools facing allegations of systemic sexual abuse have now filed their own lawsuits denying any wrongdoing, saying any mistreatment of students was through no fault of their own.

The Archdiocese of Vancouver and one of two local high schools facing allegations of systemic sexual abuse have now filed their own lawsuits denying any wrongdoing, saying any mistreatment of students was through no fault of their own.

A provincial police officer and suspect are dead after an overnight arrest near Trois-Rivières, Que.

A police officer and suspect are dead after an overnight arrest near Trois-Rivieres, Que.

A police officer and suspect are dead after an overnight arrest near Trois-Rivieres, Que.

A police officer and suspect are dead after an overnight arrest

A Manitoba builder has come under fire after three Manitoba clients — two of whom have filed lawsuits — say the company they hired to build homes and a cottage didn’t complete the projects as planned.

Emily Neufeld was at their home in La Broquerie, Man., with her two younger brothers on the afternoon of March 2 when she noticed a smell coming from the laundry room in the basement of the house and went to check it out. 

The Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance has secured government funding for a housing project and community hub. The founders of the organization say it will be transformational for two-spirit people in Halifax.

Autism Swim Miramichi is teaching water safety skills to children with autism while accommodating their sensory and learning needs. It aims to prevent accidental drownings and help build social inclusion.

A Halifax-based startup is testing out new technology aimed at helping the fishing industry recover lost lobster traps and other fishing gear that can be deadly to marine life.

The surge in revenues flowing into Ontario government coffers — at a time when municipal budgets are stretched thin — is reigniting debate over how cities fund their services. 

Hamilton police are struggling to attract recruits amid officer deaths nationwide, low morale and what they describe as hefty workloads. But some still want to join and Hamilton police say they've been able to hire more diverse candidates.

While sport-utility vehicles surge in popularity, a new survey sheds light on how often SUV owners actually use all that extra cargo space and towing capacity.

Mark Olson sees little willingness among politicians to address or even recognize the crossroad now facing rural Alberta. His opinion piece is part of a series of personal essays the CBC is running ahead of the Alberta election.

Some inmates in a new program at the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre in northwestern Ontario are learning a new skill — dog training. "Animals provide unconditional love and acceptance as well as spontaneous affection," says the dog trainer overseeing the program, adding these behaviours can serve as a "teaching tool."

It was big news when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden announced last week a revised Safe Third Country Agreement to control cross-border migration. But it was old news to the parties themselves — they'd agreed to the revisions a year prior and had kept it secret ever since.

Hamilton police are struggling to attract recruits amid officer deaths nationwide, low morale and what they describe as hefty workloads. But some still want to join and Hamilton police say they've been able to hire more diverse candidates.